OBIT: Thomas Carroll ADAMS, 2004, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  THOMAS CARROLL ADAMS
  
  Thomas Carroll Adams, 95, Somerset, died April 24, 2004, at Somerset Hospital. 
  Born April 24, 1909 in Kantner, a son of Thomas Joseph and Hattie Margaret 
  (Rininger) Adams.  Preceded in death by parents; wife, the former Eleanor Evelyn 
  Painter, who died Aug. 26, 1980; brothers, Jack and William Adams; sisters, 
  Madeline Dickey and Mary Vanear.  Survived by children, Sienna C. Ash, Somerset, 
  and Richard Lee Adams, married to the former Jane Rose, Fox Chapel; seven 
  grandchildren, Mrs. Gerard (Lisa) Yeckley, Friedens, Scott C. Ash, married to 
  the former Joanna Miller, Rockwood, Mrs. Ricky (Jennifer) Shaffer of Mt. Joy, 
  Brandon Richard Adams, married to the former Lauren Jones, West Mifflin, Brett 
  M. Adams, Pleasant Hills, Zachary Thomas Adams, Fox Chapel, Miss Jordan 
  Elizabeth Adams, Fox Chapel; six great-grandchildren, Matthew Baer, Taryn and 
  Adam Yeckley, Alexander Ash, Tyler and Emily Shaffer.  Brother of Mrs. Alice 
  Berkey, New Vienna, Ohio.  Member of St. Peter's Catholic Church.  World War II 
  veteran U.S. Army.  Dispatcher for PennDOT, retiring in 1972.  Member of VFW Post 
  554, American Legion Post 181 and FOE Aerie 1801.  Friends received from 2 to 4 
  and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Hauger-Zeigler Funeral Home.  Funeral Mass will be 
  conducted 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Peter's Catholic Church, Somerset.  Monsignor 
  Samuel J. Tomaselli, Celebrant.  Vigil for the deceased 3:45 p.m. Monday at the 
  funeral home.  Committal, Husband Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Somerset 
  Hospital, 225 S. Center Avenue, Somerset, Pa. 15501.
  
  Daily American, April 26, 2004
  
  THOMAS CAROLL ADAMS
  
  Thomas Caroll Adams, 95, of Somerset, died April 24, 2004.  He is also survived 
  by his wife of 22 years Betty Landis Byrd Adams of Lake Meade, East Berlin, Pa. 
  A stepdaughter Cheryl Cook of Mechanicsburg and three step grandchildren: Donald 
  C. Ulzheimer II of Mechanicsburg, Kirsten Flanagan of Lafayette Hill, and Troy 
  Ulzheimer of Williamsport, and a step great-grandson, Donald C. Ulzheimer III of 
  whom he was especially fond.
   
  Daily American, April 28, 2004