Frances Elizabeth Adams

Frances Elizabeth Adams, age 90 died Saturday December 11, 2004 in Elgin. A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, December 18, 2004 at 11:00 a.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley with Sally Wiens officiating. Interment will follow at the Elgin Cemetery. Family and friends may call from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. Friday December 17 at Daniels Chapel of the Valley, 1502 7th Street, La Grande.

Frances Elizabeth Adams was born on February 4, 1914, the daughter of Frank and Elizabeth (Beber) Gilkson in Keating, Oregon. She attended school in North Powder until her senior year when she moved to Elgin where she played basketball on the 1932 Elgin High School championship basketball team. After graduation Frances met and married Ernest Adams in Union in 1933. Together the couple moved to Portland where Frances worked in the shipyards during World War II. After the war ended Frances and Ernest moved back to Elgin where together they opened Adams Supply Store. Frances was the bookkeeper and operator until her retirement in 1976. Together the couple took many trips together including trips to China, Hawaii, Kodiak and Mexico. She was very involved in the Good Sam club, was a member of the Elgin Stampeders, the Elgin Stampeders drill team and the Women's Service club. She enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping, playing cards, riding horses and spending time with family.

Survivors include her husband, Ernest Adams of Elgin; children and their spouses, Farrell and Jerry Maxwell of Haines, Oregon, Betty and Gale Martin of Elgin, Oregon and Teri Adams and companion Randy High of Portland, Oregon; grandchildren, Cheri Maxwell, Allen Maxwell, Marce Maxwell, Sheri Anderson and Adam Erickson; great-grandchildren, Jared Maxwell, Robie Maxwell and Tymra Anderson and other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by one sister, Nellie Dyke and one brother, Ross Gilkson.

Those who wish may make contributions in memory of Frances Adams to the Elgin Ambulance, Elgin High School FFA or FBLA in care of Daniels Chapel of the Valley, 1502 7th Street, La Grande, Oregon 97850. To view the obituary, sign the guest book or leave a condolence on-line visit, www.danielchapel.com