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submitted by
Dick Osha

WAYNE CO., IL

OBITUARY

Wayne Couty Press
Thursday, February 9, 1961
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EARL ADAMS
DIES OF HEART ATTACK

Retired Farmer Had Heart Condition
But Death Came Unexpectedly
Rites Friday

Earl Adams, 69, a retired farmer, died of a heart attack at his home at 406 1/2 South East Seventh street about 4:45 Tuesday afternoon.

Mr. Adams' death came unexpectedly, although he had had a heart condition for the past four or five years. He had been uptown earlier Tuesday, however.

Rites Friday

Funeral services will be held from Nales Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Friday, with Rev. Don Flanigan officiating. Interment will be in Maple Hill cemetery. The body will be at the funeral home until the funeral hour.

Earl, son of Thomas and Sarah Bower Adams, was born in Adams county, Illinois, January 1st, 1892.

He had lived on a farm in Jasper township before moving into Fairfield a year ago.

Mr. Adams was married to Mary Creighton Goodwin.

List of Survivors

Surviving are his widow; two step-sons, Joe Goodwin, of Anderson, Ind.; and Carl Goodwin, of Florida; eight grandchildren; four great-grandchildren, and three sisters, Mrs. Cecil Unger, of Ft. Myers, Fla.; Mrs Hattie Cecil,of Keokuk, Iowa; and Mrs. Daisy Hardy, of Warsaw, Ill.