Frederic Emmons Adams  

Frederic Emmons Adams born June 24, 1925 Culver Marshall county Indiana Death January 10, 1983 Union twp. Marshall county, Indiana son of Carl M. Adams and Margaret Shilling

Frederic Emmons Adams Family - I, Marcia Adams was born in Palestine, Illinois the second daughter of James Harold and Almyra Milburn Prather.

My father Harold born in Columbus in 1898 and my mother Almyra Millburn born in Princton, in 1900 were married in 1921.

I spent my formative years in Palestine with my parents, sister and grandparents. Grandfather Morton Prather was the Presbyterian Church minister of Palestine. His wife was Leona Thompson Prather.

I attended and graduated from Indiana University in 1948 with a B. S. Degree in Advertising. I met my husband, Frederic Emmons Adams, soon after he returned to Indiana University, Bloomington form active duty with the armed forces in World War II. We were married in 1950 and until his death on January 10, 1983 our married years were spent in Culver .

My community interests have been with our family church, the Wesley United Methodist and the church choir of which I have been a member for 34 years. I am a past president of the charitable organization Kappa Kappa Kappa; past president of the Culver Mothers Club; member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority; and have been a substitute English teacher in the Culver Community School System. I am a member of the founding board of the Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame.

My husband was associated with thev State Exchange Bank of Culver after his graduation from Indiana University in 1949. A native of Marshall county he attended DePauw University prior to serving thee years in the United States Navy.

In 1954, he left the bank and we bought and ran Adam's Men's and Boys' Wear Clothing store for three years, after which he returned to the family controlled bank as vice president.

The bank was started in 1901 by Fred's grandfather, Schuyler Schilling and grew to become one of the largest farm lending institutions in the nation under the leadership of William O. Osborn., Fred's uncle, who became president in 1951. His father, Carl M. Adams Sr. was cashier, Vice President until his retirement in 1978. Fred became Senior Vice President in 1976 and the third President in the bank's 80 year old history on the retirement of W. O. in 1981.

Fred was a member of the Culver Chamber of Commerce, Culver Loins Club and Culver Economic Development Committee, He was member of the Indiana Board of Corrections; director and treasurer of American Lung Association of Northern Indiana for eight years; president of Plymouth Industrial Development Corporation; director and member of the Legislative Committee, Indiana Bankers Association. He was a member of James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association and of the fraternal orders of B.P.O.E. and Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He belonged to the American Legion, Indiana Sorority of Chicago, Indiana University Alumni Association and Delta Upsilson Fraternity.

Our children are grown. Jeffery Prather Adams is a senior law partner in the firm of Alston and Bird in Atlanta, Georgia. He and his wife Corinne (Anderson) have a daughter, Claire Elizabeth, and a son Samuel Anderson Adams. John Frederic has a master's degree in linguistics and teaches German and English in Indianapolis. He and his wife Liz (Marina) have a daughter, Katherine. Our daughter Elizabeth Jane is a lawyer; and she and her husband J. Bradley Walker practice law in Little Rock, Arkansas. William Carl a graduate of Indiana University with a degree in economics lives and is a real estate developer in Indianapolis. - - Our home on Lake Maxinkuckee has an intriguing story in its past, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor spent 10 days incognito in the guest house shortly after the Duke's abdication from the throne of England. Owners of the home at the time, the Walter Foskett's were personal friends of the Duke through a mutual friend, Sir Henry Oaks of Nassau. - Marica P. Adams.
History of Marshall County Indiana Sesquicentennial 1836 - 1986 (Taylor Publishing Co., 1986, Publication # 357 of 1422) Marshall County Historical Society page. 59-60

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Fred ADAMS, 57, Culver, chairman of the board of the financially-troubled Culver-based State Exchange Finance Co., took his own life by a shotun blast Monday afternoon.

Corner G. Dean BYERS said in a news release this morning that an autopsy confirmed that death was due to a single gunshot wound. He added that notes found on the body confirmed that the death was suicide.

The body was found in a wooded area north of Indiana 10 and 117 in Marshall County on Culver Military Acodemy property known as the bird sanctuary.

A group of the Black Horse Troop Patrol of the Academy came upon the body and notified the Marshall County Police Department in Plymouth at 2:28 p.m.

Byers news release stated that Adams left the building housing the State Exchange Finance Co. and its affiliate, the Culver State Exchange Bank, in Culver about noon Monday for lunch and did not return.

The Finance Company filed for Chapter 11 reorganization (bankruptcy) in South Bend Disteict (federal) Court on Dec. 30.

The filing created fear among depositors of the Culver State Exchange Bank, which has branches in Plymouth and Argos, and of the Farmers State Bank, with a branch in Bremen. The latter is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Finance Company.

A court hearing on the Chapter 11 filing is to be conducted soon. --- Tuesday, January 11, 1983 Rochester Sentinel

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Thursday, January 13, 1983 - Rochester Sentinel

Frederic E. Adams

Private family services were conducted Wednesday at the Bonine Funeral Home in Culver for Frederic E. “Fred” ADAMS, 57, Culver , who died Monday afternoon from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Burial was in the Culver Masonic Cemetery.

Memorial services were to be conducted this afternoon in the Culver Military Academy Memorial Chapel.

Memorials can be made to the Wesley United Methodist Church of Culver .

Funeral arrangements for Adams are pending at the Bonine Funeral Home in Culver .

Adams was born June 24, 1925 in Culver to Carl M. and Margaret ADAMS and was a lifelong resident of Culver . Soon after graduation from Indiana University, he was married to Marcia PRATHER, who survives.

He was a member of the Wesleyan United Methodist Church of Culver , the Indiana and the American Bankers associations, the Culver Chamber of Commerce, Culver Lions Club, Culver I.O.O.F., Rochester Elks Lodge, Maxinkuckee Golf Club, Lake Maxinkuckee Association, Maxinkuckee Yacht Club and the Indiana University Alumni Association.

Adams also was a member of the Indiana Governor’s Board of Corrections, the Plymouth Country Club, Culver Military Academy Fathers Association and the Indiana Society of Chicago. He was a director of Bomarco Corp., Plymouth, and the Stelrema Corp., Knox; and was a past president of the Plymouth Industrial Development Corp.

He served overseas with the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II.

Surviving with the wife are three sons, Jeffrey P. [ADAMS], Atlanta, Ga.; John F. [ADAMS], Colombia, South America, and William C. [ADAMS], a student at Indiana University-Bloomington; a daughter, Beth WALKER, Little Rock, Ark.; the mother, of Culver ; and a brother, Carl M. ADAMS Jr., Culver .