George Adams

George Adams of Lancaster, NH passed away at the Morrison after a short illness on April 12, 2022. He was born September 2, 1928, in Boston, MA, the son of George C. and Elizabeth Covel of Boston. He received his GED certificate from Massachusetts Education Department in 1952 and was further educated in Massachusetts colleges. He married Shirley Whipple in 1957 and they celebrated their sixtieth anniversary in 2017. George was employed by the DuPont Company in Wilmington, DE for twenty plus years, after which they retired to Dallas Plantation, Rangeley, ME in 1988. They became a part of the Rangeley Community in many ways. One of his greatest interests was as a volunteer in the Rangeley Lakes Regional School and school ski program. His school effort largely was assisting in the computer laboratory while making many elementary school friends. In 2006 he completed ten years in this endeavor. His self-assigned role as granddad brought him many days on the playground playing tag around the jungle gym with the elementary school students. He received the Community Service Award from the town of Rangeley in 2001 for his school time. For ten years he was the photographer at the EcoVenture youth program sponsored by the Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust. He was known for his landscape photography and in 2012 he self-published a Rangeley photo essay book, that he called his one claim to fame. For ten years he also provided an annual nature calendar, which contained Rangeley's pristine landscape scenes. Besides the school children and the EcoVenture effort, his favorite interest was using his camera on the wildlife and land around his favorite locations. Some of his images became pleasing to him, so he proceeded to accompany essays for the specials, and the words became an equal with the pictures. Twenty of them composed the Rangeley photo essay book mentioned above. The couple moved to Lancaster NH in 2013, to be in the care of their son, Glenn, there until the owl called his name in finality. He is predeceased by his wife, Shirley. They had two sons: Borden and wife Laura and their three children Bryan and wife Erin, Stephanie, and Trevor; Glenn, and wife Rhonda and three step grandchildren Daniel, Andrew, Nick, and wife Mackenzie; seven great grandchildren, two sisters Alice Winkle and Theresa and husband, Paul Cooper of Titusville, NJ. Memorial donations may be made to the EcoVenture program of the Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust of Oquossoc, ME. A memorial service will be held Friday morning, May 13th at 10:00AM, at the Lancaster Congregational United Church of Christ, 142 Main Street, Lancaster, NH. Reverend Timothy Brooks, pastor of St. Paul's Church, Lancaster will officiate. A light luncheon will follow. For more information or to send an online condolence, please go to www.baileyfh.net.

George Adams

September 2, 1928 - April 12, 2022