Barbara Ann (Bierlein) Adams, age 88, of Goetzville, Michigan, died Friday, February 28, 2020, in Petoskey, Michigan. She was born June 17, 1931, in Saginaw, Michigan, to Ottomar Bierlein and Emma (Herzog) Bierlein.
Barb was baptized on July 5, 1931, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Saginaw and grew up in Zilwaukee, Michigan. She graduated from Arthur Hill High School where she met her future husband, James F. Adams. Barb worked at Second National Bank while Jim served in the United States Navy until 1949. They were married on February 18, 1950, in the St. John’s Lutheran Church in Zilwaukee. They made their home and raised three children in Saginaw, where they both worked for General Motors for their entire careers. Barb worked as an executive secretary and was especially good at calming people under stress. During their years at General Motors, they built a retirement home in Goetzville, Michigan, and moved there in 1986.
Barb was a devoted member of the Lutheran Church and attended her entire life. She was active at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Zilwaukee, Bethany Lutheran Church in Saginaw, Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Cedarville, and Immanuel Lutheran Church in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. She was an active member of the Amvets Post 79 Ladies Auxiliary in Raber, Michigan, and the Raber Chapter of the Red Hat Society.
Barb loved fishing, music, and dancing. Jim told his friend the first time he met her that she was the one for him. On their first date he took her fishing and knew for sure she was the girl he was going to marry. They enjoyed all types of dancing and went dancing together often. Barb enjoyed cooking all of the foods that Jim liked to eat, especially the fish that they caught. She loved to spend time with her family.
Barb is survived by her husband, of 70 years, Jim; one son, Rolla James (Deborah) Coulovrianos-Adams of West Union, South Carolina; daughters, Connie Sue Hartley of Saginaw and Lynn Ann Adams of Clearwater, Florida; grandchildren, Colleen Hartley and Kenneth Hartley; great-grandson, Nathan Hartley; brother-in-law, Fred, and wife Helen Adams of Saginaw.
Barb was preceded in death by her brothers, Harry, Robert, and Otto Bierlein; sister, Marion Watrous; and son-in-law, Shaun Hartley
Services will be held Tuesday, March 3, at R. Galer Funeral Home, 24549 S. M-129 in Pickford, Michigan. Visitation will be held from 12:00 Noon until 2:00 P.M. followed by the funeral service at 2:00 P.M. conducted by Reverend Jeffrey Grundmeier.
Burial will be in North Raber Cemetery in Raber Township, Michigan, in the spring.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.rgalerfuneralhome.com.
To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Barbara Ann Adams please visit our Sympathy Store.
Barb was baptized on July 5, 1931, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Saginaw and grew up in Zilwaukee, Michigan. She graduated from Arthur Hill High School where she met her future husband, James F. Adams. Barb worked at Second National Bank while Jim served in the United States Navy until 1949. They were married on February 18, 1950, in the St. John’s Lutheran Church in Zilwaukee. They made their home and raised three children in Saginaw, where they both worked for General Motors for their entire careers. Barb worked as an executive secretary and was especially good at calming people under stress. During their years at General Motors, they built a retirement home in Goetzville, Michigan, and moved there in 1986.
Barb was a devoted member of the Lutheran Church and attended her entire life. She was active at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Zilwaukee, Bethany Lutheran Church in Saginaw, Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Cedarville, and Immanuel Lutheran Church in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. She was an active member of the Amvets Post 79 Ladies Auxiliary in Raber, Michigan, and the Raber Chapter of the Red Hat Society.
Barb loved fishing, music, and dancing. Jim told his friend the first time he met her that she was the one for him. On their first date he took her fishing and knew for sure she was the girl he was going to marry. They enjoyed all types of dancing and went dancing together often. Barb enjoyed cooking all of the foods that Jim liked to eat, especially the fish that they caught. She loved to spend time with her family.
Barb is survived by her husband, of 70 years, Jim; one son, Rolla James (Deborah) Coulovrianos-Adams of West Union, South Carolina; daughters, Connie Sue Hartley of Saginaw and Lynn Ann Adams of Clearwater, Florida; grandchildren, Colleen Hartley and Kenneth Hartley; great-grandson, Nathan Hartley; brother-in-law, Fred, and wife Helen Adams of Saginaw.
Barb was preceded in death by her brothers, Harry, Robert, and Otto Bierlein; sister, Marion Watrous; and son-in-law, Shaun Hartley
Services will be held Tuesday, March 3, at R. Galer Funeral Home, 24549 S. M-129 in Pickford, Michigan. Visitation will be held from 12:00 Noon until 2:00 P.M. followed by the funeral service at 2:00 P.M. conducted by Reverend Jeffrey Grundmeier.
Burial will be in North Raber Cemetery in Raber Township, Michigan, in the spring.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.rgalerfuneralhome.com.
To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Barbara Ann Adams please visit our Sympathy Store.
