Earl Adams

NORTH LIMA - Earl Walter "Walt" Adams, 100, of North Lima, died May 5, 2009, at Assumption Village.

Mr. Adams was born March 11, 1909, in Denver, Colo., a son of Walter and Rose Kepler Adams.

He graduated from Colorado School of Mines in 1932 with a degree in Metallurgy. After graduation, he went to work for the Homestake Mines in Lead, S.D. After that, he moved to Los Altos, Calif., where he began his 35 years with Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical. He helped to initiate the building and operation of several plants in California, Louisiana, Ohio, and other areas of the country.

Mr. Adams was an accomplished woodworker and a watercolor artist. He was a member of the Honorary Scholastic Engineering Fraternity Tau Beta Pi.

He was a former member of the Moravian Church of Lititz in Pennsylvania, where he and his wife lived before returning to this area in 1996.

He leaves his wife, the former Eleanor Roberts, whom he married June 15, 1957; his two daughters, Mariam Frenier of Morris, Minn., and Nancy Wilson of Baton Rouge, La.; a brother and sister-in-law, John and Barbara Adams of Denver; four grandchildren, Kenneth Champagne, Catherine Cutrer, Jacquelyn Champagne and Eric Darce, and two nieces and two nephews in Denver.

He was preceded in death by his parents and his first wife, Catherine Primm Adams.

A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Cunningham-Becker Funeral Home in Poland.

Material tributes may take the form of contributions in Mr. Adam's name to Hospice of the Valley, 5190 Market St., Boardman, Ohio 44512 or to the Marion Living Center Activity Department, 9800 Market St., North Lima, Ohio 44452.

Please visit www.beckerobits.com to send condolences.

5/7/09