Glen E. Adams, 89, of Kansas City, Kansas died at St. Luke's South Hospital February 17, 2016.
Glen was born November 8, 1926 in Roosevelt Oklahoma, to Luther Bert and Mary Adams.
He was drafted by the Army his senior year of high school. He returned to Oklahoma at the end of World War II and attended college, graduating from Bethany (Southern) Nazarene University.
On June 29, 1950 he married Reatha A. Browning.
Glen was one of 7 siblings. He grew up during the depression and “Dust Bowl” era. He spent time pastoring in several Nazarene churches in Oklahoma and Kansas. He moved his family to Kansas City in 1964 where he began his teaching and administrative career. Glen was a member of Central Church of the Nazarene in Lenexa, Kansas where he was an active member many years.
Glen is survived by four children, Jannifer Nelson, San Diego, California, Reginald Adams (Delia), Overland Park, Kansas, Melodie Cole (Paul), Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, Cherri Stoltzfus (Byron), Lenexa, Kansas; his grandchildren, Paul Cole III (Erin), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Glen Gabriel Cole, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Brittni Girk (Stu), Lenexa, Kansas, Brooke Cole, Broken Arrow, OK, Kyli Fink (Russ), Leavenworth, Kansas; and his great grandson, Wesley Jay Fink, Leavenworth, Kansas.
Glen was preceded in death by his wife Reatha (Browning) Adams, his brothers and sisters, and his grandson, Byron Jay Stoltzfus.
The visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, February 20th, at Central Church of the Nazarene, 12600 West 87th Street Parkway, Lenexa, Kansas. The funeral service will follow at 11a.m. with burial at Oaklawn Cemetery.
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1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Glen Adams
Birth Year: abt 1927
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Oklahoma
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Home in 1930: Cooper, Kiowa, Oklahoma
Household Members:
Name Age
Luther B Adams 40
Mary Adams 38 [36]
James Adams 17
Ethel Adams 16
Jewel Adams 13
Viola Adams 8
L B Adams 6
Glen Adams 3 [3 2/12]
Carl Adams 2 [2 1/12]
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Glen E. Adams, 89, of Kansas City, Kansas died at St. Luke's South Hospital February 17, 2016.
Glen was born November 8, 1926 in Roosevelt Oklahoma, to Luther Bert and Mary Adams.
He was drafted by the Army his senior year of high school. He returned to Oklahoma at the end of World War II and attended college, graduating from Bethany (Southern) Nazarene University.
On June 29, 1950 he married Reatha A. Browning.
Glen was one of 7 siblings. He grew up during the depression and “Dust Bowl” era. He spent time pastoring in several Nazarene churches in Oklahoma and Kansas. He moved his family to Kansas City in 1964 where he began his teaching and administrative career. Glen was a member of Central Church of the Nazarene in Lenexa, Kansas where he was an active member many years.
Glen is survived by four children, Jannifer Nelson, San Diego, California, Reginald Adams (Delia), Overland Park, Kansas, Melodie Cole (Paul), Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, Cherri Stoltzfus (Byron), Lenexa, Kansas; his grandchildren, Paul Cole III (Erin), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Glen Gabriel Cole, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Brittni Girk (Stu), Lenexa, Kansas, Brooke Cole, Broken Arrow, OK, Kyli Fink (Russ), Leavenworth, Kansas; and his great grandson, Wesley Jay Fink, Leavenworth, Kansas.
Glen was preceded in death by his wife Reatha (Browning) Adams, his brothers and sisters, and his grandson, Byron Jay Stoltzfus.
The visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, February 20th, at Central Church of the Nazarene, 12600 West 87th Street Parkway, Lenexa, Kansas. The funeral service will follow at 11a.m. with burial at Oaklawn Cemetery.
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1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Glen Adams
Birth Year: abt 1927
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Oklahoma
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Home in 1930: Cooper, Kiowa, Oklahoma
Household Members:
Name Age
Luther B Adams 40
Mary Adams 38 [36]
James Adams 17
Ethel Adams 16
Jewel Adams 13
Viola Adams 8
L B Adams 6
Glen Adams 3 [3 2/12]
Carl Adams 2 [2 1/12]
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