Ilion High School - Class of 1962

Utica Daily Press - August 24, 1964

Richard Adams, Ilion Student, Dead at 20

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Richard Adams, Ilion Student, Dead at 20

Ilion - Richard N. Adams, 20, of 70 Richfield St., summer director of Ilion Village playgrounds, died yesterday at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Utica, from complications following surgery.

He was born in Herkimer, a son of Ralph L. and Elizabeth(Betty) Nelson Adams. He lived in IIion most of his life and graduated from the Ilion Central High School in 1962.

While in high school, he was a member of the Student Council, National Honor Society, the school band, golf, wrestling, track and football teams.

Adams was a junior at State University College of Cortland where he was secretary-treasurer of the Beta Chi Epsilon Fraternity, a member of the executive committee of the Athletic Association and the Inter-Fraternal Council.

He was a member of the First Methodist Church and Roosevelt Chapter, DeMolay.

Besides his parents, he leaves a brother, Ralph L. Adams Jr., Ilion.

The funeral will be at 1:30 Wednesday from the Applegate Funeral Home with the Rev. Carlton G. VanOrnum, pastor of First Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Mountain View Memorial Gardens, Town of Little Falls. Calling hours are from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 today and tomorrow.