Born March 1, 1945, Harlan, Iowa
Entered Into Rest September 13, 1962 Crawford County, Iowa
Services from the Methodist Church, Irwin, Iowa Monday, September 17, 1962 at 2:00 P.M.
Officiating Miss Nancy Nichols, Miss Ruth Willfong
Mr. Milton Barry, Soloist
Mrs. George Gawley, Jr., Accompanist
Honorary Bearers: Gene Wiig, Carl Nielsen, Alan Olson, Jerry Rasmussen, Tom Gawley, Roger Ahrenholtz
Bearers: Lowell Juhl, Jon Rasmussen, Terry Fiscus, Stephen Hansen, Steven Gawley, Donald Robinson
Interment Oak Hill Cemetery, Irwin

The family extends an invitation to you for fellowship in the Church Parlors at the close of the services.
Drivers in the funeral procession are requested to turn on the headlights of their cars until the procession arrives at the cemetery. Thank You.

A one-car accident at a county road T-intersection about 9:05 Thursday night two miles east and three-quarters of a mile south of Manilla took the life of Gene A. Adams, 17, Route 1, Botna.

Adams, a senior at Irwin Community Schools, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles and Verna (Carlson) Adams, who farms about three miles northeast of Irwin.

The victim, a National Honor Society student, was driver, according to the highway patrol report. He died enroute to Crawford County Memorial Hospital, patrolman Robert Elliott, Harlan, said. He suffered head and chest injuries in the accident.

A passenger in the Adams car was William Vernon Lueth, 15, who lives with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Christill, Irwin. He suffered a possible broken jaw and skull fracture. He is listed in fair condition at the Denison Hospital. Lueth is a junior at Irwin.

The car, a 1955 Ford, was estimated a total lass after extensive front-end damage.

Adams was driving north on a road just over the Shelby County line in Crawford County. The car went through the intersection and plowed into an embankment, stopping at a fence about ten feet off the north shoulder of the intersecting east-west road, patrolmen said.

Both Adams, and Lueth were football players at Irwin High School. Irwin postponed their opening game of the season with Ar-We-Va Friday night.

SERVICES MONDAY
Funeral services for the Adams youth will be Monday 2 p.m. at the Irwin Methodist Church. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery, Irwin. Pauley Funeral Home, Harlan, is in charge of arrangements.

Survivors include his parents; five brothers: Alvin, Lincoln, Nebraska; Gary, Bruce, Galen, and Robert, and a sister, Linda, all living at home.
Harlan News Advertiser, September 17, 1962

LIFE STORY OF GINS ALLAN ADAMS, 17
Gene Allan Adams was born March 1, 1945, in Harlan, Iowa, the son of Verna and Charles Adams. His home was the family farm in Jefferson Township, east of Irwin.

He attended Jefferson No. 5 Country School and school in Irwin, and was a high school senior this year. While in school he was active in football and FFA, and was elected to membership in the National Honor Society.

He died Thursday night, September 13, 1962, at the age of 17 years, 8 months, and 12 days from injuries received in an automobile accident.

He is survived by his parents; his brothers and sister: Alvin, Lincoln, Nebraska; and Linda, Gary, Bruce, Galen, and Robert at home.

Funeral services were held Monday, September 17, at the Methodist Church in Irwin with Miss Nancy Nichols and Miss Ruth Wilfong officiating. Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery, Irwin.

Honorary pallbearers were Gene Wiig, Alan Olson, Tom Cawley, Carl Nielsen, Jerry Rasmussen, and Roger Ahrenholtz.

Casketbearers were Lowell Juhl, Terry Fiscus, Steven Gawley, Jon Rasmussen, Stephen Hansen, and Donald Robinson.
Harlan News Advertiser, September 24, 1962