Submitted by: Dan Rich
March 26, 1933 - July 21, 2008
South Bend Tribune 7/23/2008
Mishawaka - Loretta M. Adams, 75, of Mishawaka passed away
at 7:55 p.m., Monday, July 21, 2008, in St. Paul Retirement
Community. Loretta was born on March 26, 1933, in Mishawaka, to
the late Ora and Irene (Anderson) Lane. On January
24, 1954, in Mishawaka, she married Kenneth W. Adams; he passed
away on February 27, 2008. She is also preceded in death by three
brothers, Alvin "Bud", Edward and Robert Lane; and one
sister, Darlene Woods. She is survived by two daughters,
Kathy (Louis) Beers of Granger and Tina Carner of
Mishawaka; one son, Stephen (Melanie) Adams of South Bend; nine
grandchildren, Lou Beers II, Amy Beers, Katie Beers, Kyle Adams,
Kelin Adams, Kory Adams, Steven Carner II, Brian Carner, and Alan
Carner. She is also survived by one brother, Ora (Norma) Lane Jr.
of Mishawaka, Delores Wennerstrom of Mishawaka, and Donna Wood
of Waterloo, AL. She is also survived by her beloved Chihuahua,
Peanut.
Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00 p.m.,
Thursday, July 24, 2008, in Chapel Hill Funeral Home, 10776
McKinley Highway, Osceola. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00
a.m., Friday, July 25, 2008, in the funeral home. Burial will
follow in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola. She will be
remembered for her love of Bingo and fishing. She loved to spend
time at their lake cottage in Twin Lakes in Dowagiac and
traveling to Las Vegas. She worked at UniRoyal a number of years
before retiring. Memorial donations may be sent to Riverbend
Cancer Society, 919 East Jefferson Blvd, Suite 401, South Bend,
IN 46617