Adams, Arlene (1924 - 2022)

ADAMS, ANDERSEN, HANSON, TRAGER, THYGESEN, KNOPF, HENKELMAN, LARSON, MOHR, SHIELS, RUTZ

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 8/8/2022 at 13:56:44

Name of deceased: Arlene Adams (nee Andersen)

Aged: 97 yrs, 8 mo, 13 days

Residence: Elm Crest Retirement Community, Harlan, Shelby County, IA

Born: Nov. 12, 1924; Jacksonville, Shelby County, IA

Died: July 25, 2022; Elm Crest Retirement Community, Harlan, Shelby County, IA

Funeral services: Saturday, July 30, 2022; United Methodist Church, Kirkman, IA; burial was in the Rose Hill Cemetery, Kirkman, IA

Survived by: Children, Ronald Lee, Cindy Sue (spouse, Karl) Hanson, Penny Lee (spouse, Eric) Trager, and Amy Lou (spouse, Jim) Thygesen; grandchildren, Cody (spouse, Michael) Knopf, Harry Adams, Stacy (spouse, Jeff) Henkelman, Rachelle (spouse, Phill) Larson, Lisa (spouse, Jon) Mohr, Gabriel (spouse, Cindy) Hanson, Jessica (spouse, Tyler) Shiels, Shelby (spouse, Grant) Rutz, Brad (spouse, Andrea) Thygesen, and Ross (spouse, Cady) Thygesen; 18 great-grandchildren; 1 step-great-granddaughter; 1 step-great-great-granddaughter; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Andrew and Emma Andersen; husband, Forrest; daughter-in-law, Carolyn Adams; great-grandson, Jacob Henkelman; siblings, Arthur in infancy, Peter, Frank, Roy, Mathies, Earl, Elmer, LaVern, Mata, Dora, Annie, and Myrtle

Education: Attended Jackson #5 country school (Shelby County, IA) and graduated from Harlan (IA) High School with the Class of 1942.

Religious affiliation: Baptized and later confirmed at Jacksonville Lutheran Church, Jacksonville, Shelby County, IA; as an adult, she was an active member of the Kirkman (IA) United Methodist church and the Kirkman United Methodist Women

Military service: n/a

Marriage: Forrest Adams; July 21, 1943; at the home of her sister, Mata Littleton, in Omaha, NE.

Employment: Farmer’s wife; she not only worked with Forrest farming, she was actively involved in their trucking business and in raising quarter horses; Arlene also worked for a while as a cook with the Irwin-Kirkman (IA) school and in housekeeping at Elm Crest Nursing Home, Harlan, IA.

Hobbies/Interests: Active member of the Shelby County (IA) Saddle club; volunteered for several years at the Shelby County Fair oven products department; other activities included several neighborhood club organizations, including the White Ribbon Society, Ladies Night Out, the Red Hat Ladies and Myrtue Memorial Auxiliary; she enjoyed country western music and loved to go country western dancing with her husband; was an avid seamstress and quilt maker

Sources: kjan.com; pauleyjones.com