 1913 - 2004 (91 years)
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| Name |
Samuel Pickens Adams [1] |
| Birth |
21 Jun 1913 |
Indianapolis. Indiana  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
22 Jun 2004 |
Leland, Leelanau, Michigan |
| Burial |
Beechwood Cemetery |
| Person ID |
I56555 |
Cecilie Family |
| Last Modified |
28 Aug 2005 |
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| Notes |
Samuel P. Adams
(1906-)
taken at wedding of Paul Kimball and Dorothy Johnston in 1943. |
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living in Leland Michigan in 1990. Lived in Ft. Wayne, Ind. in 1943. Sam was the best man at Paul and Dorothy Kimball's wedding.
Died in a traffic accident.
Was honored for his dedication as a fire department volunteer in 2003. He was honored at the Leland Township Fire-REscue annual dinner shortly after returning from major surgery in February. He had come to Leelanau County from Indianapolis at the age of 6. They used to (in 1919) take the train to Traverse City, then take the GR&I to FOuch and the Ferry to Leland.
Samuel Adams graduated from Williams College in Wilmington, Mass and worked as an actuary and later vice-president of the Lincoln National Life Insurance Company in Fort Wayne Indiana.
He was nominated for the board of the Leland Fire Department in 1972, and move up there to live in 1973. He was still secretary of the Leland Township fire board in 2003.
LELAND - Samuel Pickens Adams, 91, of Leland, died on June 22, 2004, as a result of an auto accident, at Munson Medical Center. Born June 21, 1913, in Indianapolis, he was the son of Henry C. and Mary (Pickens) Adams. On Aug. 31, 1940, in Fort Wayne, Ind., he married Kathryn Koenig, who preceded him in death in 1992. Samuel was a past vice-president and actuary for the Lincoln National Life Insurance Company. Samuel was a member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Leland. He served as the secretary of the Leland Township Fire Board and as the secretary-treasurer of the Leland Township Fire Department. Samuel was a member and past treasurer of the Leland Library and was an officer for the Leland Community Improvement Association. He donated 18 gallons of blood to the American Red Cross. Mr. Adams was also an artist and he painted the fire marks for the Leland Fire Department. Surviving Samuel are two daughters, Elizabeth "Betsy" (Bill) VanWesten of Suttons Bay and Sarah "Sally" Adams of Leland; three nieces; and two nephews. Funeral services will be held on Friday, July 16, 2004, at 11 a.m., at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Leland, with Pastor Lawrence K. Matro officiating. Burial will be in the Beechwood Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be considered to the Leland Volunteer Fire Department, the Leland Library or the Leelanau County Chapter of the Red Cross. Arrangements were made by the Martinson Funeral Home in Suttons Bay. | | |
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