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Helen Alice Adams - 87
6/27/1922 - 2/18/2010
Walnut -
Helen Alice Adams (nee Elmendorf), age 87. Born June 27, 1922 and at rest Thursday, February 18, 2010. A lifelong resident of the Tampico/Walnut area, she recently had been residing at the Walnut Manor. A parishioner of St. John’s Catholic Church, she will be remembered as a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and aunt, a caring member of the office staff of Walnut Community High School, member of the Deer Grove Ladies Club and a member of St. John’s Altar and Rosary Society.
After graduating from Tampico High School in 1940, she moved to East Moline, graduated Business College and worked as a bookkeeper for International Harvester. She married her high school sweetheart in 1947 when he returned from active duty in the China-Burma-India Theater. They settled into farm and family life at Rural Route 2, Tampico, IL.
Helen is survived by her son, Joseph (Juliet) of Nyack, New York, her daughters, Vera (Bruce) Adams of Muncie, Indiana, “Moe” Maureen (Dan) Conner of Walnut, Illinois and Judy (Dave) Craig of Minooka, Illinois, grandchildren, Jason (Florence) Conner of Martinsville, Illinois, Sara Conner of Carbondale, Illinois, Kelley (James O’Halloran) Craig of Channahon, Illinois; one great grandson Craig James O’Halloran one soon to be great grandbaby Conner; two sisters, Mary Elmendorf of Princeton, Illinois and Mildred (Louis) Balika of Aurora, Illinois, two brothers-in-law, James (Carol) Adams of St. Louis, Missouri and Charles (Ida Mary) Adams of Tampico, Illinois and numerous nieces and nephews. Helen was preceded in death by her husband, Herbert (Hub) Adams, her parents Guy and Vera Elmendorf. Funeral prayer services will be held on Monday at 9:30 a.m. at the Garland Funeral Home in Walnut followed by mass of Christian burial at 10 a.m. at St. John’s Catholic Church in Walnut with the Rev. Dan Wilder, pastor officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Tampico. Visitation will be held on Sunday from 5 to 7 p.m. with the rosary at 6:45 p.m. at the Garland Funeral Home in Walnut. A MEMORIAL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IN HER MEMORY. Condolences may be sent to: www.garlandfuneralhome.com.
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Visitation:
Visitation will be held on Sunday from 5 to 7 p.m. with the rosary at 6:45 p.m. at the Garland Funeral Home in Walnut
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Services:
Monday at 9:30 a.m. at the Garland Funeral Home in Walnut followed by mass of Christian burial at 10 a.m. at St. John’s Catholic Church in Walnut
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