This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CI.2ADEB/9427 Message Board Post: Ann N. Adams Ann N. Adams, 87, Kokomo, died at 8:35 a.m. Saturday, April 8, 2006, in Waterford Health Campus, Kokomo. She was born in Norwich, N.Y., the daughter of Clarence and Mable (Windolph) Newby. She graduated with a bachelor of science degree and honors in chemistry from the University of Illinois, where she and Newell M. Adams met. After graduation, she worked in the research department of the Hooker Electrochemical Co., in Niagara Falls, N.Y. Her first husband, John H. Nelson, father of their son, James T. Nelson, passed away in 1998. She and her second husband, Newell M. Adams, were married in 1970, about 30 years after they first met. They lived in Florida. Newell died Aug. 31, 1997. After his death, Ann moved to Kokomo to be closer to her son. While in Kokomo as Ann Nelson, she was active in First Presbyterian Church Sunday School, Cub Scouts, P.T.A, and DAR. Survivors include her son, James T. Nelson, Kokomo; four grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. In addition to her husbands, she also was preceded in death by her parents. Graveside services will be 11 a.m. (noon Kokomo time) Wednesday in West Union Cemetery, Carmi, Ill., with the Rev. Chris Perkins officiating. Burial will follow in West Union Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday in Ellers Mortuary, Main Street Chapel, 725 S. Main St., Kokomo. Ellers Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements