Alma E. Adamchak, 56, of 718 S. Park St., was found dead at 10 p.m. Thursday near Sandy Ford bridge. LaSalle County Coroner Marion Osborne is investigating. An inquest is pending.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Winterrowd Funeral Home. Burial will be in Oakwood Memorial Park in Ottawa. Visitation is two hours prior to the services Monday at the funeral home.
She was born June 25, 1926 in Grand Ridge, a daughter of Leonard Dalton and Nora Ethel (Terrell) Hayes. She married John Adamchak on September 19, 1953 in Streator. He died in February 14, 1980.
Surviving is a son: Jeffery John Adamchak of Ft. Bragg, North Carolina; two sisters: Jane Toftoy of Aurora and Ruby Lamb of Las Vegas, Nevada; and one brother: Tom Hayes of Sandwich.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and two brothers.
She lived in Streator most of her life. A member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, she was formerly employed by General Telephone Company and Heritage Manor.
--The Times (Streator, Illinois) 08 Apr 1983, Fri, page 2 (with edits)--
Alma Adamchak, 57, of 718 S. Park St., was found dead by two teenage campers shortly before 10 p.m. about nine miles northwest of Streator in what authorities say was apparently a suicide.
Mrs. Adamchak apparently drove out to the area, parked her car, walked into the wooded area just northeast of the Sandy Ford bridge and shot herself with a handgun, LaSalle County Coroner Marion Osborne said today.
About 30 minutes after her body was discovered Thursday night, Osborne declared her dead at the scene.
She could have shot herself anytime Thursday, Osborne said, because it was her day off from Heritage Manor Nursing Home and no one was keeping track of her. The last her neighbors saw any sign of her was at 9 a.m. when her car was still parked in her driveway, Osborne said.
Friends of Mrs. Adamchak reported she was depressed over the sudden death of her husband in 1980, Osborne said.
David Geschwind, 17 of 1604 Boys St. and John Maggard, 17 of 1201 E. Main St. found the body while camping in the area overnight, Osborne said.
--The Times (Streator, Illinois) 08 Apr 1983, Fri, page 1--
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Winterrowd Funeral Home. Burial will be in Oakwood Memorial Park in Ottawa. Visitation is two hours prior to the services Monday at the funeral home.
She was born June 25, 1926 in Grand Ridge, a daughter of Leonard Dalton and Nora Ethel (Terrell) Hayes. She married John Adamchak on September 19, 1953 in Streator. He died in February 14, 1980.
Surviving is a son: Jeffery John Adamchak of Ft. Bragg, North Carolina; two sisters: Jane Toftoy of Aurora and Ruby Lamb of Las Vegas, Nevada; and one brother: Tom Hayes of Sandwich.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and two brothers.
She lived in Streator most of her life. A member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, she was formerly employed by General Telephone Company and Heritage Manor.
--The Times (Streator, Illinois) 08 Apr 1983, Fri, page 2 (with edits)--
Alma Adamchak, 57, of 718 S. Park St., was found dead by two teenage campers shortly before 10 p.m. about nine miles northwest of Streator in what authorities say was apparently a suicide.
Mrs. Adamchak apparently drove out to the area, parked her car, walked into the wooded area just northeast of the Sandy Ford bridge and shot herself with a handgun, LaSalle County Coroner Marion Osborne said today.
About 30 minutes after her body was discovered Thursday night, Osborne declared her dead at the scene.
She could have shot herself anytime Thursday, Osborne said, because it was her day off from Heritage Manor Nursing Home and no one was keeping track of her. The last her neighbors saw any sign of her was at 9 a.m. when her car was still parked in her driveway, Osborne said.
Friends of Mrs. Adamchak reported she was depressed over the sudden death of her husband in 1980, Osborne said.
David Geschwind, 17 of 1604 Boys St. and John Maggard, 17 of 1201 E. Main St. found the body while camping in the area overnight, Osborne said.
