Funeral Services Held at Methodist Church August 9th

Mrs. Edith Adams, 88, mother of Harvey Adams and Mrs. Florence Brunken of this city, and Mrs. Amelia Schole of Beloit, Wisconsin, passed away Wednesday, August 7. She had entered the Lundberg Memorial Hospital at Creighton for care and treatment. She had been a resident of the Bloomfield Good Samaritan Center the past eight years.

Funeral services for her were held Friday, August 9, 2:00 p.m., at Christ Memorial United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Hiram Lilley officiating.

Funeral arrangements were by Scott Funeral Home and burial was in the Bloomfield Cemetery. Casket Bearers were: Norman and Donald Brunken, Dennis, Donald and Alan Buschkamp and Rodney Greckel.

Obituary
Edith Adams, daughter of Christian Kusel, Jr., and Wilhelmina (Wohlert) Kusel, was born in Carroll County, Iowa, on June 24, 1888. Her parents moved to the Bloomfield, Nebraska, area when she was a small child. She resided in Knox County until adulthood.

She was united in marriage to Edwin Adams in Yankton, South Dakota, on July 18, 1907.

To this union were born one son and two daughters. They lived in Bloomfield until 1930, moving then to Yankton. Mr. Adams died in 1959 and Mrs. Adams continued her residence there until 1966. At that time, because of failing health, she moved to the Bloomfield Good Samaritan Home.

She passed away at the Lundberg Memorial Hospital in Creighton, Nebraska, on August 7, 1974, at the age of 86 years, 1 month and 13 days. She was a member of the Christ Memorial United Methodist Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Edwin four sisters and two brothers. Surviving are one son, Harvey Adams of Bloomfield, Nebraska; two daughters, Mrs. Florence Brunken, also of Bloomfield, and Mrs. Amelia Schole of Beloit, Wisconsin; two stepsons by a former marriage, Harry of Sioux City, Iowa, and Duane; one sister-in-law, Mrs. Pearl Kusel of Bloomfield; eight grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.