Cecelia Evelyn Adams Obituary (1927 - 2012)

WINTHROP -- Cecelia Evelyn Adams, 85, passed away on Monday, June 4, 2012, at Winthrop Manor. She was born in Sidney on March 14, 1927, the daughter of Otto and Annie (McFadden) Fitch. Cecelia was educated in Hallowell schools before moving to Bristol, Conn., where she found employment with Pratt & Whitney. She eventually returned to Maine, where she married Joseph Adams on April 3, 1948. She was a member of the Winthrop Lioness Club, where she especially enjoyed bowling with her club friends and with members of the Lions Club as well. Cecelia's favorite activities in her youth were skating and ballet, which she continued to watch and follow closely on television as an adult. Other hobbies she enjoyed were knitting, sewing, playing cribbage, making toys for her grandchildren and, most of all, cooking. She absolutely loved to cook and, most importantly, tend to her family. They will always lovingly remember her as the extremely kind, loving, wonderful woman she was who gave all of herself to those she loved, even when she had nothing else to give. Cecelia was predeceased by her husband, Joseph Sr.; a son, Joseph Jr.; her daughter, Sharon; and two sisters, Louise Merrill and Annie Coulombe. She is survived by two sons, Alfred Adams, and his wife, Vicki, and Wayne Adams and his wife, Lisa, both of Winthrop; a sister, Greta Gorneau, of West Gardiner; daughter-in-law Beverly Adams, of Readfield; five grandchildren, Ryan and Shannon Thayer-Adams, Kristin and Stacy Adams, and Theresa Johnson, and her husband, Christopher; three great-grandchildren, Gwendolyn Adams, Jeremiah Helphrey and Kaysan Shaw; as well as a very close niece, Janice Emery, of Scottsdale, Ariz. Relatives and friends are invited to visit from 1 to 2 p.m. Friday, June 8, at Roberts Funeral Home, 62 Bowdoin St., Winthrop. A celebration of Cecelia's life will be held at 2 p.m. at the funeral home, after the visitation, with interment immediately following in Glenside Cemetery, Turkey Lane, Winthrop. Memories, condolences, photos and videos may be shared with the family on the obituary page of our website at www.khrfuneralhomes.com