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Oren C. Adams

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Oren C. Adams

Birth
Clayton County, Iowa, USA
Death
2 Apr 1954 (aged 84)
Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Edgewood, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Oelwein Daily Register
Monday 05 Apr 1954
Oren Adams Dies At Independence

Strawberry Point -- Last rites were conducted today (Monday) for Oren C. Adams, 84, who died Friday, April 2 in an Independence hospital. He had been ill two weeks. The Rev. Murlin Hansel officiated at services held at 2 p. m. at Gill funeral chapel. Burial was in Edgewood cemetery.

Survivors include his wife and nine children: Mrs. Albert Holden and Mrs. Gus Lutz, Elkader; Mrs. Herman Reinhardt, Strawberry Point; Mrs. Lowell Fenton, Edgewood; Mrs. Gus Nyberg, Two Harbors, Minn.; Elzie and Henry, Strawberry Point; James, Lamont, and Mina DeBow, Maynard. He was preceded in death by a son, Samuel. Also surviving are 44 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.

Mr. Adams was born Oct. 21, 1869 in Clayton county. He was the son of Nicholas and Polly Howard Adams. He had been a resident of Strawberry Point the past 18 years.

Poster's note: Error in obit as written; Mina Debow is actually his sister.
Oelwein Daily Register
Monday 05 Apr 1954
Oren Adams Dies At Independence

Strawberry Point -- Last rites were conducted today (Monday) for Oren C. Adams, 84, who died Friday, April 2 in an Independence hospital. He had been ill two weeks. The Rev. Murlin Hansel officiated at services held at 2 p. m. at Gill funeral chapel. Burial was in Edgewood cemetery.

Survivors include his wife and nine children: Mrs. Albert Holden and Mrs. Gus Lutz, Elkader; Mrs. Herman Reinhardt, Strawberry Point; Mrs. Lowell Fenton, Edgewood; Mrs. Gus Nyberg, Two Harbors, Minn.; Elzie and Henry, Strawberry Point; James, Lamont, and Mina DeBow, Maynard. He was preceded in death by a son, Samuel. Also surviving are 44 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.

Mr. Adams was born Oct. 21, 1869 in Clayton county. He was the son of Nicholas and Polly Howard Adams. He had been a resident of Strawberry Point the past 18 years.

Poster's note: Error in obit as written; Mina Debow is actually his sister.


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  • Added: Aug 20, 2001
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5701790/oren_c-adams: accessed ), memorial page for Oren C. Adams (21 Oct 1869–2 Apr 1954), Find a Grave Memorial ID 5701790, citing Edgewood Cemetery, Edgewood, Delaware County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by P2-ABQ (contributor 46493302).