LORETTA ADAMSON- AGENCY
Loretta M. Adamson, 66, of Agency died at 12:41 p.m. November 25, 2016 at St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria Illinois.
She was born May 16, 1950 in Ottumwa to William and Lucille Cox Skinner Sr. She married Douglas Adamson September 17, 2007 in Eureka Springs, AR.
Loretta worked for Elliott Oil Company, retiring in 2013. She was a very giving person with a huge heart. She loved playing cards, and beating everyone, then rubbing their faces in it. She enjoyed gardening, even though the deer and rabbits would destroy it. She loved canning, especially tomatoes, which she could never eat enough of. She would give a lot of her canning to friends and family. She loved gambling and telling you the specific games she played. She also enjoyed buying and reading books.
Surviving is her husband Doug; two daughters Lisa (Karen) Albright Wilson of St. Charles, MO and Gyla (John) Taylor of Trimble, MO; two granddaughters Rachael and Brittany; two brothers Ronald (Angie) Skinner and David (Mabel) Skinner and four sisters Arlene Guthrie, June Carnahan, Ruth (Mike) Henderson and Debra (Joel) Humble all of Ottumwa; two sister in-laws Lou Ann Skinner of Agency and Sadie Skinner of Eddyville; her best friends, Leonda Aubrey of Eldon and Sheila Adamson of Bladensburg.
She was preceded in death by a granddaughter Delayne; three brothers, John, Larry and Bill Skinner and three sisters, Linda Kruse, Joyce Burkman, and Emma McElfish.
Funeral Services will be 10 a.m. Thursday at Reece Funeral Home with Pastor Bill Hornback officiating. Cremation will follow the service.
Visitation begins after 1 p.m. Wednesday with the family present from 5 to 7 p.m.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, 530 NE Glen Oak Ave, Peoria IL 61637. or Family House, 1339 E Nebraska Ave, Peoria IL 61603.
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