Obituary for Carol Adams
Carol Dean Adams died October 25, 2008 at Sierra Vista Care Facility in Loveland, at 93 years of age. She was the last of ten children born to W.T. (Tom) Elliott and Eliza (Blake) Elliott on Nov. 3, 1914 in LeFlore County, near Talihina, Oklahoma. The family later moved to Osage County, where Carol Dean continued her schooling, graduating from Hominy High School in 1932. She then moved to California, living with relatives and attending Bakersfield, Jr. College.After several years living there, she returned to Oklahoma and married Patrick H. Adams in Hominy on March 27, 1937. They moved back to California where they lived until 1945. Their two daughters were born there. At the close of WWII, they bought a ranch close to Avant, Oklahoma, where they lived and raised their family. In 1961, Patrick took a transfer to Wyoming with Shell Oil Company and lived in the Sheridan and Buffalo areas for over ten years. They later retired to Loveland to be closer to their family.Carol Dean worked for some years as a secretary for the U.S. Army Reserve Center in Tulsa, OK. She was a wonderful homemaker, and was well-known for her pie-making ability. She worked as a volunteer for the Republican Party in Oklahoma and later in Wyoming. She loved playing bridge, Scrabble, crossword puzzles, and was an avid reader. She accepted the Lord as her Savior in the Methodist Church, and was a teacher and a worker in the church wherever they lived. Her quick wit and personality were reflections of her Elliott family heritage, and growing up in the Depression years in Oklahoma.Her husband preceded her in death on March 28, 2006. Surviving are daughters, Angeline Street and husband, Floyd of Loveland, and Penny B. Hoyt of Broomfield, CO; grandchildren, Patrick Street and wife Eileen of Fort Collins, Patrice Pualani and husband Tony of Red Feather Lakes; Brian Hoyt and wife Kathryn of Denver and Adam Hoyt of Columbus, OH; and seven great-grandchildren.There will be a public visitation from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008 at Resthaven Funeral Home, 8426 S. Hwy 287, Fort Collins. Services will follow at 10:30 a.m. with burial to follow at Resthaven Memory Gardens.Due to the loving care provided to Carol Dean by Sierra Vista Care Facility over the past 3 years, any memorial contributions can be made to them at 821 Duffield Court, Loveland, CO 80537.