Harold Louis Adams
Sep 4, 1918 - Mar 2, 2016
Posted by: Ann Weber
BARTLESVILLE
EXAMINER-ENTERPRISE
BARTLESVILLE, WASHINGTON CO, OK
(permission granted)
When Pearl
Harbor was bombed, Harold enlisted in the US
Navy to serve his country during WW ll. After
the war, he returned to Bartlesville and took a
job at Phillips Petroleum in the Oil Test lab.
He later transferred to the research lab, where
he worked until his retirement in the early
1980's. Harold had a tremendous work ethic, and
he was always busy. When he got home from work
at Phillips in the evening, he would change
clothes and go to his shop and work until
10:00pm. He was truly a "Jack of all trades'.
Harold was a handyman that could fix anything.
He did woodwork, making furniture with his
lathe. He was a skilled mechanic that could fix
lawn mowers, motorcycles, or anything that had a
motor. There just really wasn't anything that
Harold couldn't fix.
After the passing of his first wife, Harold
married Ruth Jeanice Turner on June 14, 1986.
Harold is survived by his wife Ruth of
Bartlesville, His children, Charles Leroy Adams
and wife Nita of Stillwater, OK, Donna Kelly and
husband Bill of Bartlesville, OK and Joyce Ann
Ralph and husband Charles David of Owasso, OK;
step children Nancy Durall and husband Steven of
Guthrie, OK, Stephen Wells and wife Evelyn of
Boston, MA, and Larry Wells and wife Wilma of
Chicago, IL. He is also survived by 6
grandchildren, 10 step grandchildren, 21 great
grandchildren, and 9 great - great
grandchildren. Harold also leaves behind his
sisters, Laura, Francis, Dot and Ruth as well as
a step son in law Henry Rahm.
Harold was preceded in death by his parents, his
first wife, Thelma, a grandson James Scott
Kelly, 2 brothers, 4 sisters, and a step
daughter Claudette Rahm.
Funeral services will be held 2 pm, Saturday,
March 5, 2016 at the Stumpff Funeral Home Chapel
with Pastor Larry Wells officiating.
Interment
to follow in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Friends who wish, may sign the online guestbook
and leave condolences at
www.stumpff.org
Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory
1600 Southeast Washington Boulevard
Bartlesville,
OK
74006
(918) 333-4300
Published in Examiner-Enterprise from Mar. 4 to
Apr. 3, 2016
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