Ruth L. Adams
Ruth Louise Adams, 77, of Waterville, died November 20 at Lakewood Manor Nursing Home.
Born in Boothbay Harbor, a daughter of Arnold and Madeline (Auld) Brewer Sr., she graduated from Boothbay Harbor High School in 1940 and then from Farmington State Normal School in 1944 with a bachelor of science degree. From 1944 to 1951 she taught home economics in Buckfield, Boothbay Harbor, and Mars Hill schools.
In 1947 she married Walter Bowie, and they had three children, Robert, Barbara and Calvin. She moved to Malden, Mass. in 1954 where she was a teacher for homebound students with physical disabilities. Walter died unexpectedly December 25, 1954.
She married Dustin Adams (of Boothbay Harbor) in 1957 and the family moved to Wilmington, Delaware where she taught home economics in the Claymont school system from 1958 until her early retirement in 1978. She was nominated National Teacher of the Year for 1976 by the Claymont School District Board of Directors.
Mrs. Adams was again widowed in 1978. Because of her great love of teaching and travel, she joined the Peace Corps in 1980, serving the first two years in Tonga (a group of islands in the South Pacific). She then served in Bangkok, Thailand from approximately 1982 to 1992. She returned to Bangkok on her own as a volunteer until her return to the United States in 1994 because of declining health.
Survivors include a daughter, Barbara Chenoweth and her husband Bill of Albion; a son, Calvin Bowie, his wife Karen, and their daughters, Marilyn and Alison, of Manchester, N.H.; her brother, Arnold Brewer Jr. of Boothbay Harbor; her sister, Alice Lee of Boothbay Harbor and Zephyrhills, Fla.; and several nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at a later date.
Obit: 12-23-1999
Ruth Louise Adams, 77, of Waterville, died November 20 at Lakewood Manor Nursing Home.
Born in Boothbay Harbor, a daughter of Arnold and Madeline (Auld) Brewer Sr., she graduated from Boothbay Harbor High School in 1940 and then from Farmington State Normal School in 1944 with a bachelor of science degree. From 1944 to 1951 she taught home economics in Buckfield, Boothbay Harbor, and Mars Hill schools.
In 1947 she married Walter Bowie, and they had three children, Robert, Barbara and Calvin. She moved to Malden, Mass. in 1954 where she was a teacher for homebound students with physical disabilities. Walter died unexpectedly December 25, 1954.
She married Dustin Adams (of Boothbay Harbor) in 1957 and the family moved to Wilmington, Delaware where she taught home economics in the Claymont school system from 1958 until her early retirement in 1978. She was nominated National Teacher of the Year for 1976 by the Claymont School District Board of Directors.
Mrs. Adams was again widowed in 1978. Because of her great love of teaching and travel, she joined the Peace Corps in 1980, serving the first two years in Tonga (a group of islands in the South Pacific). She then served in Bangkok, Thailand from approximately 1982 to 1992. She returned to Bangkok on her own as a volunteer until her return to the United States in 1994 because of declining health.
Survivors include a daughter, Barbara Chenoweth and her husband Bill of Albion; a son, Calvin Bowie, his wife Karen, and their daughters, Marilyn and Alison, of Manchester, N.H.; her brother, Arnold Brewer Jr. of Boothbay Harbor; her sister, Alice Lee of Boothbay Harbor and Zephyrhills, Fla.; and several nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at a later date.
Obit: 12-23-1999
Ruth L. Adams
Ruth Louise Adams, 77, of Waterville, died November 20 at Lakewood Manor Nursing Home.
Born in Boothbay Harbor, a daughter of Arnold and Madeline (Auld) Brewer Sr., she graduated from Boothbay Harbor High School in 1940 and then from Farmington State Normal School in 1944 with a bachelor of science degree. From 1944 to 1951 she taught home economics in Buckfield, Boothbay Harbor, and Mars Hill schools.
In 1947 she married Walter Bowie, and they had three children, Robert, Barbara and Calvin. She moved to Malden, Mass. in 1954 where she was a teacher for homebound students with physical disabilities. Walter died unexpectedly December 25, 1954.
She married Dustin Adams (of Boothbay Harbor) in 1957 and the family moved to Wilmington, Delaware where she taught home economics in the Claymont school system from 1958 until her early retirement in 1978. She was nominated National Teacher of the Year for 1976 by the Claymont School District Board of Directors.
Mrs. Adams was again widowed in 1978. Because of her great love of teaching and travel, she joined the Peace Corps in 1980, serving the first two years in Tonga (a group of islands in the South Pacific). She then served in Bangkok, Thailand from approximately 1982 to 1992. She returned to Bangkok on her own as a volunteer until her return to the United States in 1994 because of declining health.
Survivors include a daughter, Barbara Chenoweth and her husband Bill of Albion; a son, Calvin Bowie, his wife Karen, and their daughters, Marilyn and Alison, of Manchester, N.H.; her brother, Arnold Brewer Jr. of Boothbay Harbor; her sister, Alice Lee of Boothbay Harbor and Zephyrhills, Fla.; and several nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at a later date.
Obit: 12-23-1999
Ruth Louise Adams, 77, of Waterville, died November 20 at Lakewood Manor Nursing Home.
Born in Boothbay Harbor, a daughter of Arnold and Madeline (Auld) Brewer Sr., she graduated from Boothbay Harbor High School in 1940 and then from Farmington State Normal School in 1944 with a bachelor of science degree. From 1944 to 1951 she taught home economics in Buckfield, Boothbay Harbor, and Mars Hill schools.
In 1947 she married Walter Bowie, and they had three children, Robert, Barbara and Calvin. She moved to Malden, Mass. in 1954 where she was a teacher for homebound students with physical disabilities. Walter died unexpectedly December 25, 1954.
She married Dustin Adams (of Boothbay Harbor) in 1957 and the family moved to Wilmington, Delaware where she taught home economics in the Claymont school system from 1958 until her early retirement in 1978. She was nominated National Teacher of the Year for 1976 by the Claymont School District Board of Directors.
Mrs. Adams was again widowed in 1978. Because of her great love of teaching and travel, she joined the Peace Corps in 1980, serving the first two years in Tonga (a group of islands in the South Pacific). She then served in Bangkok, Thailand from approximately 1982 to 1992. She returned to Bangkok on her own as a volunteer until her return to the United States in 1994 because of declining health.
Survivors include a daughter, Barbara Chenoweth and her husband Bill of Albion; a son, Calvin Bowie, his wife Karen, and their daughters, Marilyn and Alison, of Manchester, N.H.; her brother, Arnold Brewer Jr. of Boothbay Harbor; her sister, Alice Lee of Boothbay Harbor and Zephyrhills, Fla.; and several nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at a later date.
Obit: 12-23-1999
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