June 1, 1939 — May 16, 2008
ECKERT — Roland (Ron) Townsend Adams passed away May 16, 2008 after a two year battle with Pancreatic Cancer.
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Ron spent most of his working career in the educational and agricultural areas. He graduated from Colorado State University in 1968 and taught business classes at Montrose High School for several years. He enjoyed teaching young people to become responsible citizens, however his main interest was in the agricultural field. He was innovative in his approach to agriculture as shown by being the first farmer in the Montrose area to install a gated pipe underground distribution system for his irrigation water in 1974. He built and operated a totally confined hog operation and introduced pig racing at the Montrose County Fair in 1980. His farming continued into Delta county where he raised registered and certified grass seed. He spent 11 years in the Albuquerque, N.M. where he raised ostriches. Roland retired in 2002 after the untimely death of his wife, Betty Jo, and returned to the Montrose area.
Ron was very active in the churches he attended. In 1979 he started working with Youth With a Mission (YWAM) in Cimarron, Colo. and worked at the YWAM store at El Rancho Cimarron in 1994. He and Betty attended YWAM Crossroads Discipleship Training School in 1989. His love of the Lord was always evident in his everyday life.
Ron remarried in 2003 to Mary Brummitt. In their retirement years Ron and Mary enjoyed building a new house in Eckert, Colo. and their traveling was highlighted by a driving trip to Alaska. Ron continued his interest in farming by restoring antique tractors. He loved to camp, hunt, fish and had a great love for the outdoors.
Roland is survived by his wife, Mary Louise Adams; his mother Margaret Adams, Twin Falls, ID; his two sons and their wives; Lynn and JoAnn Adams, Littleton, Colo., Marvin and Kris Adams of Kent, Wash.; a sister and her husband, Neva and Jay Spivey; three brothers and their wives; Dan and Jan, Cheney, Wash., Wayne, Glendale, Ariz., and Robert and Vicki, Twin Falls, ID. His extended family include Joe and Donna Brummitt, of Olathe, Colo., Tim and Cindy Cannell, Paonia, Colo., and Jim and Jeannie Brummitt, Longview, Wash., Cyril and Anita Daly, Montrose, Colo. Seventeen grandchildren and four great grandchildren completes his surviving family. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Betty Jo Adams, his father, JW Adams, and an infant granddaughter, Rachel Adams.
A memorial service in his honor will be held June 1, 2008 beginning at 2 p.m., at First Baptist Church, Cedaredge, Colo. Memorial contributions can be made to YWAM P.O. Box 158 Cimarron, CO. 81220.
Arrangements are under the care and direction of Taylor Funeral Service and Crematory.
View the internet obituary and sign the online guest registry at taylorfuneralservice.com.
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