NOTE: First obituary
City Mourns as C.A. Adams Dies
Charles A. Adams, 310 Glen Avenue, died at 12:25 p.m. today at the Ellwood City hospital. Death followed an appendectomy performed last Sunday.
At noon today, death was believed only a matter of an hour or two at most for Charles A. Adams, one of Ellwood's most prominent and most valued citizens. Reports from the local hospital, where he underwent an operation for acute appendicitis last Sunday, were that he was in a coma and was sinking rapidly.
The knowledge that hope for his recovery has been abandoned spread a pall of gloom over the city this morning. Recognized as a sterling, upright citizen and a leader in and indefatigable worker for multifarious civic activities, there was general agreement that his passing will be a severe loss to Ellwood city. Mingled with this sentiment were expressions of concern for his family and deep regret that his is being taken before reaching the prime of life, and pride that he succeeded in crowding so much of unselfishness and of service to his fellow men in the brief span allotted to him. He is only 39.
Many places will be left to fill with his passing. These include the presidency of the Community Service League, the chairmanship of the Ellwood Anti-Tuberculosis society, a directorship in the Chamber of Commerce, the chairmanship of the Methodist Episcopal Church finance committee and a church trusteeship.
Source: The Ellwood City Ledger, Saturday March 23, 1935
Submitted by Janis Worley
NOTE: Second obituary
Mr. Charles Atwood Adams
Funeral Services for C.A. Adams Tomorrow
Mourned by countless friends in all walks of life here, Charles A. Adams, 39, will be laid to rest in Locust Grove Cemetery tomorrow afternoon following funeral rites at 2:30 at the First Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mr. Adams, plant superintendent of the Matthews Conveyor Company, and widely recognized as one of the most valued citizens in the entire history of
Ellwood City, died at the Ellwood City hospital shortly after noon Saturday following an operation for acute appendicitis performed Sunday a week ago. The remains were removed yesterday to the family residence at 310 Glen Avenue.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Hazel Currie Adams, a son Charles Jr., three daughters Phyllis, Averill and Peggy, his mother, Mrs. Olive Adams, this city, a sister, Mrs. Forrest Harper of Georgia, and a brother, Thomas Adams of Chicago. The funeral services at the church will be conducted by Rev. R.H. Little, pastor. There will also be a gravesite service by Masonic Lodge, of which Mr. Adams was a member.
Mr. Adams' many religious, welfare and civic activities brought him into contact with and endeared him to so many people that if a fraction of their member attend, the funeral will be one of the largest ever held here. He was president of the Community Service League, chairman of the Ellwood Anti-Tuberculosis Society, a director of Chamber of Commerce, chairman of Methodist Church Finance committee, and member of the churches' board of directors. Always a tireless worker in the annual community chest campaign, he directed one of the most successful of these drives, the 1926 campaign, when a quota of $19,300 was over-subscribed in excess of $7,000. He also was one of the founders of the fresh air camp for underprivileged children and was among its staunchest supporters.
It is a matter of pride to Ellwood that he was a hometown product. He was born here on August 27, 1895. In 1912 at the age of 17, he entered the employ of the Matthews Conveyor Company, where his worth won him various promotions until he was made plant superintendent in 1922.
Source: The Ellwood City Ledger, Monday March 25, 1935
Submitted by Janis Worley, granddaughter
NOTE: Third obituary - excerpt
Obituary contains entire eulogy, ending with the following:
The selection "All the Way My Savior Leads Me" by the male quartet closed the services after which the public had its last look at "Charlie" before he was borne away to rest on the hillside overlooking the city he loved and served so well. He sleeps in Locust Grove Cemetery tonight but he lives in the memory not only of his family, but each and every citizen of this community who has been made richer by his unselfish life.
Source: The Ellwood City Ledger, Tuesday March 26, 1935
Submitted by Janis Worley
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