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Jenny A. Adams

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Marcellus, Michigan

Jenny Adaline Adams, age 91, of Frankton passed away on Tuesday, August 22, 2023 at Timbers of Cass County in Dowagiac, Michigan. She was born in Elwood, Indiana on November 24, 1931, the daughter of the late Otto and Emma Hickman. Jenny was a 1950 graduate of Frankton High School and belonged to the Orestes Baptist Church for more than 50 years. She married Paul Douglas and they were blessed with six children prior to his passing in 1968. in 1995 Jenny married Charles Adams and they shared over 25 years of marriage together before his passing in 2019. Jenny retired from General Motors after 37 years of service to the company. She loved to travel and visited many locations including, New York City, Tennessee, Traverse City, and winters on Padre Island. Jenny enjoyed the outdoors, boating, fishing, and animals of all kinds especially dogs and cats. She loved sitting on the porch each evening in her rocking chair hoping to catch a glimpse of the deer and turkeys. Jenny's family takes comfort in the fact that even in the last months of her life when she could no longer speak, she never lost her ability to smile and would always show her love and appreciation by kissing your hands. Jenny is survived by four of her children, Shirley (husband Brian) LaShure of Marcellus, Michigan, Nora (husband Brian) Spencer of Las Vega, Nevada, Mark Douglas of Alexandria, Indiana, and Kevin Douglas of Alexandria, Indiana; seven grandchildren, Rachel LaShure Scroggins of Allegan, Michigan, Douglas LaShure of Goshen, Indiana, Mitzi Jones of Cincinnati, Ohio, Bailey Brown of South Carolina, Brook Fulmer of South Carolina, Mary Douglas of Florida, and Bethany Douglas of Florida; eleven great-grandchildren, Breven Scroggins, Jaley Scroggins, Brayton Morse, Ryder LaShure, Leah LaShure, Mason Brown, Maeleigh Brown, Connor Brown, Easton Brown, Sammy Harmon, and Jayla Blackenship; and several nieces, nephews, and so many other people that made a positive impact on her life in the last months of her life including the doctors, therapist, and aides. In addition to her parents and both husbands, Jenny was preceded in death by her sisters, Opal Cox, and Rosie Reinhold; brother, Raymond Hickman; son, Michael who died at birth; son Jimmy Douglas, grandchild, Jesse Harmon; and great-grandchild, Milee Morse. Family and friends are invited to visitation on Saturday, August 26, 2023 from 11 am to 1 pm at Harper & Dunnnichay Funeral Home 305 East Sigler Street Frankton, IN 46044. A funeral service to honor and celebrate Jenny's life will begin at 1 pm on Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will follow the service at Knox Chapel Cemetery in Fairmont, Indiana. Memorial contributions in Jenny's memory may be given to CurePSP at www.psp.org or envelopes will be available at the funeral home. Online condolences at www.dunnichayfuneralhome.com

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