--The Times (Streator, Illinois) 08 Apr 1983, Fri, page 1--
Alma E. Adamchak, 56, of 718 S. Park St., was found dead at 10 p.m. Thursday near Sandy Ford bridge. LaSalle County Coroner Marion Osborne is investigating. An inquest is pending.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Winterrowd Funeral Home. Burial will be in Oakwood Memorial Park in Ottawa. Visitation is two hours prior to the services Monday at the funeral home.
She was born June 25, 1926 in Grand Ridge, a daughter of Leonard Dalton and Nora Ethel (Terrell) Hayes. She married John Adamchak on September 19, 1953 in Streator. He died in February 14, 1980.
Surviving is a son: Jeffery John Adamchak of Ft. Bragg, North Carolina; two sisters: Jane Toftoy of Aurora and Ruby Lamb of Las Vegas, Nevada; and one brother: Tom Hayes of Sandwich.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and two brothers.
She lived in Streator most of her life. A member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, she was formerly employed by General Telephone Company and Heritage Manor.
--The Times (Streator, Illinois) 08 Apr 1983, Fri, page 2 (with edits)--
Alma Adamchak, 57, of 718 S. Park St., was found dead by two teenage campers shortly before 10 p.m. about nine miles northwest of Streator in what authorities say was apparently a suicide.
Mrs. Adamchak apparently drove out to the area, parked her car, walked into the wooded area just northeast of the Sandy Ford bridge and shot herself with a handgun, LaSalle County Coroner Marion Osborne said today.
About 30 minutes after her body was discovered Thursday night, Osborne declared her dead at the scene.
She could have shot herself anytime Thursday, Osborne said, because it was her day off from Heritage Manor Nursing Home and no one was keeping track of her. The last her neighbors saw any sign of her was at 9 a.m. when her car was still parked in her driveway, Osborne said.
Friends of Mrs. Adamchak reported she was depressed over the sudden death of her husband in 1980, Osborne said.
David Geschwind, 17 of 1604 Boys St. and John Maggard, 17 of 1201 E. Main St. found the body while camping in the area overnight, Osborne said.
--The Times (Streator, Illinois) 08 Apr 1983, Fri, page 1--
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Winterrowd Funeral Home. Burial will be in Oakwood Memorial Park in Ottawa. Visitation is two hours prior to the services Monday at the funeral home.
She was born June 25, 1926 in Grand Ridge, a daughter of Leonard Dalton and Nora Ethel (Terrell) Hayes. She married John Adamchak on September 19, 1953 in Streator. He died in February 14, 1980.
Surviving is a son: Jeffery John Adamchak of Ft. Bragg, North Carolina; two sisters: Jane Toftoy of Aurora and Ruby Lamb of Las Vegas, Nevada; and one brother: Tom Hayes of Sandwich.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and two brothers.
She lived in Streator most of her life. A member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, she was formerly employed by General Telephone Company and Heritage Manor.
--The Times (Streator, Illinois) 08 Apr 1983, Fri, page 2 (with edits)--
Alma Adamchak, 57, of 718 S. Park St., was found dead by two teenage campers shortly before 10 p.m. about nine miles northwest of Streator in what authorities say was apparently a suicide.
Mrs. Adamchak apparently drove out to the area, parked her car, walked into the wooded area just northeast of the Sandy Ford bridge and shot herself with a handgun, LaSalle County Coroner Marion Osborne said today.
About 30 minutes after her body was discovered Thursday night, Osborne declared her dead at the scene.
She could have shot herself anytime Thursday, Osborne said, because it was her day off from Heritage Manor Nursing Home and no one was keeping track of her. The last her neighbors saw any sign of her was at 9 a.m. when her car was still parked in her driveway, Osborne said.
Friends of Mrs. Adamchak reported she was depressed over the sudden death of her husband in 1980, Osborne said.
David Geschwind, 17 of 1604 Boys St. and John Maggard, 17 of 1201 E. Main St. found the body while camping in the area overnight, Osborne said.
--The Times (Streator, Illinois) 08 Apr 1983, Fri, page 1--
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