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Ruth Adam

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[December 24, 2007]  Ruth Johanna Adam, 86, of Lincoln died Saturday, Dec. 22, 2007, at 6:24 p.m. at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.

Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Zion Lutheran Church in Lincoln with the Rev. Mark Thompson officiating. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the church and one hour prior to the service on Thursday.

Burial will be in Zion Cemetery.

Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home of Lincoln is handling arrangements.

Mrs. Adam was a homemaker.

She was born Aug. 27, 1921, at Meredosia to William H. and Eda Roegge Fricke. She married William W. Adam in Petersburg on June 6, 1959.

She is survived by her husband, of Lincoln; one son, Philip (and Kathy) Adam of Minneapolis, Minn.; one daughter, Laura Ann Adam of Bloomington; three brothers, William (and Marilyn) Fricke of Petersburg, Glenn (and Carol) Fricke of Petersburg and Paul (and Beverly) Fricke of Minneapolis, Minn.; one sister, Berniece Schneider of Newark, Ohio; and two grandchildren, David Adam and Marie Adam, both of Minneapolis, Minn.

She was preceded in death by an infant son, Jonathan Adam, and three brothers, Earl Fricke, Gilbert Fricke and John Fricke.

She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church of Lincoln, Zion Lutheran Missionary Society and the Zion Lutheran Ladies Aid.

Memorials may be made to Zion Lutheran Building Fund or American Cancer Society.

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