Genevieve Carmeta (ADAMS) PAGE

ADAMS, PAGE, BAKER, HRIBAL, SKINNER, BEHRENS, ADKISSON, SWIETLIK

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 1/5/2009 at 21:07:41

OBITUARY - GENEVIEVE CARMETA (ADAMS) PAGE

Genevieve Carmeta PAGE of Atlantic, formerly of Mount Ayr and Emerson, daughter of Lewis ADAMS and Hazel (BAKER) ADAMS, was born April 13, 1920 in Harrison County, Missouri and departed this life on February 9, 2007 at the age of 86 at Atlantic Nursing and Rehab.

She attended school in Ringgold County and graduated from Redding High School with the class of 1938. On August 30, 1939, she was united in marriage to Albert M. PAGE. To this union two children were born, a son James and a daughter Ann.

For several years she worked at Glenwood State Hospital School, Glenwood, Iowa and Valley Grocery Store at Emerson, Iowa. She enjoyed singing, playing the harmonica, and listening to music. One of her greatest joys was seeing her great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband Albert M. PAGE, her parents Lewis and Hazel ADAMS, sisters Bernadean HRIBAL and Lillian SKINNER, brothers Eugene, Raleigh and Russell ADAMS, and a son-in-law Sherwood BEHRENS.

She is survived by her son James and wife Stella of Shenandoah, her daughter Ann BEHRENS of Atlantic, 3 grandsons John BEHRENS and wife Elsa of Atlantic, James BEHRENS and wife Angela of Atlantic, and Mark PAGE and wife Stephanie of Colorado, 10 great-grandchildren, Page, Alyssa, Joel, Tyler, Nicholas, Kaitlin, Lucas, Abigail, Zachary and Vanessa; sisters Pauline ADKISSON of Diagonal and Nola SWIETLIK of Mount Ayr, brothers Delbert ADAMS of Creston and Doyle ADAMS of Knoxville, a brother-in-law Willard SKINNER of Arkansas, and many other relatives, nieces, nephews, and friends.

Services were held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, February 13, 2007, Wilson-Watson & Armstrong Funeral Home, Mount Ayr, Iowa.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, January of 2009