Jan. 31, 1928 — Aug. 19, 2015

Beryl “Bunny” Adams passed away Aug. 19, 2015. Beryl was born Jan. 31, 1928, in Volinia Township, Cass County, Michigan, the daughter of C. Marion and Faye (Keesler) Davis.

She graduated valedictorian of the class of 1945 at Dowagiac Central High School and attended Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo.

She worked for Monarch Insurance from 1949 to 1954 and returned to work after raising four children, at Lee’s Adventure Sports, retiring in 1989.

Beryl was united in marriage to Donald L. Adams on Oct. 17, 1952.

She was passionate about education and spent many years involved in volunteering for the schools her children attended, including the PTA and Club Scouts.

She loved music and playing the piano and volunteered at local nursing homes to play piano for their residents. Even though she lived in the city, she was always a farm girl at heart and loved spending time over the years back in the small towns she was raised and hiking in Newton’s Woods with her children and grandchildren.

Above all else, she loved her family and always cherished time spent with them.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, sister Miriam Pogue and granddaughter Erin Smith.

She is survived by her four children, Scott Adams, Rory Adams, Tracy Adams and Julie Smith; son-in-law Fred Smith; two grandchildren, Alaina and Adam Smith; brother Ryan (Debbie) Davis and her sister Vivian Joyce Bradeen.

Friends are being received 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, at Redmond Funeral Home, 4100 S. Westnedge Ave., Kalamazoo, MI 49008 ((269) 343-6156.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Rose Arbor Hospice or Decatur School Boosters.

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