Colletta Delores Adams

Colletta Delores Adams, 88, formerly of Elgin and La Grande, died Saturday, April 5, at home in Southlake, Texas.

Friends may call for viewing from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 10th. Recitation of the Holy Rosary will be Thursday at 7 p.m. at Daniels~Knopp, Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center in La Grande. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Friday at 10 a.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Elgin. Committal and interment will follow at the Elgin Cemetery. A memorial Mass will be held at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Grapevine, Texas on April 26, 2008 at noon.

Mrs. Adams was born February 10, 1920 to Joseph and Catherine Schmidt Bodenschatz in Wilmore, Pennsylvania where she grew up and graduated from high school. On September 4, 1944 she was married to James Adams in Wilmore. She was married for almost 47 years until his death in 1991.

In 1953, she and her family moved to Elgin. Although she moved to Texas in 2003 to live with her son and his family, she always considered the Grande Ronde Valley her home.

Mrs. Adams was an active member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and St. Anne's Altar Society in Elgin. In her later years, she was a member of the Southlake Senior Center and St. Francis Catholic Church in Grapevine, Texas.

She enjoyed crocheting, quilting, sewing and other crafts. She was often called on to hem a pair of pants or a dress at the last minute. She enjoyed cooking and baking and for many years baked pies for Snyder's Café. Her homemade rolls were enjoyed by many each year at St. Mary's annual Elk Hunters' Dinner. She also enjoyed working crossword puzzles and successfully completed them most days until shortly before her death.

Survivors include her children, Delores Adams of Richardson, Texas, Kaye and her husband, Mike Hanson, of Vancouver, Wash., Becky and her husband Rod Nichols, of Boise, Idaho, daughter-in-law, Lessa Adams of Elgin; Ed and his wife, Donna, of Southlake, Texas, nine grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and a son, Harold in 2004.

Friends who wish may make contributions in memory of Colletta Adams to St. Mary's Catholic Church or Call A Ride Southlake (CARS). Contributions may be sent direct or in care of Daniels~Knopp, 1502 Seventh Street, La Grande, OR 97850.