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Keith Murdock Adams

Portland, Oregon

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ADAMS, KEITH MURDOCK 1925 - 2006. Keith Murdock Adams of Boring passed away on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2006, at the age of 80. He was born June 30, 1925, in Parowan, Utah, and was the eldest son of Orlando and Lacy Adams. He had six brothers and three sisters. In 1942 the family moved to Ogden, Utah....

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I had the privilege of having Mr. Adams as my 6th and 8th grade teacher at Woodlawn. I was finally able to attend my 8th grade reunion last year at Cal and Priscilla's house and Mr. Adams was there. I have his picture with all of us that attended. He looked just the same to me. What a great teacher to want to attend our reunion after all those years. I also use to go to Jantzen Beach in the summer when he was working. I think he worked the Merry Go Round. Sure glad it wasn't the tunnel of...

To Keith Adams Family
We know him as Mr.Adams because he was our grade school teacher at Woodlawn Elementry School in Portland. In later years he asked us to call him Keith but we could not seem to make the transition. He was Mr. Adams to us and that would not change. My husband (Cal Webber)had him as a teacher in 3rd, 6th, and 8th grade. I (Pricsilla Jungling) only had him in the 6th grade. He was a wonderful man and outstanding teacher and we feel blessed to have had him as a...

I graduated from Woodlawn in 1959 with Mr. Adams as my 8th grade teacher. I have many fresh and fond memories of that year.
I recall he had a very small car. Probably the first sub-contact, fuel efficient car on the market. He was well ahead of the times. One day a group of us went out during lunch and picked the car up and turned it around in it's parking place. I don't recall whether he ever found out who the culprits were.
More seriously, I remember the personal interest he...

Mr. Adams was my third grade teacher. I am so glad we had our recent 8th grade reunions where I had a chance to express how much I thought of him as a teacher. What a good sense of humor he had. I shall miss him.