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The Goldendale Sentinel Goldendale, WA., March 11, 1948, page 3

EARL FRANKLIN ADAMS

Earl Franklin Adams, this son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Adams, was born six miles northwest of Goldendale on Sept. 12, 1911, and passed away at St. Vincents hospital, Portland, Oregon, February 25, 1948, at the age of 36 years and six months.
He moved with his parents to Klickitat in 1919 and from there to Vancouver and 1922.
He served in the armed forces of the United States for seven months and was discharged for physical disability, in January 1943. Since that time he has made his home in Vancouver.
Earl was never married. He worked in the Vancouver plywood plant and was a member of the American Legion. |
He leaves his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Adams, of Goldendale; one sister, Mrs. Ruth C. Miller, of Olympia; four brothers, Lee E. Adams, of Martinez, Calif., Harvey and Wesley Adams, of Shelton, and Hugh Adams, a student at the Bible Institute of Los Angeles; a grand-mother, Mrs. Ruth E. Jackson, of Goldendale, and a host of relatives and friends. A sister preceded him in death.
Funeral services were held from the Phillips funeral home with Rev. Walter Smith officiating. Interment was in the Spring Creek Cemetery. Louis Leidl Post, American Legion, conducted the military rites.

The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., March 4, 1948, page 1

DEATH CLAIMS EARL F. ADAMS, WAR II VETERAN

Last rites for Earl Franklin Adams, World War II veteran, were held last Saturday afternoon, February 28, at 2:30 in the Phillips funeral home, with Rev. Walter Smith of the Goldendale Baptist Church, conducting. Military burial services were given by Louis Leidl Post, American Legion, at the grave in the Spring Creek Cemetery.
The deceased, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Adams, of Goldendale, passed away in St. Vincent hospital, Portland, last Wednesday, February 25 at the age of 36½ years. He had been a resident of Vancouver since 1922 and was employed with the Vancouver Plywood plant.
He served in the armed forces for seven months during the war and was discharged for physical disability. Three of his brothers also were in the armed forces.
He was born in the Goldendale vicinity and lived here until 1919, when he moved with his parents to Klickitat. From there he went to Vancouver three years later.
He leaves the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Adams, of Goldendale, four brothers, Lee E. Adams, of Martinez, California, Harvey and Wesley Adams, of Shelton, and Hugh Adams, student in the Bible Institute, Los Angeles; his grandmother, Mrs. Ruth E. Jackson, of Goldendale, and a host of other relatives and friends.