2005 at the Mt Ascutney Hospital and Health Center in Windsor, VT.
He was born in North Adams, MA on October 2, 1924 the son of Aurelian and
Helena (Giroux) Adams. He was a veteran of World War II having served in
the US Navy as an aviation mechanic.
His lifetime work was in manufacturing and worked at Joy Manufacturing in
Claremont in the 50's and 60's as a production control manager and later
worked for Pratt Whitney in Connecticut.
The surviving family includes his wife, Lorraine E. (Dumoulin) Adams of
Charlestown whom he married on June 24, 1944; one son, Craig Adams and his
wife, Barbara of Charlestown; two daughters, Lynn Smith and her husband
Philip of Zephyrhills, FL and Nancy Coates and her husband Arthur of
Melrose, MA; grandchildren, Michele and Erik Norris, Paul and fiancé, Brandy
Bailey, Jennifer and James Schauer, Julie Cashin and partner William
Johnson, Brian and Diana Smith, Adam Smith and Christopher and Kimberly
Coates; eleven great-grandchildren; two brothers, Donald Adams and his wife,
Shirley of N. Adams, MA and Lawrence Adams of Vernon, CT also nieces and
nephews.
A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Monday morning,
August 29th at Eleven O'clock in St Catherine of Siena Church on South Main
Street in Charlestown with Rev. Father Shawn M. Therrien, officiating.
Interment will follow in Hope Hill Cemetery in North Charlestown.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to Connecticut
Valley Home Care/Hospice, 958 John Stark Highway, Newport, NH 03773-2609 or
St Catherine of Siena Church, P.O. Box 332, Charlestown, NH 03603.
The Stringer's Charlestown Memorial Chapel, 34 Main Street in Charlestown is
in charge of arrangements.