Barbara Ann (Bierlein) Adams, age 88, of Goetzville, Michigan, died Friday, February 28, 2020, in Petoskey, Michigan. She was born June 17, 1931, in Saginaw, Michigan, to Ottomar Bierlein and Emma (Herzog) Bierlein.
Barb was baptized on July 5, 1931, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Saginaw and grew up in Zilwaukee, Michigan. She graduated from Arthur Hill High School where she met her future husband, James F. Adams. Barb worked at Second National Bank while Jim served in the United States Navy until 1949. They were married on February 18, 1950, in the St. John’s Lutheran Church in Zilwaukee. They made their home and raised three children in Saginaw, where they both worked for General Motors for their entire careers. Barb worked as an executive secretary and was especially good at calming people under stress. During their years at General Motors, they built a retirement home in Goetzville, Michigan, and moved there in 1986.
Barb was a devoted member of the Lutheran Church and attended her entire life. She was active at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Zilwaukee, Bethany Lutheran Church in Saginaw, Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Cedarville, and Immanuel Lutheran Church in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. She was an active member of the Amvets Post 79 Ladies Auxiliary in Raber, Michigan, and the Raber Chapter of the Red Hat Society.
Barb loved fishing, music, and dancing. Jim told his friend the first time he met her that she was the one for him. On their first date he took her fishing and knew for sure she was the girl he was going to marry. They enjoyed all types of dancing and went dancing together often. Barb enjoyed cooking all of the foods that Jim liked to eat, especially the fish that they caught. She loved to spend time with her family.
Barb is survived by her husband, of 70 years, Jim; one son, Rolla James (Deborah) Coulovrianos-Adams of West Union, South Carolina; daughters, Connie Sue Hartley of Saginaw and Lynn Ann Adams of Clearwater, Florida; grandchildren, Colleen Hartley and Kenneth Hartley; great-grandson, Nathan Hartley; brother-in-law, Fred, and wife Helen Adams of Saginaw.
Barb was preceded in death by her brothers, Harry, Robert, and Otto Bierlein; sister, Marion Watrous; and son-in-law, Shaun Hartley
Services will be held Tuesday, March 3, at R. Galer Funeral Home, 24549 S. M-129 in Pickford, Michigan. Visitation will be held from 12:00 Noon until 2:00 P.M. followed by the funeral service at 2:00 P.M. conducted by Reverend Jeffrey Grundmeier.
Burial will be in North Raber Cemetery in Raber Township, Michigan, in the spring.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.rgalerfuneralhome.com.
To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Barbara Ann Adams please visit our Sympathy Store.
Barb was baptized on July 5, 1931, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Saginaw and grew up in Zilwaukee, Michigan. She graduated from Arthur Hill High School where she met her future husband, James F. Adams. Barb worked at Second National Bank while Jim served in the United States Navy until 1949. They were married on February 18, 1950, in the St. John’s Lutheran Church in Zilwaukee. They made their home and raised three children in Saginaw, where they both worked for General Motors for their entire careers. Barb worked as an executive secretary and was especially good at calming people under stress. During their years at General Motors, they built a retirement home in Goetzville, Michigan, and moved there in 1986.
Barb was a devoted member of the Lutheran Church and attended her entire life. She was active at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Zilwaukee, Bethany Lutheran Church in Saginaw, Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Cedarville, and Immanuel Lutheran Church in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. She was an active member of the Amvets Post 79 Ladies Auxiliary in Raber, Michigan, and the Raber Chapter of the Red Hat Society.
Barb loved fishing, music, and dancing. Jim told his friend the first time he met her that she was the one for him. On their first date he took her fishing and knew for sure she was the girl he was going to marry. They enjoyed all types of dancing and went dancing together often. Barb enjoyed cooking all of the foods that Jim liked to eat, especially the fish that they caught. She loved to spend time with her family.
Barb is survived by her husband, of 70 years, Jim; one son, Rolla James (Deborah) Coulovrianos-Adams of West Union, South Carolina; daughters, Connie Sue Hartley of Saginaw and Lynn Ann Adams of Clearwater, Florida; grandchildren, Colleen Hartley and Kenneth Hartley; great-grandson, Nathan Hartley; brother-in-law, Fred, and wife Helen Adams of Saginaw.
Barb was preceded in death by her brothers, Harry, Robert, and Otto Bierlein; sister, Marion Watrous; and son-in-law, Shaun Hartley
Services will be held Tuesday, March 3, at R. Galer Funeral Home, 24549 S. M-129 in Pickford, Michigan. Visitation will be held from 12:00 Noon until 2:00 P.M. followed by the funeral service at 2:00 P.M. conducted by Reverend Jeffrey Grundmeier.
Burial will be in North Raber Cemetery in Raber Township, Michigan, in the spring.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.rgalerfuneralhome.com.
To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Barbara Ann Adams please visit our Sympathy Store.
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