Ruth Ester Adams Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Ruth Ester Osladil Adams passed from this life on December 2, 2013. She was born January 14, 1921 on the family farm outside of Finlayson, Minnesota. She is survived by two sons: Patrick and his wife Cindy of Dallas, TX and Joe of Tomball, TX; four grandchildren: Christopher, Melissa and her husband Greg Thompson, Hayley and Callie Adams, and great grandson Wesley Thompson. Ruth was the youngest of 13 children; her parents were Emil and Mary Strnad Osladil who had emigrated from Czechoslovakia after World War I. She met George F. Adams, Jr., of Del Rio while he was stationed in Minneapolis, MN with the Army. At the start of WWII, she moved to Oakland, CA where she served as an armed guard at the Kaiser Shipbuilding plant. Upon George’s return from the war they married in California and then moved to Del Rio. Together they owned and operated Adams Flowers of Del Rio for the next 43 years. A faithful Christian she was a lifelong member of the Central Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by George, her loving husband of 62 years. Graveside services will be at Westlawn Cemetery, with Glenn Boyd officiating, at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 3, 2013 immediately following visitation from 8:30-9:30A.M. Funeral arrangements with G. W. Cox Memorial Funeral Home, of Del Rio LTD, 114 Fletcher Drive, Del Rio, Texas. 78840 Ph: 830.775.2000.

Ruth Ester Adams

January 14, 1921 - December 2, 2013