Doris Howe Adams

Doris Howe Adams 1916 - 2008 WILMINGTON Doris Howe Adams, 92, a longtime resident of Higley Hill Road, died Saturday morning, March 8,2008, at the Eden Park Nursing Home in Brattleboro, where she had resided the past few years. Born in West Dover on Feb. 13,1916, daughter of Ernest and Rosa Scranton Howe, she received her education in Wilmington schools and was a 1934 graduate of Wilmington High School. She and her husband, Louis, ran the family farm, "Adams Farm", for many years. Mrs. Adams was one of the first in the area to establish a bed and breakfast which originally catered to the summer visitors and eventually the skiers who came after Mount Snow was established. She had also worked as a caregiver in earlier years, being quite active with the running of the farm, she enjoyed keeping honey bees and was a member of The Neighborhood Club which consisted of area farmers getting together to discuss farming operations. She was a longtime member and former treasurer of the Wilmington Baptist Church, its Lord's Acre group which supported the church, and the Baptist Evening Guild. A 4-H leader in sewing and cooking, she served as the superintendent of the Youth Building at the Annual Deerfield Valley Farmers Day Fair and a member of The Higley Hill Homemakers. Mrs. Adams enjoyed traveling, sewing, quilting, hooking, knitting, gardening and snowmobiling. She looked forward to the bowling league she played in with her sisters and the family get togethers each month. Her husband, Louis Adams, whom she married sept. 30, 1938, died July 6, 1997. She leaves her son and daughter-in-law, William and Sharon Adams; daughters, Thelma Boyd, Shirley Pease and husband, Robert Pease, all of Wilmington, and Ruby Bailey and husband, Thomas Bailey, of El Paso, Texas; a stepson, Bertram "Pete" Adams and wife, Betty, stepdaughter, Sally and husband Merrill Mundell, all of Wilmington; a sister, Lillian Closson of Northfield, Mass.; a sister-in-law, Edith Batchelder of Wilmington; 15 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; two great-great -grandchildren, and many nieces, nephews and cousins. She was predeceased by a daughter, Judy Adams, who died Feb. 1, 1947; by brothers, Harold, Jasper, Francis and Morton Howe, and by sisters, Zella Morgan, Agnes Atherton and Vivian Glover. FUNERAL NOTICE: Services will be held Tuesday, March 11, at 2 p.m. at the COVEY & ALLEN FUNERAL HOME with the Rev. Douglas LaPlant, pastor of the Wilmington Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will follow in the family lot in Intervale Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the Adams Farm immediately following the graveside services. All are invited. Memorial gifts may be made to the Alzheimer's Association in care of the Covey & Allen Funeral Home, P.O. Box 215, Wilmington, VT 05363. To send personal e-mail condolences to the family visit www.sheafuneralhomes.com.