Mrs. Paxson had been last employed as a personal secretary for Mr. Walter Deming at the Deming Company. She had also worked at Firestone Electric. Adda was a graduate of the Fairfield Centralized High School and Salem Business College.
She had been a member of the Salem First Christian Church for 60 years, where she served as Sunday school teacher and deaconess. She had been a Girl Scout Leader, Campfire Girls Leader and had belonged to the Deming Girls.
Her husband, Gayle Klar Paxson, whom she married October 22, 1949, survives her; along with two daughters, Karen (Bruce) Johnson of Salem and Linda (Barry) Christen of Denver, Colorado; and five grandchildren.
Preceding her in death were seven brothers, Richard, Walter, David, Allen, Howard, Clyde and Guy Firestone; and three sisters, Grace Vollnogle, Hazel Firestone and Iva Everitt.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at the Stark Memorial Funeral Home with Rev. Leonard Moore officiating. Calling hours will be held from 12:30 to 2 p.m. on Wednesday at the funeral home prior to the service. Burial will be at Grandview Cemetery.
Mrs. Paxson had been last employed as a personal secretary for Mr. Walter Deming at the Deming Company. She had also worked at Firestone Electric. Adda was a graduate of the Fairfield Centralized High School and Salem Business College.
She had been a member of the Salem First Christian Church for 60 years, where she served as Sunday school teacher and deaconess. She had been a Girl Scout Leader, Campfire Girls Leader and had belonged to the Deming Girls.
Her husband, Gayle Klar Paxson, whom she married October 22, 1949, survives her; along with two daughters, Karen (Bruce) Johnson of Salem and Linda (Barry) Christen of Denver, Colorado; and five grandchildren.
Preceding her in death were seven brothers, Richard, Walter, David, Allen, Howard, Clyde and Guy Firestone; and three sisters, Grace Vollnogle, Hazel Firestone and Iva Everitt.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at the Stark Memorial Funeral Home with Rev. Leonard Moore officiating. Calling hours will be held from 12:30 to 2 p.m. on Wednesday at the funeral home prior to the service. Burial will be at Grandview Cemetery.
Family Members
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Grace Edna Firestone Vollnogle
1898–1979
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Richard Jonathan Firestone
1899–1961
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Walter E Firestone
1901–1981
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David Arthur Firestone
1902–1987
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Allen M. Firestone
1905–1975
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Howard Edward Firestone
1908–1991
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PFC Clyde P Firestone
1911–2000
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Hazel Firestone
1913–1991
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Guy S Firestone
1915–2001
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Iva Elizabeth Everitt
1917–1999
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