Stanley L. Adams

Stanley L. Adams, age 94, of Alliance, passed away at 10:50 p.m., Sunday, December 29, 2019, at Community Care Center of Alliance.

He was born April 16, 1925, in Alliance, Ohio to Charles and Jennie (Knox) Adams and was a lifetime Alliance resident.

Stanley was a member of the Class of 1943 at Alliance High School and was employed as a machinist and estimator at Alliance Machine Company until retiring in 1987.

He was a member of the First United Presbyterian Church. He  enjoyed carpentry, building his own house and gazebo, and also repaired and maintained 47 cars over the years.

Stanley was a Veteran of the United States Navy having served his country in the Pacific Theatre during World War II on a destroyer, the USS Hart.

His survivors include his wife, Jacqueline (Luginbuhl) Adams whom he married November 15, 1947; children, Susan (Lanny) Snode of Alliance; Calvin Adams of Ray, Michigan, Kathy Adams of Alliance and Carrie (Dean) Smith of Peninsula; eight grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren and special niece, Diane (Hirabayashi) Carter.

In addition to his parents, Stanley was preceded in death by two  sisters, Louise Kocher and Donna Dawson and a brother, Virgil Adams.

Services will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, January 6, 2019, at Cassaday-Turkle-Christian Funeral Home with Rev. James McCurdy of the First United Presbyterian Church officiating. Friends may call from 9:30 to 11 a.m., prior to the service. Interment will be at Highland Memorial Park.

Memorial contributions may be made to the First United Presbyterian Church, 265 W. Beech St., Alliance, OH 44601.

Arrangements are by Cassaday-Turkle-Christian Funeral Home, 75 S. Union Ave. Alliance, Ohio 44601.