Vada Ina Mae (Pelton) Adams, 90, of Topeka passed away at home on June 29, 2022. She was born April 23, 1932 in Bucklin, Kansas the daughter of Ethel (McDonald) Pelton and Harold Pelton.
She grew up in Kansas moving several times before her parents settled in Ozawkie where she attained and graduated from Ozawkie High School in 1950. After high school she started working at the National Bank of Topeka which launched her career in banking, working in many different banks and many different states as she always traveled with her husband who was in the military. After Bill's retirement they settled back to Topeka, KS and Vada continued working in banking, retiring from Kaw Valley State Bank of Topeka in 1994. While in high school she met and fell in love and married the man of her life. Married on September 16, 1951. To this union were born a son Terrance (Terry) Adams (deceased) and a daughter, both being born in Honolulu, Hawaii while her husband was serving his career (21 years) in the Air Force.
She is survived by a daughter, three grandsons, one granddaughter, four great-grandchildren. She leaves behind many cousins, nieces and nephews.
She was precede in death by a son, Terrence (Terry) Adams; sister, Joan Brown; and her parents Ethel and Harold Pelton.
Visitation will be Thursday, July 7, 2022 from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm at Parker Price Funeral Home.
Funeral service will be Friday, July8, 2022 at 10:00 am at Parker Price Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Meriden Cemetery.
She grew up in Kansas moving several times before her parents settled in Ozawkie where she attained and graduated from Ozawkie High School in 1950. After high school she started working at the National Bank of Topeka which launched her career in banking, working in many different banks and many different states as she always traveled with her husband who was in the military. After Bill's retirement they settled back to Topeka, KS and Vada continued working in banking, retiring from Kaw Valley State Bank of Topeka in 1994. While in high school she met and fell in love and married the man of her life. Married on September 16, 1951. To this union were born a son Terrance (Terry) Adams (deceased) and a daughter, both being born in Honolulu, Hawaii while her husband was serving his career (21 years) in the Air Force.
She is survived by a daughter, three grandsons, one granddaughter, four great-grandchildren. She leaves behind many cousins, nieces and nephews.
She was precede in death by a son, Terrence (Terry) Adams; sister, Joan Brown; and her parents Ethel and Harold Pelton.
Visitation will be Thursday, July 7, 2022 from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm at Parker Price Funeral Home.
Funeral service will be Friday, July8, 2022 at 10:00 am at Parker Price Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Meriden Cemetery.
Vada Ina Mae (Pelton) Adams, 90, of Topeka passed away at home on June 29, 2022. She was born April 23, 1932 in Bucklin, Kansas the daughter of Ethel (McDonald) Pelton and Harold Pelton.
She grew up in Kansas moving several times before her parents settled in Ozawkie where she attained and graduated from Ozawkie High School in 1950. After high school she started working at the National Bank of Topeka which launched her career in banking, working in many different banks and many different states as she always traveled with her husband who was in the military. After Bill's retirement they settled back to Topeka, KS and Vada continued working in banking, retiring from Kaw Valley State Bank of Topeka in 1994. While in high school she met and fell in love and married the man of her life. Married on September 16, 1951. To this union were born a son Terrance (Terry) Adams (deceased) and a daughter, both being born in Honolulu, Hawaii while her husband was serving his career (21 years) in the Air Force.
She is survived by a daughter, three grandsons, one granddaughter, four great-grandchildren. She leaves behind many cousins, nieces and nephews.
She was precede in death by a son, Terrence (Terry) Adams; sister, Joan Brown; and her parents Ethel and Harold Pelton.
Visitation will be Thursday, July 7, 2022 from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm at Parker Price Funeral Home.
Funeral service will be Friday, July8, 2022 at 10:00 am at Parker Price Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Meriden Cemetery.
She grew up in Kansas moving several times before her parents settled in Ozawkie where she attained and graduated from Ozawkie High School in 1950. After high school she started working at the National Bank of Topeka which launched her career in banking, working in many different banks and many different states as she always traveled with her husband who was in the military. After Bill's retirement they settled back to Topeka, KS and Vada continued working in banking, retiring from Kaw Valley State Bank of Topeka in 1994. While in high school she met and fell in love and married the man of her life. Married on September 16, 1951. To this union were born a son Terrance (Terry) Adams (deceased) and a daughter, both being born in Honolulu, Hawaii while her husband was serving his career (21 years) in the Air Force.
She is survived by a daughter, three grandsons, one granddaughter, four great-grandchildren. She leaves behind many cousins, nieces and nephews.
She was precede in death by a son, Terrence (Terry) Adams; sister, Joan Brown; and her parents Ethel and Harold Pelton.
Visitation will be Thursday, July 7, 2022 from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm at Parker Price Funeral Home.
Funeral service will be Friday, July8, 2022 at 10:00 am at Parker Price Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Meriden Cemetery.
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