Wilfred Leonard Adams, known to most as "Bill", passed away on October 27, 2018 at his residence at the age of 72 years. He was born August 13, 1946 in Festus, Missouri the son of the late Kenneth and Dorothy (Martin) Adams.
On June 3, 1967 he was united in marriage to Jeanne Ellen Blankenship who survives. To this union two children were born; Will Adams and wife, Karla of Wesley Chapel, Florida and Michelle Adams Menley of Pilot Knob, Missouri. Bill is also survived by five grandchildren; Kailey, Kassidy, and Kamryn Adams and Britney and Kensey Menley, three nephews; Mark, Shannon and Lloyd McClain, his niece, Cindy Yount, and his brother, Bobby as well as a host of other relatives and friends.
Bill was preceded in death by his brother, Barney and his sister, Mary Joyce McClain.
Bill served his country in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He worked as a heavy equipment operator for fifty years with the last twenty being at Construction Engineers in Bloomsdale, Missouri. Bill enjoyed...