Mrs. Adams died Saturday, March 2, 1991, at a local convalescent center. She was born August 17, 1913, in Columbus Junction, Iowa, the daughter of Marcellus and Laura Mae Thompson Teel.
She married Jasper Adams November 29, 1959, in Minden. Mrs. Adams lived in Iowa before moving to Carson City.
She worked for International Harvester Corporation in Moline, Illinois. During World War II and the Korean Conflict, she worked at the Rock Island Arsenal in Illinois.
Upon retiring, she was a homemaker and an avid gardener. Mrs. Adams was a member of the Methodist Church.
She was preceded in death by three brothers, Glen, Ray, and Louis Teel; and a sister, Gayle Bowdre.
Among her survivors are her husband, Jasper, of Carson City; a stepdaughter, Elizabeth Brokaw of Goldendale, Washington; two brothers, Francis Teel, Winthrop, and Randall Teel of Grandview; five sisters, Irene Gaissert of Golfport, Florida, Dorothy Morton of Gravois Mills, Missouri, Carol Varner of Galesburg, Illinois, Eunice Tuggy of LaMirada, California, and Mildred Beckman of Burlington; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Adams died Saturday, March 2, 1991, at a local convalescent center. She was born August 17, 1913, in Columbus Junction, Iowa, the daughter of Marcellus and Laura Mae Thompson Teel.
She married Jasper Adams November 29, 1959, in Minden. Mrs. Adams lived in Iowa before moving to Carson City.
She worked for International Harvester Corporation in Moline, Illinois. During World War II and the Korean Conflict, she worked at the Rock Island Arsenal in Illinois.
Upon retiring, she was a homemaker and an avid gardener. Mrs. Adams was a member of the Methodist Church.
She was preceded in death by three brothers, Glen, Ray, and Louis Teel; and a sister, Gayle Bowdre.
Among her survivors are her husband, Jasper, of Carson City; a stepdaughter, Elizabeth Brokaw of Goldendale, Washington; two brothers, Francis Teel, Winthrop, and Randall Teel of Grandview; five sisters, Irene Gaissert of Golfport, Florida, Dorothy Morton of Gravois Mills, Missouri, Carol Varner of Galesburg, Illinois, Eunice Tuggy of LaMirada, California, and Mildred Beckman of Burlington; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Family Members
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Ray Rodney Teel
1912–1982
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Francis Edward Teel
1915–1992
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PFC Glen Eugene Teel
1916–1944
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Irene Rene Teel Gaissert
1917–2015
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Gayle Laurine Teel Bowdre
1919–1989
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Dorothy L Teel Morton
1921–2000
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Carol M Teel Varner
1922–2019
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Eunice Elaine Teel Tuggy
1923–1996
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Mildred Marie "Milly" Teel Beckman
1926–2016
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Louis Ivan Teel
1930–1990
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