PHM1 US NAVY - WORLD WAR II
HOULTON – William S. Adams Sr., 89, left to be with his Lord and Savior, Sept. 15, 2011, after a long illness with his family by his side. He was born Aug. 10, 1922, in New Limerick, son of Violet L. (Sanford) and Ora L. Adams Sr.
William served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and participated in the invasion of Marshall Island, Tinia, Japan and Guam of the Mariana Island, Pelelieu of Palova Islands, Leyte and Luzon of Phillipines Islands, Okinawa and Cape Gloucester, several reinforcements in New Guinea, New Caledonia and first ones arriving into harbor and unloading troops as occupational troops at Nagasaki, Japan after the second atomic bomb was dropped. His unit was awarded a Presidential Citation. He returned to the states November 1945 and was honorably discharged Jan. 6, 1946, as pharmacist first class and a dental hygienist aboard the USS Wayne, APA 54.
He was a railroad locomotive engineer for Bangor & Aroostook Railroad for 32 years, retiring in 1984.
William is survived by his wife, Lois (Guy) Adams of Houlton; his children, William S. Adams Jr. of North Carolina, Deborah Brewer of Florida, Gerald Adams of Houlton and Terrence Adams of Florida; 12 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, several aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his daughter, Nancy, in 1991; and his son, Larry, in 2001.
Interment will be at New Limerick Cemetery. (Bangor Daily News posted 9/18/2011)
HOULTON – William S. Adams Sr., 89, left to be with his Lord and Savior, Sept. 15, 2011, after a long illness with his family by his side. He was born Aug. 10, 1922, in New Limerick, son of Violet L. (Sanford) and Ora L. Adams Sr.
William served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and participated in the invasion of Marshall Island, Tinia, Japan and Guam of the Mariana Island, Pelelieu of Palova Islands, Leyte and Luzon of Phillipines Islands, Okinawa and Cape Gloucester, several reinforcements in New Guinea, New Caledonia and first ones arriving into harbor and unloading troops as occupational troops at Nagasaki, Japan after the second atomic bomb was dropped. His unit was awarded a Presidential Citation. He returned to the states November 1945 and was honorably discharged Jan. 6, 1946, as pharmacist first class and a dental hygienist aboard the USS Wayne, APA 54.
He was a railroad locomotive engineer for Bangor & Aroostook Railroad for 32 years, retiring in 1984.
William is survived by his wife, Lois (Guy) Adams of Houlton; his children, William S. Adams Jr. of North Carolina, Deborah Brewer of Florida, Gerald Adams of Houlton and Terrence Adams of Florida; 12 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, several aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his daughter, Nancy, in 1991; and his son, Larry, in 2001.
Interment will be at New Limerick Cemetery. (Bangor Daily News posted 9/18/2011)
PHM1 US NAVY - WORLD WAR II
HOULTON – William S. Adams Sr., 89, left to be with his Lord and Savior, Sept. 15, 2011, after a long illness with his family by his side. He was born Aug. 10, 1922, in New Limerick, son of Violet L. (Sanford) and Ora L. Adams Sr.
William served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and participated in the invasion of Marshall Island, Tinia, Japan and Guam of the Mariana Island, Pelelieu of Palova Islands, Leyte and Luzon of Phillipines Islands, Okinawa and Cape Gloucester, several reinforcements in New Guinea, New Caledonia and first ones arriving into harbor and unloading troops as occupational troops at Nagasaki, Japan after the second atomic bomb was dropped. His unit was awarded a Presidential Citation. He returned to the states November 1945 and was honorably discharged Jan. 6, 1946, as pharmacist first class and a dental hygienist aboard the USS Wayne, APA 54.
He was a railroad locomotive engineer for Bangor & Aroostook Railroad for 32 years, retiring in 1984.
William is survived by his wife, Lois (Guy) Adams of Houlton; his children, William S. Adams Jr. of North Carolina, Deborah Brewer of Florida, Gerald Adams of Houlton and Terrence Adams of Florida; 12 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, several aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his daughter, Nancy, in 1991; and his son, Larry, in 2001.
Interment will be at New Limerick Cemetery. (Bangor Daily News posted 9/18/2011)
HOULTON – William S. Adams Sr., 89, left to be with his Lord and Savior, Sept. 15, 2011, after a long illness with his family by his side. He was born Aug. 10, 1922, in New Limerick, son of Violet L. (Sanford) and Ora L. Adams Sr.
William served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and participated in the invasion of Marshall Island, Tinia, Japan and Guam of the Mariana Island, Pelelieu of Palova Islands, Leyte and Luzon of Phillipines Islands, Okinawa and Cape Gloucester, several reinforcements in New Guinea, New Caledonia and first ones arriving into harbor and unloading troops as occupational troops at Nagasaki, Japan after the second atomic bomb was dropped. His unit was awarded a Presidential Citation. He returned to the states November 1945 and was honorably discharged Jan. 6, 1946, as pharmacist first class and a dental hygienist aboard the USS Wayne, APA 54.
He was a railroad locomotive engineer for Bangor & Aroostook Railroad for 32 years, retiring in 1984.
William is survived by his wife, Lois (Guy) Adams of Houlton; his children, William S. Adams Jr. of North Carolina, Deborah Brewer of Florida, Gerald Adams of Houlton and Terrence Adams of Florida; 12 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, several aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his daughter, Nancy, in 1991; and his son, Larry, in 2001.
Interment will be at New Limerick Cemetery. (Bangor Daily News posted 9/18/2011)
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