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John E. “Jack” Adair

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John E. “Jack” Adair

Birth
Continental, Putnam County, Ohio, USA
Death
7 Jan 2015 (aged 76)
Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida, USA
Burial
Bluffton, Allen County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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John E. "Jack" Adair of Estero, Florida, a former resident of Bluffton, Ohio, died January 7, 2015 at Joanne's House at Hope Hospice in Bonita Springs, Florida. Jack was born on January 2, 1939 in Continental, Ohio, son of the late Gaylan E. and Pauline (née Kohn) Adair. He became a Florida resident in 1991.

In 1957, he graduated from Spencerville High School and attended the University of Evansville. After moving to Jackson, Mississippi he attended the Belhaven College and the Reformed Seminary. He married his wife, Kathy, on November 23, 1958 in Beaverdam, Ohio.

Jack was a salesman all of his life, first with Pepsi as a sales manager in Wapakoneta, Ohio then Evansville, Indiana and Jackson, Mississippi. He then worked for the Diller Medical Company as their sales manager in Bluffton and finally for the past 20 plus years as a Realtor with the John R. Wood Properties.

He currently was a Deacon at the First Baptist Church of Naples and also sang in the choir.

He is survived by his wife, Kathleen A. Adair of Estero, FL; Laurie (Ronald) Matter of Maumee, OH and Alison Adair Simpson of Brandon, MS; Scott (Frankie) Adair of Brandon, MS and Chris (Michelle) Adair of Lebanon, OH; one sister, Teri (Larry) Tipsord of Lima, OH and 7 grandchildren, Ryan and Jacqueline Matter, Kathleen Simpson, Meghan (Steven) Martin and Brandon, Jonathan and Nicole Adair and one great grandchild, Lennon Michelle Martin.

He was preceded in death by his parents; sisters Joyce Harruff and Peggy Koch; brother R. Bruce Adair and nephews, Ronald and Rodney Harruff.

The family will receive friends January 11, 2015 from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Chiles-Laman Funeral Home 239 So. Main St., Bluffton, OH. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:00 PM at the Ebenezer Mennonite Church in Bluffton with burial to follow in the church cemetery.

Arrangements with Shikany's Bonita Funeral Home.

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John E. "Jack" Adair of Estero, Florida, a former resident of Bluffton, Ohio, died January 7, 2015 at Joanne's House at Hope Hospice in Bonita Springs, Florida. Jack was born on January 2, 1939 in Continental, Ohio, son of the late Gaylan E. and Pauline (née Kohn) Adair. He became a Florida resident in 1991.

In 1957, he graduated from Spencerville High School and attended the University of Evansville. After moving to Jackson, Mississippi he attended the Belhaven College and the Reformed Seminary. He married his wife, Kathy, on November 23, 1958 in Beaverdam, Ohio.

Jack was a salesman all of his life, first with Pepsi as a sales manager in Wapakoneta, Ohio then Evansville, Indiana and Jackson, Mississippi. He then worked for the Diller Medical Company as their sales manager in Bluffton and finally for the past 20 plus years as a Realtor with the John R. Wood Properties.

He currently was a Deacon at the First Baptist Church of Naples and also sang in the choir.

He is survived by his wife, Kathleen A. Adair of Estero, FL; Laurie (Ronald) Matter of Maumee, OH and Alison Adair Simpson of Brandon, MS; Scott (Frankie) Adair of Brandon, MS and Chris (Michelle) Adair of Lebanon, OH; one sister, Teri (Larry) Tipsord of Lima, OH and 7 grandchildren, Ryan and Jacqueline Matter, Kathleen Simpson, Meghan (Steven) Martin and Brandon, Jonathan and Nicole Adair and one great grandchild, Lennon Michelle Martin.

He was preceded in death by his parents; sisters Joyce Harruff and Peggy Koch; brother R. Bruce Adair and nephews, Ronald and Rodney Harruff.

The family will receive friends January 11, 2015 from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Chiles-Laman Funeral Home 239 So. Main St., Bluffton, OH. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:00 PM at the Ebenezer Mennonite Church in Bluffton with burial to follow in the church cemetery.

Arrangements with Shikany's Bonita Funeral Home.

re: Shikany's Funeral Home


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214687014/john_e-adair: accessed ), memorial page for John E. “Jack” Adair (2 Jan 1939–7 Jan 2015), Find a Grave Memorial ID 214687014, citing Evangelical Mennonite Cemetery, Bluffton, Allen County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by af (contributor 47059011).