Obituary for Franklin B Adams, Porter Township, Van Buren County, Michigan


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FRANKLIN B. ADAMS, AGED 20, DIES AFTER FEW DAYS’ ILLNESS

Funeral of Young Man Held at Home of His Parents on Tuesday Afternoon

The death of Franklin Adams, aged 20 years, Sunday came as a shock to friends
of the community and words of sympathy are heard on every hand for the
bereaved parents. The young man had been sick for several days before coming
home from Kalamazoo, where he was employed, and not many people knew of his
illness until he passed away.

Franklin B. Adams, oldest son of Franklin K. and Josephine M. Adams, was born
at Lawton, Mich., June 11, 1908, and passed away at his home in Porter,
Sunday, July 8, 1928, after an illness of one week.

His early education was obtained in the country schools near his home, and he
was graduated from Lawton high school with the class of 1925.

His ambition for higher education led him to broader fields and he enrolled in
September, 1927, in the manual arts department of the Western State Teachers’
College of Kalamazoo, Mich., where he successfully completed the first year of
his course.In pursuance of his desire, he obtained a position with the Western
Union Telegraph Company, where he was employed at the time of his death.

Among his many outstanding characteristics were his ability to grasp the
situation quickly and his moral cleanliness.

The funeral was held at the home (something must have been omited here) ing to
do any task which might have been asked of him which he was physically able to
perform. He was very trusty and could be depended upon to the last degree.

He was a great lover of beauty and the better things in life. To know him was
to love him.

He leaves to mourn, his father and mother, three brothers and one sister, two
grandmothers, Mrs Anna Adams and Mrs. Mary L. Burhans, and a host of other
dear relatives and friends.

The funeralw (sp) was held at the home Tuesday afternoon, Rev. G.W. Maxwell
officiating, and burial was made at Oak Grove cemetery. Members of his high
school graduating class and his associates at Kalamazoo acted as pall bearers.

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Among those from away who attended the funeral of Franklin B. Adams were Don
O. Pullin, Marion J. Sherwood and Fred S. Huff, instructors in the manual arts
department of W.S.T.C., Jack Harris, Lee Morrow, Alfred Wright and Forest
Nicolson, roommates at the Widey Apartments, Sam Yonkers, Clarence Campbell,
E. G. McMahon, Lewis Soblesky and F. B. Bradley, fellow workers in the Western
Union Telegraph office, Mrs. Anna Wildey, Mrs. Catherine Wildey, Mr. and Mr.
E. J. O'Brian, Mr. Jesse O'Brian and son, all of Kalamazoo; Mrs. Mary Sykes
and daughters, Louise and Jane, of Benton Harbor; Mr. and Mrs. Vene Bates of
Mattawan; Mr and Mrs. Earl Burhans, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Burhans, Mr. and Mrs.
H. H. Adams and son, Mrs. W. C. Wood, of Paw Paw; Mr and Mrs. Lloyd Drake of
Lawrence.


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