Lillian Adamson

Lillian (Bell) Adamson

April 8, 1930 - July 26, 2024

QUEENSBURY - Lilly passed away peacefully at her apartment at The Terrace, Queensbury, on July 26, 2024 at the age of 94. She was born April 8, 1930, in Pittsburgh, PA, to William Bell and Lillian (Kilger) Bell. She was an only child. When she was a young girl her parents divorced and her mother married William Smith, who was a wonderful father to her and grandfather to her four children.

Upon graduation from The Robert Morris School, Secretarial Science Division, in 1949 she was recruited to work for the newly formed Central Intelligence Agency in Washington, DC. She worked in a secretarial pool for several Agents, among whom was Charles F. Adamson.

They were married in Athens, Greece, on August 1, 1952, during a two year assignment there. By 1959 they had traveled back to Washington, then to Munich, Germany, for three years, had four children and chose to part ways with the CIA. Charlie went into teaching and Lilly and the children followed as a series of jobs moved the family around the Northeast and then to St. Paul, MN, always maintaining and visiting their property on Assembly Point, Lake George.

In 1980 they retired to this home, then in 2000 moved to Queensbury, to a lovely home that they referred to as the "purple palace" because the exterior paint was such a prominent color. By then her mother had moved in with them and was not well, and Charlie was also in poor health. So, as sad as it was to leave their beloved lake shore property, it was necessary for them as they aged.

Her mother and husband died within weeks of each other in 2005 and she remained there for an additional 13 years, before selling the house and moving to a cottage at The Glen, a senior housing facility in Queensbury.

In addition to her mother and stepfather, Lilly was predeceased by her husband and son, William C. Adamson.

She is survived by son, Timothy F. Adamson of St. Paul, MN; and his partner, Maria Medina; daughter, Mary C.A. Davis and her husband, Ron, of Plymouth, MA; and daughter, Carol A. Adamson and her husband, Richard Mosher, of Annapolis, MD. She is also survived by two granddaughters: Jessica L. Davis and her husband, Dylan Borst and Sara E. Davis; plus a nephew and several nieces.

Services will be private and at the convenience of the family.

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In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, https://act.alz.org/site/Donation.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Regan Denny Stafford Funeral Home, 53 Quaker Road, Queensbury.