Aloysious J. Adams
ALLEN Mass of Christian Burial for Aloysious James "Al" Adams, 79, Allen, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Martin. The Rev. Paul Manhart will be celebrant.
Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the church. Visitation will be until 4 p.m. Tuesday in Woodall-Rush Funeral Home in Philip, and before the rosary and funeral mass in the church.
Burial, with military graveside rites, will be Wednesday at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis.
A memorial has been established.
Adams died Friday at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Boston, Mass.
He was born Dec. 6, 1905, at Porcupine to Joe and Julia Adams. He attended grade and high school at Holy Rosary Mission in Pine Ridge. He learned carpentry while in school and after high school he attended Haskill Institute in Lawrence, Kan., for two years. He worked in carpentry all his life.
Adams served in the U.S. Navy in the Seabees construction battalion during World War II, serving most of his tour in the Aleutian Islands.
He married Marald Garner Feb. 26, 1942, in Pine Ridge. During the Korean War he re-enlisted as a chief petty officer and served mostly in Guam. After his discharge the family moved to Denver where he was a maintenance carpenter and inspector for Fitzsimons General Hospital until he retired in 1970.
They moved back to South Dakota, where they built their own home on Corn Creek, near Allen. He built up small herd of cattle on Corn Creek.
They had gone to Walpole, Mass., to spend the winter months close to one of their daughters, and so Adams could be near medical facilities. He became ill, entered the VA hospital in Boston and died Friday.
He was a member of St. John of the Cross Catholic Church in Allen and the Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus in California and in Denver.
Surviving is his wife; one son; three daughters; two stepsons; 15 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, five step grandchildren and three step great-grandchildren, and two half-brothers.
He was preceded in death by several half-brothers and half-sisters.
Military Information: BULC, US NAVY
ALLEN Mass of Christian Burial for Aloysious James "Al" Adams, 79, Allen, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Martin. The Rev. Paul Manhart will be celebrant.
Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the church. Visitation will be until 4 p.m. Tuesday in Woodall-Rush Funeral Home in Philip, and before the rosary and funeral mass in the church.
Burial, with military graveside rites, will be Wednesday at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis.
A memorial has been established.
Adams died Friday at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Boston, Mass.
He was born Dec. 6, 1905, at Porcupine to Joe and Julia Adams. He attended grade and high school at Holy Rosary Mission in Pine Ridge. He learned carpentry while in school and after high school he attended Haskill Institute in Lawrence, Kan., for two years. He worked in carpentry all his life.
Adams served in the U.S. Navy in the Seabees construction battalion during World War II, serving most of his tour in the Aleutian Islands.
He married Marald Garner Feb. 26, 1942, in Pine Ridge. During the Korean War he re-enlisted as a chief petty officer and served mostly in Guam. After his discharge the family moved to Denver where he was a maintenance carpenter and inspector for Fitzsimons General Hospital until he retired in 1970.
They moved back to South Dakota, where they built their own home on Corn Creek, near Allen. He built up small herd of cattle on Corn Creek.
They had gone to Walpole, Mass., to spend the winter months close to one of their daughters, and so Adams could be near medical facilities. He became ill, entered the VA hospital in Boston and died Friday.
He was a member of St. John of the Cross Catholic Church in Allen and the Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus in California and in Denver.
Surviving is his wife; one son; three daughters; two stepsons; 15 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, five step grandchildren and three step great-grandchildren, and two half-brothers.
He was preceded in death by several half-brothers and half-sisters.
Military Information: BULC, US NAVY
Aloysious J. Adams
ALLEN Mass of Christian Burial for Aloysious James "Al" Adams, 79, Allen, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Martin. The Rev. Paul Manhart will be celebrant.
Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the church. Visitation will be until 4 p.m. Tuesday in Woodall-Rush Funeral Home in Philip, and before the rosary and funeral mass in the church.
Burial, with military graveside rites, will be Wednesday at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis.
A memorial has been established.
Adams died Friday at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Boston, Mass.
He was born Dec. 6, 1905, at Porcupine to Joe and Julia Adams. He attended grade and high school at Holy Rosary Mission in Pine Ridge. He learned carpentry while in school and after high school he attended Haskill Institute in Lawrence, Kan., for two years. He worked in carpentry all his life.
Adams served in the U.S. Navy in the Seabees construction battalion during World War II, serving most of his tour in the Aleutian Islands.
He married Marald Garner Feb. 26, 1942, in Pine Ridge. During the Korean War he re-enlisted as a chief petty officer and served mostly in Guam. After his discharge the family moved to Denver where he was a maintenance carpenter and inspector for Fitzsimons General Hospital until he retired in 1970.
They moved back to South Dakota, where they built their own home on Corn Creek, near Allen. He built up small herd of cattle on Corn Creek.
They had gone to Walpole, Mass., to spend the winter months close to one of their daughters, and so Adams could be near medical facilities. He became ill, entered the VA hospital in Boston and died Friday.
He was a member of St. John of the Cross Catholic Church in Allen and the Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus in California and in Denver.
Surviving is his wife; one son; three daughters; two stepsons; 15 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, five step grandchildren and three step great-grandchildren, and two half-brothers.
He was preceded in death by several half-brothers and half-sisters.
Military Information: BULC, US NAVY
ALLEN Mass of Christian Burial for Aloysious James "Al" Adams, 79, Allen, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Martin. The Rev. Paul Manhart will be celebrant.
Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the church. Visitation will be until 4 p.m. Tuesday in Woodall-Rush Funeral Home in Philip, and before the rosary and funeral mass in the church.
Burial, with military graveside rites, will be Wednesday at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis.
A memorial has been established.
Adams died Friday at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Boston, Mass.
He was born Dec. 6, 1905, at Porcupine to Joe and Julia Adams. He attended grade and high school at Holy Rosary Mission in Pine Ridge. He learned carpentry while in school and after high school he attended Haskill Institute in Lawrence, Kan., for two years. He worked in carpentry all his life.
Adams served in the U.S. Navy in the Seabees construction battalion during World War II, serving most of his tour in the Aleutian Islands.
He married Marald Garner Feb. 26, 1942, in Pine Ridge. During the Korean War he re-enlisted as a chief petty officer and served mostly in Guam. After his discharge the family moved to Denver where he was a maintenance carpenter and inspector for Fitzsimons General Hospital until he retired in 1970.
They moved back to South Dakota, where they built their own home on Corn Creek, near Allen. He built up small herd of cattle on Corn Creek.
They had gone to Walpole, Mass., to spend the winter months close to one of their daughters, and so Adams could be near medical facilities. He became ill, entered the VA hospital in Boston and died Friday.
He was a member of St. John of the Cross Catholic Church in Allen and the Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus in California and in Denver.
Surviving is his wife; one son; three daughters; two stepsons; 15 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, five step grandchildren and three step great-grandchildren, and two half-brothers.
He was preceded in death by several half-brothers and half-sisters.
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