Nov. 20, 1920 - March 1, 2006
WILLMAR -- Delores Jane Adams, 85, of Willmar died Wednesday at Bethesda Heritage in Willmar.
The service will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Willmar. Burial will be at Cloverleaf Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Harvey Anderson Funeral Home in Willmar and for one hour prior to the service at the church on Monday.
She was born Nov. 20, 1920, in Randall to Maynard and Eleanor (Rebischke) Oothoudt. The family moved to Minot, N.D., where she grew up, attended Roosevelt School in Minot and graduated from Minot High School in 1938.
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She married Arthur Adams on June 19, 1940, in Minot, N.D. They moved to Willmar in 1957. They retired in 1978 and wintered in Sun City, Ariz., until 1993. Art died in 1995.
She was a member of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Willmar. She taught both Sunday school and Tuesday school for a number of years.
She is survived by her sons: David (and Christine) of Bird Island, Duane (and Julie) of Griswold, Iowa, Timothy (and Ella) of Lahaina, Hawaii, Ronald (and Linda Cogelow) Adams of Willmar; eight grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and her siblings: Nona (and Roger) Mosvick of Mendota Heights, Kipton (and Marlys) Oothoudt of Turtle Lake, Wis., and Dennis (and Betty) Oothoudt of Minot, N.D.
She was preceded in death by her husband; one granddaughter; two brothers and one sister.
