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1933
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2018
Benjamin Adams Obituary
He was born in Ney, Ohio on May 12, 1933 to Joseph and Lillian Adams. Ben was employed by the Sarasota Herald Tribune for many years in Venice and Sarasota, retiring as District Circulation Manager. Ben was a member of the Epiphany Cathedral, and spent his spare time playing tennis, biking and volunteering with his wife, Judy.
He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Judy, of Nokomis; daughters, Paula Adams Perez (Paul) of Seattle, Washington and Stacy Hodgins (Paul) of Katy Texas; sons, Richard Adams (Paula) of Punta Gorda, Florida and Bed David Adams of Venice, Florida; 4 brothers and 2 sisters; and 9 grandchildren. Has was preceded in death by two brothers; and two sisters.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at the Epiphany Cathedral on Friday, Feb. 23 at 10 a.m. Interment will be at Venice Memorial Gardens.
In lieu of flowers the family requests memorial donations be made to the Venice Area Pregnancy Care Center, 301 Bayshore Dr, Venice, FL 34285.
To share a memory of Ben or to send a condolence to the family visit www.farleyfuneralhome.com.
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John Kneedler
February 21, 2018
Ben, I could never repay you for being the father figure, role model and your friendship since 1985. Thank you for all of the great memories. My now late mother and dad thought the world of you too.
Until that great day Ben.
John Kneedler
February 14, 2018
My name is John R. Kneedler of Hawthorne, FL formerly of Sarasota. On behalf of my wife Lisa, we want to express our deepest sympathy and heartfelt prayers to Judy and Ben's exceptional family. I have been blessed to share my life with Ben since 1985 as my work partner and mentor at the Sarasota Herald-Tribune Circulation Department. Not only was he my colleague, Ben was my best friend and longtime tennis partner. (I would like to think I was responsible for making him the fine tennis player he was). Most importantly, I considered him a role model and a second father to me. Ben was a genuine man of stoicism and faith with humility. His unwavering love and faithfulness to God and his beautiful family was authentic and inspirational. Ben, we love you, we miss you and will always be in our hearts and memories.
~Words of comfort~
February 10, 2018
Sorry for the loss of your love one, may you find comfort in knowing that those who have passed on in death God keeps in his memory because they are precious in his eyes. Psalms 116:15.
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