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Barbara Philomena “Sally or Phyllis” Weber Adamson

Birth
Olney, Richland County, Illinois, USA
Death
11 May 2003 (aged 85)
Falls Church City, Virginia, USA
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Sally Weber Adamson(Barbara Philomena Weber) , 85, a longtime Arlington resident who did volunteer work for Hospice of Northern Virginia and the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society, died of cancer May 11 at Goodwin House West in Falls Church.

Mrs. Adamson, who was born in Olney, Ill., lived in Arlington for 52 years before moving to Goodwin House West in July.

Over the years, she knitted leper bandages, layettes and baby blankets for the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society. She was active in Arlingtonians for a Better County.

She worked as a correspondence administrator for a Catholic relief organization in the 1960s and 1970s. In the early 1960s, she worked as an aide to Rep. George E. Shipley (D-Ill).

Survivors include her husband, John Adamson of Falls Church; four children, Sally A. Burlingame of Colorado, Jane A. DeSelm of McLean, John Adamson of Strasburg, Va., and Robert Adamson of Arlington; a sister; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. A daughter, Marjorie Cameron Adamson, died in 1956.
Sally Weber Adamson(Barbara Philomena Weber) , 85, a longtime Arlington resident who did volunteer work for Hospice of Northern Virginia and the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society, died of cancer May 11 at Goodwin House West in Falls Church.

Mrs. Adamson, who was born in Olney, Ill., lived in Arlington for 52 years before moving to Goodwin House West in July.

Over the years, she knitted leper bandages, layettes and baby blankets for the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society. She was active in Arlingtonians for a Better County.

She worked as a correspondence administrator for a Catholic relief organization in the 1960s and 1970s. In the early 1960s, she worked as an aide to Rep. George E. Shipley (D-Ill).

Survivors include her husband, John Adamson of Falls Church; four children, Sally A. Burlingame of Colorado, Jane A. DeSelm of McLean, John Adamson of Strasburg, Va., and Robert Adamson of Arlington; a sister; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. A daughter, Marjorie Cameron Adamson, died in 1956.

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