By Staff
Elizabeth J. "Betty" Adams, 88, of S.R. 23, South Bend, Ind. and formerly of Niles, died at 4:44 a.m. Friday, April 11, 2008, at Memorial Hospital, South Bend, Ind., following a brief illness.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 3, at Trinity Episcopal Church, Niles, with the Rev. James Slack of the church officiating.
Burial will be in Spring Lake Township Cemetery, Spring Lake.
There will be no visitation.
She was born on Sept. 26, 1919, in Detroit, to Glenn Schroeder and Tillie Kuhlaszewski Schroeder.
She had lived in the Michiana area for 30 years, coming from the Detroit area.
On Aug. 1, 1940, in Buffalo, N.Y., she married Robert P. Adams, who died May 12, 1990.
She was also preceded in death by two sons, Michael Adams, who died in 1975 and David Adams, who died in 1987; one brother and two sisters.
Surviving family includes two daughters, Valarie Ann (Fred) Semrinec of Niles and Susan Elizabeth (Randy) Humbert of Perrysburg, Ohio; two sons, Clifford L. (Chesia) Adams of Rockford, Ill. and Thomas E. (Patty) Adams of Decatur, Ill; 18 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Glenn Schroeder of Tucson, Ariz. and William Schroeder of Atlanta, Ga. and three sisters, Pat Bell of Royal Oak, Ethel Phillips of Greenville and Lois VerWyes of Vestal, N.Y.
Memorials may be made by Hospice at Home.
Arrangements were by Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles.