Carolyn Sue (White) Adams, 70, of Clarion passed away April 24, 2014, at the
Clarion Wellness and Rehabilitation Center.
Funeral services for Carolyn Adams will be held at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, April
29, 2014, at the Clarion Church of Christ, 420 North Main Street, in Clarion
with Pastor Warren Curry officiating. Burial will follow at 2:00 PM at Rose Hill
Cemetery in Eagle Grove.
Visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00 PM on Monday, April 28, 2014, at Ewing
Funeral Home, 1801 Central Avenue East, Clarion, and will continue one hour
prior to services at the church.
Carolyn Sue White was born on August 10, 1943, in Keokuk, Iowa. At the age of
three she was adopted by Lawrence and Hazel White of Clarion. In 1962, she
graduated from Clarion High School and then attended Junior College. Carolyn
continued her education in Ashland, Oregon, where she received her Master's
degree in teaching in 1967. That year she began a 25 year teaching career at the
Eldora Training School. Throughout this time she began taking computer classes
and after years of training started writing computer programs.
On September 20, 2003, she married Duane Lee Adams at the Clarion Church of
Christ. The couple made their home in Clarion. Carolyn loved scrapbooking and
was a volunteer at the hospital gift shop and Relay for Life. She was also an
active member of Clarion Church of Christ.
Carolyn is survived by her husband, Duane; step-daughter, Sherlene (Russell)
Washington of Eagle Grove; 4 grandchildren; 1 great-granddaughter; sister, Linda
Engesether of Bemidji, MN; brother, Tim White of Mason City and several nieces
and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Lawrence and Hazel; parents-in-law,
James and Viola Adams and brother, Kenneth R. White.