Clarence Adams

Clarence Ray Adams was born at home on November 8, 1923 in Zenar, Missouri, to Clarence Raymond Adams and Opal May Sweet Adams.
His first job, at the age of nine, was as a mule team driver, assisting his dad with logging and road projects in the days before mechanized excavators and graders. During the Great Depression, at the age of 16, he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps, participating in civil works projects in Missouri. He married Geraldine Iris Counts in Eminence, MO on April 11, 1941. He converted to the US Navy near the start of WWII and spent the war cooking for his shipmates, ending up with the See Bees on Okinawa, Japan, at the war’s end. He worked at the Hanford plutonium plant in Washington then on the McNary dam on the Columbia River near Hermiston, Oregon. After a serious injury, he began a career of truck driving that lasted about 30 years, driving millions of safe miles for IML. After recovering from a heart attack, he began working for local golf courses: Davis County GC, Oakridge Country Club, and finally Ogden Country Club. A golfer himself, he loved the beauty of the courses and enjoyed his work keeping the courses looking their best. He finally retired from mowing last spring at the age of 90.
He was preceded in death by Jeri, his wife of 64 years; his parents; daughter Jeanine Green; all of his three brothers, Bob, Howard, and Richard; his sister, Norma June Callahan, and his granddaughter Nicole Elaine Adams.
Surviving him are his children, Donald L. Adams (Carol) of Lacey, WA, Glenn A. Adams of Kaysville, UT, and Lynn E. Adams (Keely) of Layton, UT, and Darlene Hendricks Santos of Sacramento, CA; grandchildren, Della Green, Tony Green (Julie), Michael Adams, Matthew Adams (Candy), Lisa Hendricks Simpson, Stephanie Adams, Spencer Adams (Lindsay), and Brady R. Adams; great-grandchildren, Teague Green, Erin Wilde, Gavin and Garett Musgrove, and the youngest, Adelade Adams; sister-in-law, Janet Adams; a host of nieces and nephews scattered coast to coast, and a very dear friend, neighbor, and travel companion, Monica Dickson, of Kaysville, UT.
The family would like to thank granddaughter Lisa Simpson for sacrificing so much of her time caring for Dad as he was nearing the end of his life. We would also like to acknowledge the compassionate care afforded to Dad by A Step Forward Hospice and their wonderful caregivers. There will be a graveside service at Redwood Memorial Estates (6500 South Redwood Road, West Jordan, UT) at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, August 29. Very casual attire (shorts and flip flops) is recommended.