ADAMS: Clare Edward Adams: January 6th, 1937 - November 26th, 2013: It is with great sadness the family of Clare Adams announces his passing on November 26, 2013. He is survived by his loving wife Shirley Margaret Adams (Cook)of North Battleford, SK; loving children and grandchildren: Kelly ( Angela) Adams- Michaela, Owen & Cameron of Â鶹´«Ã½AV River, On; Lynn (Randy) Greening- Danielle & Cody of North Battleford, SK; Sherri (Doug) Butler - Katie, Samantha & Mattie of Memphis, Tennessee, USA; his siblings: Robert Edwin (Colleen) Adams, Shirley (Marcel) Fransoo & Ether (Bud) Platt; nieces and nephews. Predeceased by his parents, Edwin Thomas & Mary Esther Adams; infant brother, Earle James Adams. Clare Edward Adams was born and raised on a farm in Swan Lake Manitoba. Times were tough all over. Clare grew up tough, clearing a hundred acres with his father and brother by hand. He instilled this work ethic into his children. Clare loved to play Golf, Baseball and Hockey, he played hockey for Swan Lake, Manitoba and then some Junior hockey for Portage La Prairie, before being called back to work on the family farm. Clare met and fell in love with Shirley Cook. They were married on May 31st, 1958. Clare worked for the petroleum company's Anglo Canadian, BA, Royalite, Gulf and Petro Canada. This resulted in multiple moves that eventually ended in Saskatoon. He was well respected in his field. Clare retired as The Senior Marketing Manager for Petro Canada in Saskatchewan. With retirement Clare and Shirley moved to North Battleford. They chose their house carefully based on the layout and accessibility of the most important component, the garage, which would soon become a workshop. Clare was a good family man; some of our fondest family memories were the countless summers of loading up the family car with a pop-up trailer and travelling through the mountains. We would spend weeks travelling through various passes and staying in provincial parks. Clare loved the outdoors, one of his great pleasures was camping and fishing, he was truly at home in the outdoors. Clare and Shirley would spend months up north at East Trout Lake. Later in his life, this hard shell of a man, truly showed his softer side, a side that was brought out by his Grandchildren. All of the Grandchildren enjoyed going fishing with Gramps and kissing "the lucky moose tooth" and throwing "Old Blue" in to see if they could get a Jack to hit it. Over the past few years Clare was committed to visiting his wife Shirley regardless of his own peril. His family wish for him is to go Hunt Moose, Go Fishing, Go for a walk in the bush you are free from earthly bounds, God speed and we love you. The family wishes to express our gratitude for the many acts of kindness we have received in thought and deed. A Memorial Service was held Monday, Dec. 2, 2013 from "The Garden Chapel" ~ Battlefords Funeral Service with Mrs. Joyce Salie officiating. Family Shared Memories were presented by Kelly Adams and Urn Bearer was Cody Greening on behalf of all the grandchildren. Memorial donations may be directed to The Alzheimer Society 301-2550-12th Avenue Regina, SK S4P 3X1. ____________________________________________________
