Stan Adams (1962-2008)

ADAMS, GETZ, LUTJEN, LENZ, MARSHALL, GRAUER, LILLAND

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 8/6/2008 at 08:22:14

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Story County, Iowa, Tuesday, August 5, 2008.

May 18, 1962-Aug. 1, 2008

Stan Adams, 46, a lifelong Ames resident, died Friday, Aug. 1, 2008, at Ten Mile Lake in Minnesota, of a heart attack. A gathering of friends and family will be from 3 to 8 p.m., with the family present from 5 to 8 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 7, at Grandon Funeral and Cremation Care, 414 Lincoln Way, in Ames. A funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 8, at United Church of Christ-Congregational, with the Rev. Paul Johnson officiating.

Stan was born May 18, 1962, in Tacoma, Wash., the son of Bruce and Nancy (Getz) Adams. He graduated from Ames High School in 1980, and graduated from Iowa State University with a bachelor's degree in marketing in 1987. He married Loretta Lutjen June 23, 1984, in Ames. He was employed at CMA IDEACOM as a salesman. He and his family enjoyed vacationing at Ten Mile Lake in Minnesota, where he enjoyed water skiing and other water sports. He loved Lindsey and Dylan, and enjoyed ISU athletics, the Green Bay Packers and the Boston Red Sox. His love of all types of music inspired him to listen and often to conversation.

He is survived by his wife, Loretta Adams, one daughter, Lindsey Jo Adams, and one son, Dylan Marshall Adams, all of Ames; his mother, Nancy Adams, of Ames; brother, Jay (Linda) Adams, of Huxley; sisters, Marna (Gary) Lenz, of Bloomington, Minn., and Sarah Adams (Kevin Koshmeder), of St. Croix Falls, Wis.; brothers, Denny Marshall, of Lincoln, Neb., and Frank Marshall, of Yelm, Wash.; sister, Eva (Kevin) Grauer, of Lincoln, Neb.; and aunts uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents; his dad, Bruce Adams; his in-laws, Delbert and Izetta Lutjen; one nephew, Zachary Lilland; and one brother, Vince Marshall.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Stan Adams Memorial at Greater Iowa Credit Union for higher education for his two children.

Grandon Funeral and Cremation Care is assisting the family with arrangements.
Published in the Ames Tribune from 8/5/2008 - 8/6/2008

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