THE DAILY JOURNAL
KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS
October 13, 2021
Wanda 'Edie' Adams
BOURBONNAIS — Wanda Edith "Edie" Adams passed away Sunday October 10, 2021, at her home in Bourbonnais.
She was born December 22, 1932, the 11th child of Anna Katherine Cummins Polk and Lloyd Lemuel Polk, in Allendale.
Edie married Robert W. Adams on December 15, 1951. They had one daughter, Pamela Jean, born January 11, 1955. She passed away in 1985 from a car accident.
Robert was in the U.S. Navy when he and Edie met in church. They only had eyes for each other.
After Robert was discharged, he and Edie moved to the Kankakee area. Edie worked at an answering service, taking calls for doctors. She also worked as a pharmacist's assistant at Jaffe Drug Store. Edie attended beauty school, where she eventually taught before opening her own shop in her home.
Edie was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Kankakee.
Preceding her in death were her parents; daughter, Pamela Jean Hasenjaeger; siblings, Perry Polk, Geraldine Taylor, Bernadine Cooper, Wilma Vowels, Charlotte Stout, twins Herbert and Howard Polk, Betty Ditzler, Patty Zilliox and Jack Polk. There was also an infant sister, Avis.
Surviving are her husband, Robert, of Bourbonnais; and many nieces and nephews.
A visitation was held from 10 a.m. Thursday, October 14, until the 11 a.m. funeral service at the Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home, Bourbonnais. Burial followed in the Kankakee Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Aroma Township.
Memorials may be made to St. Paul Lutheran Church, Kankakee.
KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS
October 13, 2021
Wanda 'Edie' Adams
BOURBONNAIS — Wanda Edith "Edie" Adams passed away Sunday October 10, 2021, at her home in Bourbonnais.
She was born December 22, 1932, the 11th child of Anna Katherine Cummins Polk and Lloyd Lemuel Polk, in Allendale.
Edie married Robert W. Adams on December 15, 1951. They had one daughter, Pamela Jean, born January 11, 1955. She passed away in 1985 from a car accident.
Robert was in the U.S. Navy when he and Edie met in church. They only had eyes for each other.
After Robert was discharged, he and Edie moved to the Kankakee area. Edie worked at an answering service, taking calls for doctors. She also worked as a pharmacist's assistant at Jaffe Drug Store. Edie attended beauty school, where she eventually taught before opening her own shop in her home.
Edie was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Kankakee.
Preceding her in death were her parents; daughter, Pamela Jean Hasenjaeger; siblings, Perry Polk, Geraldine Taylor, Bernadine Cooper, Wilma Vowels, Charlotte Stout, twins Herbert and Howard Polk, Betty Ditzler, Patty Zilliox and Jack Polk. There was also an infant sister, Avis.
Surviving are her husband, Robert, of Bourbonnais; and many nieces and nephews.
A visitation was held from 10 a.m. Thursday, October 14, until the 11 a.m. funeral service at the Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home, Bourbonnais. Burial followed in the Kankakee Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Aroma Township.
Memorials may be made to St. Paul Lutheran Church, Kankakee.
THE DAILY JOURNAL
KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS
October 13, 2021
Wanda 'Edie' Adams
BOURBONNAIS — Wanda Edith "Edie" Adams passed away Sunday October 10, 2021, at her home in Bourbonnais.
She was born December 22, 1932, the 11th child of Anna Katherine Cummins Polk and Lloyd Lemuel Polk, in Allendale.
Edie married Robert W. Adams on December 15, 1951. They had one daughter, Pamela Jean, born January 11, 1955. She passed away in 1985 from a car accident.
Robert was in the U.S. Navy when he and Edie met in church. They only had eyes for each other.
After Robert was discharged, he and Edie moved to the Kankakee area. Edie worked at an answering service, taking calls for doctors. She also worked as a pharmacist's assistant at Jaffe Drug Store. Edie attended beauty school, where she eventually taught before opening her own shop in her home.
Edie was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Kankakee.
Preceding her in death were her parents; daughter, Pamela Jean Hasenjaeger; siblings, Perry Polk, Geraldine Taylor, Bernadine Cooper, Wilma Vowels, Charlotte Stout, twins Herbert and Howard Polk, Betty Ditzler, Patty Zilliox and Jack Polk. There was also an infant sister, Avis.
Surviving are her husband, Robert, of Bourbonnais; and many nieces and nephews.
A visitation was held from 10 a.m. Thursday, October 14, until the 11 a.m. funeral service at the Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home, Bourbonnais. Burial followed in the Kankakee Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Aroma Township.
Memorials may be made to St. Paul Lutheran Church, Kankakee.
KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS
October 13, 2021
Wanda 'Edie' Adams
BOURBONNAIS — Wanda Edith "Edie" Adams passed away Sunday October 10, 2021, at her home in Bourbonnais.
She was born December 22, 1932, the 11th child of Anna Katherine Cummins Polk and Lloyd Lemuel Polk, in Allendale.
Edie married Robert W. Adams on December 15, 1951. They had one daughter, Pamela Jean, born January 11, 1955. She passed away in 1985 from a car accident.
Robert was in the U.S. Navy when he and Edie met in church. They only had eyes for each other.
After Robert was discharged, he and Edie moved to the Kankakee area. Edie worked at an answering service, taking calls for doctors. She also worked as a pharmacist's assistant at Jaffe Drug Store. Edie attended beauty school, where she eventually taught before opening her own shop in her home.
Edie was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Kankakee.
Preceding her in death were her parents; daughter, Pamela Jean Hasenjaeger; siblings, Perry Polk, Geraldine Taylor, Bernadine Cooper, Wilma Vowels, Charlotte Stout, twins Herbert and Howard Polk, Betty Ditzler, Patty Zilliox and Jack Polk. There was also an infant sister, Avis.
Surviving are her husband, Robert, of Bourbonnais; and many nieces and nephews.
A visitation was held from 10 a.m. Thursday, October 14, until the 11 a.m. funeral service at the Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home, Bourbonnais. Burial followed in the Kankakee Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Aroma Township.
Memorials may be made to St. Paul Lutheran Church, Kankakee.
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