Viola E. Adams

Viola Esther Adams, 97, of Sioux City, died Thursday, December 27, 2018, at a Sioux City hospital.

Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, January 2, 2019, at First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Tom Murray officiating.  Lunch will be served after the service, followed by interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church.  

Viola was born on June 20, 1921, at Tyndall, South Dakota, to George and Johanna (Hauck) Grimme.  She graduated Salutatorian from Tyndall High School in 1939 and then attended the National Business Training School.

Viola married Dillard Adams on May 20, 1944.  He died on October 31, 1969.

She was employed at Cudahy Packing Company, Booth Fisheries, and retired from the City of Sioux City in 1986.

She was a member of First Presbytarian Church, where she was a former deacon and a member of several church circles.  In earlier years, she was a Sunday School teacher and a Girl Scout leader.  Viola cared very much for her family, community, and doing things for others.  She enjoyed gardening, flowers, and playing cards.

Survivors include a daughter, Beverly Cooper, of Crystal, Minnesota; a son, Keith Adams, of Wayne, Nebraska; one sister, Wilma Garthright, of Apache Junction, Arizona; and one brother, Norman Grimme, of Buffalo, Minnesota.  She is also survived by three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, Alan Stroh, and his wife, Jenny, and sons, Jordan and Tyler; Ryan Stroh, and his wife, Jennifer, and daughter, Emily; and Dyana Lewis, and her husband, Lonny, and daughter, Isabella, all of Minneapolis; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Dillard, an infant brother and sister, one sister, Vera Allner; two brothers, Eugene and Elvin Grimme; seven sisters-in-law, Patricia Grimme, Irene Davis, Nora Smith, Kathleen Adams, Ione Hoffman, Violet Grimme, Martha Grimme; four brothers-in-law, Charles Garthright, Leroy Smith, George Hoffman, Cecil Adams; great-grandson, Andrew Pitts; and son-in-law, Robert Cooper.