Adam Christian Fallert

Fallert, Adam Christian, passed away, Saturday, April 13, 2024. Beloved son of David L. and Claudia J. Fallert (nee Weiss); loving father of Tyrone Davis Fallert; brother of Astrid L. Fallert; our dear nephew, uncle, cousin and friend.

Adam was born on October 5, 1976 to Claudia Jeanne (Weiss) Fallert and David L. Fallert in St. Louis County at St. John’s Mercy Hospital in St. Louis.  He attended schools in Hazelwood and Chesterfield (Parkway), MO and 1 year at Wheaton HS in Wheaton, IL. He returned to the Parkway school district in time to graduated from Parkway Central HS in 1995. He initially attended Meramec Community College in St. Louis, MO after high school and transferred to the University of Missouri at Columbia where he graduated in 2000 with a BS degree in Computer Science.

Adam was active in both Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts in Troop 803 at Green Trails Elementary School in Chesterfield. He rose to the rank of Eagle Scout. He went to Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico one summer and he went to summer camp every year. We hold many fond memories of those days in the Scouts. His Eagle project was to build an outdoor chapel and prayer garden for Green Trails UMC. His leaders told us that it was the most ambitious Eagle Scout project they had ever seen. Adam completed this project without as much help and support as his father wanted to give because his father was already working in Chicago.

Adam played the violin that he began in grade school. He liked music and appreciated a variety of genres. One of his favorite classical works was the Brahms Requiem that he performed at a concert at Green Trails UMC. Adam played his violin at churches both solo and as part of an ensemble. At one performance at Gary UMC in Wheaton, his bow broke during a warm up before the performance. A stranger loaned Adam his bow to use and the performance went on.  

While in 2nd grade at Shenandoah Elementary school in Parkway, his teacher assigned him the job of making a wooden model of the Mayflower ship for Thanksgiving. His parents learned of the project on the Saturday before Thanksgiving when there was little time for such an ambitious project for a second grader. After some consternation and a few harsh words, Adam and his father hurriedly scrounged around for some 2 by 4 blocks of wood, some screws, some wooden doll rods, some black thread along with drawings of the Mayflower from some reference books. They hurriedly fashioned a crude model together. His parents sent him to school with it on Monday with the firm instructions that he is not to begin a project like that again on such short notice. The family has kept that very crude model but the years have not been kind to it. However, it has grown to become a keepsake that is gotten out of storage each Thanksgiving season and put on display as a remembrance. It badly needs restoration, but it means more to the family now in its lowly sad state than when it was new.

Adam had a soft spot for the downtrodden and lowly. That included animal life and those that he felt were unloved. When he was still of pre-school age, he would sometimes hunt for worms wiggling across our back patio after rainstorms. He gently stroked the worms with his fingers and repeated “nice worm” to them, much to the disgust and disapproval of his older sister, Astrid. His parents were quietly amused by the scene.

About 15 years or so ago, Adam began foster parenting for an number of children. In the process, he adopted Tyrone as his son and Tyrone became Claudia and David’s only grandson. Tyrone is expected to be present at this service.

With his interest and degree in computer science, Adam managed his parent’s computer network and Claudia’s music studio website. A number of times while Claudia was working on her computer, Adam would take control of her computer from his home in Columbia to perform system maintenance. This put an unexpected stop to whatever Claudia was doing on her computer. It sometimes resulted in funny but irritating results.

Adam inherited his father’s and grandfather’s appreciation for high fidelity audio systems. He had some high grade audio systems that he loved. Adam was restoring his grandfather’s home-built hi-fi stereo speaker cabinets when he passed.

Adam assembled many Star Wars themed Lego kits. He loved to snow ski and he became quite good at it. He also enjoyed target shooting both with his compound bow and fire arms. Although he never went hunting.

In his years before he became a foster parent, Adam played roller hockey. He was a goalie and he kept all of his teeth! Adam’s middle and high school friends enjoyed riding all around the neighborhood on their mopeds after school.

Adam was greatly loved and will be sorely missed.
 
Services: Memorial service at Manchester United Methodist Church on Saturday, April 27, 2024 at 12:30 p.m. with memorial visitation beginning at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Harris House Treatment and Recovery Center. As a service of the SCHRADER Funeral Home and Crematory, friends may sign the family’s on-line guestbook at Schrader.com.