April 3, 1926 ~ September 28, 2020
Beverly R. (Forest) Adams, age 94, wife of Richard "Dick" Adams, West Lafayette, IN, died on Monday, September 28, 2020 in a West Lafayette hospital. She was the daughter of Charlie and Anna Forest from Clark.
Graveside services will be held at 10:30AM on Monday, October 12, 2020, in the Rose Hill Cemetery with Pastor Mark Tracy officiating. All are welcome to attend.
She was born April 3, 1926 in Rapid City, South Dakota to Charles and Anna Forest. Bev had one brother, Jim and one sister, Joan.
After graduating, a true pioneer, Bev taught school for three years to various aged children in a one room school with a pot belly stove. Most children arrived on horseback.
She moved to Portland, Oregon to do secretarial work. There she met her future husband, Richard Adams from Maine. They went to South Dakota, were married, and then drove to Maine.
She was employed as a secretary. They later moved to West Lafyette where she helped Richard get his PhD at Purdue.
They had two children, a son, Terry and a daughter, Kimberly. Terry has a son, Jordan and Kim had two sons, Conner and Joshua.
Bev was a lifelong member to St. Andrews United Methodist Church and a member of the Eastern Star.
Services were held in West Lafayette, Indiana. Graveside Burial Services will be held in the Rose Hill Cemetery at Clark.
[Source: Furness Funeral Home in Clark, South Dakota]
April 3, 1926 ~ September 28, 2020
Beverly R. (Forest) Adams, age 94, wife of Richard "Dick" Adams, West Lafayette, IN, died on Monday, September 28, 2020 in a West Lafayette hospital. She was the daughter of Charlie and Anna Forest from Clark.
Graveside services will be held at 10:30AM on Monday, October 12, 2020, in the Rose Hill Cemetery with Pastor Mark Tracy officiating. All are welcome to attend.
She was born April 3, 1926 in Rapid City, South Dakota to Charles and Anna Forest. Bev had one brother, Jim and one sister, Joan.
After graduating, a true pioneer, Bev taught school for three years to various aged children in a one room school with a pot belly stove. Most children arrived on horseback.
She moved to Portland, Oregon to do secretarial work. There she met her future husband, Richard Adams from Maine. They went to South Dakota, were married, and then drove to Maine.
She was employed as a secretary. They later moved to West Lafyette where she helped Richard get his PhD at Purdue.
They had two children, a son, Terry and a daughter, Kimberly. Terry has a son, Jordan and Kim had two sons, Conner and Joshua.
Bev was a lifelong member to St. Andrews United Methodist Church and a member of the Eastern Star.
Services were held in West Lafayette, Indiana. Graveside Burial Services will be held in the Rose Hill Cemetery at Clark.
[Source: Furness Funeral Home in Clark, South Dakota]
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