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September 2, 2009
Services
A memorial service will be held at the Packanack Community Church on Thursday, October 8th. Donations in memory of Louise may be made to the Packanack Community Church, 120 Lake Drive East, Wayne, NJ 07470.
Louise R. Adams (nee Richardson) of Wayne died on Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at the age of 99 at Cedar Crest Village in Pompton Plains, where she had moved in 2002.
Louise was born in Philadelphia, and at six years old, moved with her family to Haddon Heights, NJ, where she grew up. After graduating from Sargent School of Boston University in 1931, she began teaching English and Physical Education at Clifton High School in Clifton, NJ. After her sons finished college, she went back to school herself and received a Master's Degree in Library Science at Columbia University. She then began working at the Wayne Valley High School as a librarian, later moving to Wayne Hills High School, where she worked until she retired.
While teaching at Clifton High School, Louise met James Adams, a math teacher. They were married in 1938, and enjoyed nearly 61 years together before his death in 1999.
In 1945, she and James moved to Packanack Lake in Wayne, where they raised their two boys. Louise and James were founding members of the Packanack Community Church and devoted church members throughout their many years at the lake. She was active with the Red Cross as a driver, frequently bringing food donations to New York and helping out during the spring "flood season" that was an annual occurrence in Wayne.
Louise loved the outdoors. She grew gardens of flowers and vegetables at her home in Packanack Lake, as well as at her summer home in Maine. She and James had spent their honeymoon at a cottage in Maine, and in the early 1950's began vacationing there every summer. In 1963, they found a home to buy on Swan's Island in Blue Hill Bay. After that, all their vacations were spent on Swan's Island, where she indulged her love of gardening, hiking, exploring nearby islands, and one of her favorite pasttimes - reading; especially mystery novels. Once they had both retired, Louise and James spent nearly six months of the year at their beloved island home.
Louise will be greatly missed by her surviving family; Geoffrey Adams and his wife Nancy of Ellsworth, Maine, Timothy Adams and his wife Carolyn of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and granddaughters Daryl Adams of Ellsworth, Maine, and Laurie Smallidge and her husband Mike of Rockland, Maine. She was predeceased by her husband James in 1999, and by both of her brothers; Albert Richardson of Holidaysburg, Pennsylvania, and Howard Richardson.
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A memorial service will be held at the Packanack Community Church on Thursday, October 8th. Donations in memory of Louise may be made to the Packanack Community Church, 120 Lake Drive East, Wayne, NJ 07470.
September 2, 2009
Services
A memorial service will be held at the Packanack Community Church on Thursday, October 8th. Donations in memory of Louise may be made to the Packanack Community Church, 120 Lake Drive East, Wayne, NJ 07470.
Louise R. Adams (nee Richardson) of Wayne died on Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at the age of 99 at Cedar Crest Village in Pompton Plains, where she had moved in 2002.
Louise was born in Philadelphia, and at six years old, moved with her family to Haddon Heights, NJ, where she grew up. After graduating from Sargent School of Boston University in 1931, she began teaching English and Physical Education at Clifton High School in Clifton, NJ. After her sons finished college, she went back to school herself and received a Master's Degree in Library Science at Columbia University. She then began working at the Wayne Valley High School as a librarian, later moving to Wayne Hills High School, where she worked until she retired.
While teaching at Clifton High School, Louise met James Adams, a math teacher. They were married in 1938, and enjoyed nearly 61 years together before his death in 1999.
In 1945, she and James moved to Packanack Lake in Wayne, where they raised their two boys. Louise and James were founding members of the Packanack Community Church and devoted church members throughout their many years at the lake. She was active with the Red Cross as a driver, frequently bringing food donations to New York and helping out during the spring "flood season" that was an annual occurrence in Wayne.
Louise loved the outdoors. She grew gardens of flowers and vegetables at her home in Packanack Lake, as well as at her summer home in Maine. She and James had spent their honeymoon at a cottage in Maine, and in the early 1950's began vacationing there every summer. In 1963, they found a home to buy on Swan's Island in Blue Hill Bay. After that, all their vacations were spent on Swan's Island, where she indulged her love of gardening, hiking, exploring nearby islands, and one of her favorite pasttimes - reading; especially mystery novels. Once they had both retired, Louise and James spent nearly six months of the year at their beloved island home.
Louise will be greatly missed by her surviving family; Geoffrey Adams and his wife Nancy of Ellsworth, Maine, Timothy Adams and his wife Carolyn of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and granddaughters Daryl Adams of Ellsworth, Maine, and Laurie Smallidge and her husband Mike of Rockland, Maine. She was predeceased by her husband James in 1999, and by both of her brothers; Albert Richardson of Holidaysburg, Pennsylvania, and Howard Richardson.
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