Sarah Jane Shaw
1891 - 1963 (72 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
1. Sarah Jane Shaw was born in Mar 1891 in Iowa; died on 20 Jul 1963 in Grant, Perkins County, Nebraska; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Grant, Perkins County, Nebraska. Notes:
Funeral Service Set Tuesday for Mrs. Sarah Adams
Grant – Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Congregational Church here for Mrs. Sarah Jane Adams, wife of W.H. Adams, who died Saturday in the Perkins County Hospital.
The Rev. L. Newman, pastor, will conduct the service with interment in the Fairview cemetery at Grant. The Lyon-Draucker Funeral Home of Grant is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Adams, 72, had been a resident of the community since 1919. Mr. Adams has been a lumber dealer there for 44 years.
IN addition to Mr. Adams, she is survived by two daughters, Evelyn Faye Tegnell of Garden City, N.Y., and Theone Maxine Kent of Grant; one son, Dr. Wendell Adams of Cleveland, Ohio, and nine grandchildren.
Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Mary Norwood of Superior and Mrs. Rose Barker of Aurora, Neb.; two brothers, John Shaw of Missoula, Mont., and William J. Shaw of Superior.
Keith County News, Ogallala, Nebraska, Monday, 22 July 1963.
Name:
daughter of John Shaw and Sarah Cope Halliday
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61999589/sarah-jane-adamsFamily/Spouse: William Henry Adams. William (son of James Moore Adams and Rachael McKeown) was born on 2 Oct 1882 in Bostwick, Nuckolls County, Nebraska; died in 1975; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Grant, Perkins County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Wendall William Adams
was born on 15 May 1915 in Hastings, Adams County, Nebraska; died on 7 Apr 2006 in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Grant, Perkins County, Nebraska. - 3. Evelyn Adams was born on 13 Aug 1920 in Grant, Perkins County, Nebraska; died on 5 Oct 2020 in Durham, Durham County, North Carolina; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Grant, Perkins County, Nebraska.
- 4. Thenone Maxine Adams was born on 26 Sep 1922 in Nebraska; died on 25 May 2014 in Grant, Perkins County, Nebraska; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Grant, Perkins County, Nebraska.
- 2. Wendall William Adams
Generation: 2
2. Wendall William Adams (1.Sarah1) was born on 15 May 1915 in Hastings, Adams County, Nebraska; died on 7 Apr 2006 in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Grant, Perkins County, Nebraska. Notes:
Wendall William Adams, M.D., 90, died Friday, April 7, 2006 at the Arizona Heart Hospital in Phoenix, Ariz.
He was born May 15, 1915 to William Henry and Sarah Jane (Shaw) Adams in Hastings, Neb. Dr. Adams graduated from high school in Grant, Neb., in 1932, from Hastings College in 1936, and from Northwestern University Medical School in 1940. He was married to Helene Burton Starr from 1939 until her death in 1985. He served in the Navy Medical Corps as a Lieutenant, j.g., from 1944 to 1946. He practiced obstetrics and gynecology in Cleveland, Ohio and was on the staff at St. Luke's and University Hospitals in Cleveland for 41 years. He was an active member of The Church of The Master in Cleveland where he was a soloist in the choir. He was a member of numerous medical associations and a past President of the Cleveland Society of OB/GYN. He married Lenla (Fletcher) Wiseman in Scottsdale, Ariz. on May 12, 1986.
After his retirement in 1987, he was a part-year resident of both Alliance, Neb., and Phoenix, and became an avid golfer. He was an active member in the United Methodist Church in Alliance and the Desert Foothills United Methodist Church in Phoenix, where he continued participating in both choirs until 2004. He is survived by his wife Lenla Adams; sisters Theone Kent of Grant, Neb., and Evelyn and husband Gordon Tegnell of Chapel Hill, N. C.; children Dr. Susan Belz and husband Robert Hurwich of Thousand Oaks, Calif., Rinda and husband Daniel Beck of Glenview, Ill., and Dr. Wendall William and wife Nancy Adams, Jr. of Puyallup, Wash.; stepchildren Jane and husband Russell Lance of Phoenix, and Roy Wiseman of Scottsdale; grandchildren Robin Belz (Edward Alvarran), Peter (Laura) Belz, Christina and Allison Beck, Katherine and Lauren Adams, Grady and Kelcey Lance, and Rider Wiseman; great-grandchildren Andrew and Alexis Belz, and Caroline Alvarran Belz; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins. He was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife Helene, and his son Gary. A celebration of life was held on Saturday, April 15 at Messinger Indian School Mortuary in Scottsdale.
A memorial service will be held in Grant, Neb., in August with interment in the Grant Fairview Cemetery.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84320722/wendall-william-adams
Block 32, Lot 2, Grave BWendall married Helene Burton Starr in 1939. Helene was born on 10 Dec 1914 in Valley County, Nebraska; died on 22 Jan 1985 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Grant, Perkins County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Evelyn Adams (1.Sarah1) was born on 13 Aug 1920 in Grant, Perkins County, Nebraska; died on 5 Oct 2020 in Durham, Durham County, North Carolina; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Grant, Perkins County, Nebraska. Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68252727/evelyn-tegnellEvelyn married Gordon Edward Tegnell on 2 Apr 1943 in Camp Pickett, Blackstone, Nottoway County, Virginia. Gordon was born on 13 Jul 1919 in Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado; died on 10 Apr 2008 in Durham, Durham County, North Carolina; was cremated in Fairview Cemetery, Grant, Perkins County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
4. Thenone Maxine Adams (1.Sarah1) was born on 26 Sep 1922 in Nebraska; died on 25 May 2014 in Grant, Perkins County, Nebraska; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Grant, Perkins County, Nebraska. Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130434598/theone-maxine-kentFamily/Spouse: Gerald Arthur Kent. Gerald was born on 1 Dec 1921 in Imperial, Chase County, Nebraska; died on 21 May 1999. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]