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Wilbur Gordon Adams

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Wilbur Gordon Adams

Birth
Wingo, Graves County, Kentucky, USA
Death
15 Dec 2000 (aged 78)
Naples, Collier County, Florida, USA
Burial
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 49, Lot 440
Memorial ID
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Son of Clarence Adams & Laura Ruth (Yates) Adams

The State Journal-Register, Springfield, Illinois, 19 December 2000
Wilbur G. Adams
SPRINGFIELD - Wilbur G. Adams, 78, of Springfield died Friday, Dec. 15, 2000, at Naples Community Hospital in Naples, Fla. He was born Dec. 16, 1921, in Wingo, Ky., the son of Clarence and Ruth Yates Adams. He married Jean "Jackie" Adams; she preceded him in death in 1992. Mr. Adams was vice president of Marine Bank for 28 years, having retired in 1983. He was a World War II veteran of the U.S. Army, having served 3 1/2 years as a cryptographer and message center chief during the battle of Okinawa. He also was a board member of Illinois Presbyterian Home, Goodwill Industries and Thermic Refacteries. Survivors: several nieces, nephews and cousins. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday, Bisch and Son Funeral Home, Dr. John Hembruch officiating. burial: Oak Ridge Cemetery.
Son of Clarence Adams & Laura Ruth (Yates) Adams

The State Journal-Register, Springfield, Illinois, 19 December 2000
Wilbur G. Adams
SPRINGFIELD - Wilbur G. Adams, 78, of Springfield died Friday, Dec. 15, 2000, at Naples Community Hospital in Naples, Fla. He was born Dec. 16, 1921, in Wingo, Ky., the son of Clarence and Ruth Yates Adams. He married Jean "Jackie" Adams; she preceded him in death in 1992. Mr. Adams was vice president of Marine Bank for 28 years, having retired in 1983. He was a World War II veteran of the U.S. Army, having served 3 1/2 years as a cryptographer and message center chief during the battle of Okinawa. He also was a board member of Illinois Presbyterian Home, Goodwill Industries and Thermic Refacteries. Survivors: several nieces, nephews and cousins. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday, Bisch and Son Funeral Home, Dr. John Hembruch officiating. burial: Oak Ridge Cemetery.


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