Milton D. ADAMS

ADAMS, FAULKNER, DAVIDSON, VENEM, ALBERS, WILDE, FISHER, ELLSWORTH

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 5/11/2007 at 19:16:01

Albert Lea Tribune, MN
April 21, 2007

Milton D. Adams, 76, of Oakland, MN died Thursday, April 19, 2007, after struggling with bone cancer for the last ten months. Memorial services for Milton will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the Oakland Lutheran Church. Pastor Peter Soli will officiate. Interment will be private. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home, Albert Lea and one hour prior to the services at the Church.

Milton D. Adams was born October 14, 1930, to Oakley T. and Ercel (Faulkner) Adams in Webster City, Iowa. He graduated from Eagle Grove High School in 1948. On April 19, 1952, Milton was united in marriage to Lois Ellsworth at the First Methodist Church in Eagle Grove, Iowa. The couple moved to Albert Lea in 1955 and in 1973 they moved to an acreage near Oakland, where he enjoyed being outdoors with the birds and animals and all of nature. Milton was the Terminal Manager and Sales Representative for Ellsworth Freight Lines, retiring in 1987 as vice president. He loved to go hunting and fishing with his sons and to Montana bird hunting. Milton enjoyed attending his grandchildren’s sporting events and was an avid wood carver. Milton and Lois spent 12 winters in Arizona. He was a member of the Oakland Lutheran Church.

Survivors include his wife, Lois of Oakland; children: Laurie and friend, Larry Venem of Henderson, Nev., Becky (Guy) Davidson of Billings, Mo., Scott (Trudy) Adams of Albert Lea, Bill (Cheryl) Adams of Austin, Tom (Jodi) Adams of Hollandale, and John (Connie) Adams of Austin; nine grandchildren and one great-grandson. He is also survived by his sisters, Lodean (Don) Albers of Crystal, and Betty (Clarence) Wilde of Eagle Grove, Iowa; and brothers: Ronnie (Janet) Adams of Webster City, Iowa, Mike (Denise) Adams of Tampa, Fla., Oralyn (Pat) Fisher of Waite Park, and John Fisher of Annandale. Milton was preceded in death by his parents and a great-granddaughter.