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George Edwin Adam
George Edwin Adam died November 1, 2009, in Sugar Land, Texas, surrounded by his seven children. He was 92.
Born in Nutley, New Jersey, he spent his youth in Westtown Township, Pennsylvania. He was a graduate of Augusta Military Academy in Staunton, Virginia, and Lehigh University, where he returned for his 70th reunion this year. He was a chemical engineer.
He began his career with the American Potash & Chemical Corporation in Trona, California. He returned to Pennsylvania to marry Marie Cotter in November 1941, a week before Pearl Harbor. He was immediately called to serve as an officer in the Army’s 17th Infantry Division. Capt. Adam fought in the Pacific for three years and was wounded twice, earning a Purple Heart and Silver Star.
After three years at Hooker Chemical Corp. in Pennsylvania, Mr. Adam returned to American Potash in California in 1948. In 1958, he was transferred to Mississippi to manage new manufacturing facilities in Hamilton. He and his family lived in Aberdeen, Mississippi, from 1958 to the mid-1970s, where he served on the board building the town’s new hospital and was known for his skill on the golf course. He retired in 1982 as the facility manager for the chemical plants in Hamilton, then operated by Kerr-McGee.
George and Marie moved to Columbus, Mississippi, where they lived until 1994, when they came to Houston.
He was predeceased by his wife, Marie, in 2006.
He is survived by his seven children, Mary and Larry Prendergast of New Vernon, New Jersey, Jane and Bob Webb of League City, Texas, J. Niel and Cynthia Adam of The Woodlands, Texas, Eleanor Stacey of Sugar Land, Texas, Patricia Adam of Washington, D.C., George Jr. and Carol Ann Adam of Lake Jackson, Texas, and Susan and Dan Richter of Durham, North Carolina. He also is survived by 15 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be at 10 a.m. on Thursday, November 5, 2009, at the Crowder Funeral Home, 111 East Medical Center Boulevard, Webster, TX 77598. The funeral will follow there at 11 a.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 225 North Michigan Avenue, 17th floor, donations, Chicago, Illinois 60601, designating the Marie Adam Memorial Fund.
Published November 4, 2009
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