Larned – Eleanor M. Adams, 90, went to be with her Lord on July 14, 2014. She was born May 18, 1924 in Burdett, the daughter of Curtis D. and Blanche H. Hayward Smith. A longtime area resident, she was a cosmetologist for 30 years and also worked at the Larned State Hospital.

She was a member of the Grace Lutheran church, Larned. She was a member of the Ladies American Legion Auxiliary, was past president of the Ladies V.F.W. Auxiliary and the Professional Business Women’s Association.

On October 20, 1950, she married Delbert L. Adams in Radium. He passed away January 30, 2010.

Survivors include: two daughters, Linda Fox and Joyce Bettes, both of Larned; a son, Allan Adams, Iowa City, Iowa; a sister, Lola Shannon, Springfield, MO; ten grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by six brothers, Bernard, Dwight, Clarence, Harold W., Maurice and Clyde Smith; two sisters, Helen Halling and Alice Harris; three grandsons, Jeremy Adams, Joseph Adams and John Adams, one granddaughter, Lisa Adams and one great grandson, Eason Ray Hughes.

Memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Beckwith Mortuary Chapel, Larned, with Rev. Mark Lovett presiding. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday at the mortuary. Cremation will follow the services and Inurnment will be in the Larned Cemetery at a later date.

Memorials may be given to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in care of Beckwith Mortuary, Box 477 Larned, KS 67550. Condolences may be left at www.beckwithmortuary.com.