Dr. Uriah M. Adams, age 82, of 214 South Jones Street, Marcellus died Sunday morning, April 2, 1989 in Reed City Hospital, Reed City following one months illness. He was born March 19, 1907 in Porter Township, Van Buren County, the son of Chester H. and Roxanna (Bent) Adams. He was a 1923 graduate of Marcellus High School and graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1930. He opened his office in Marcellus in 1931 and retired in August 1986. Dr. Adams was a member of the American Medical Association, the Michigan State Medical Society, a life member and charter Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. In 1980 he received a 50 year Family Physician award from the American Academy of Family Physicians. On several occasions he had been Chief of Staff at Lee Memorial Hospital, Dowagiac. He was a member of St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church, served 12 years on the Marcellus Community Schools Board and was active in the Boy Scouts of America. On September 21, 1943, he married Clarice A. Nemmers who preceded him in death August 16, 1987. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Robert (Margaret) Wetherell of Baldwin and Mrs. Michael (Mary) West of Paso Robles, California; three sons, George of South Bend, Indiana, John of Fredericksburg, Virginia, and James of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin; 11 grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Francis (Dorothy) Morse of Kalamazoo. He was preceded in death by one brother, Leslie Adams. A funeral mass was held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, April 5 in St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church with Father Bernard Horst officiating. Interment was in Marcellus Cemetery and memorials were directed to St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church or the Marcellus Ambulance services. Arrangements were handled by the Romig Funeral Home.

Celebrant: Fr. Bernard Horst, Pastor

Pallbearers
James U. Adams, grandson
Daniel Adams, nephew
Rolland Morse, nephew
Eugene Puetz, brother-in-law
Jerry Townsend, family friend
Robert Mater, family friend

(Photo taken on 04 September 1982 in Fredricksburg, VA on the day of John's wedding)