Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameElza James “E. J.” ADCOCK 25
Birth Date5 Dec 1915
Birth PlaceHarwood, Vernon County, Missouri
Death Date22 Jun 1987 Age: 71
Death PlaceSalina, Saline County, Kansas
Burial PlaceSalina, Saline County, Kansas, Gypsum Hill Cemetery
OccupationWWII SGT US ARMY
FatherWilliam Henry ADCOCK Sr. (1882-1973)
MotherMary Frances MARICAL (1884-1955)
Spouses
Birth Date20 May 1917
Birth PlaceNevada, Vernon County, Missouri
Death Date4 May 2006 Age: 88
Burial PlaceSalina, Saline County, Kansas, Gypsum Hill Cemetery
Family ID3867
ChildrenJimmie Dean (1937-2007)
 Charlene Kay (1938-2003)
 Patricia (1939-2002)
 Jon Kenton (1946-2017)
Notes for Elza James “E. J.” ADCOCK
The Salina Journal
Salina, Kansas
24 Jun 1897, Page 13

Elza J. "E.J." Adcock

The funeral for Elza James "E.J." Adcock, 71, 2636 Mayfair, will be 2 p.m. Thursday at the Ryan Mortuary, the Rev. Bobby George officiating. Burial will be in the Gypsum Hill Cemetery.

Mr. Adcock died Monday, June 22, at his home. He was born Dec. 5, 1915 in Harwood, Mo., and moved to Salina recently from Bloomfield, Ind. He was a civil service electronic technician for 24 years. Prior to that, he was a bulk agent for Standard Oil in Osborne.

He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Bloomfield, Ind., the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion.

Survivors include his wife, Clara Belle of the home; three sons, Jim of Easton, Jon of 406 Scott and Joe of 1306 Hartford; a daughter, Patricia Stevenson of 411 Seitz; a brother, William of Pittsburg, Calif,; two sisters, Louise McKinley of Antioch, Calif., and Laura Baker of Lindsey, Calif.; 14 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association.

On Find A Grave.


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Mar 2002: email from Charlene Adcock Weinrich 25

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Notes for Clara Belle (Spouse 1)
Obituary published in the May 06, 2006 edition of The Salina Journal.

Clara B. Adcock, 88, Salina, died Thursday, May 4, 2006.

Mrs. Adcock was born Clara Belle Peterson on May 20, 1917, in Walker, Mo. She was retired from the Civil Service, serving in Fort Leavenworth and Crane Naval Base in Indiana. She was also a cook at Osborne County Memorial Hospital and worked for Longbell Lumber, Lansing.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Elza James, in 1987; a daughter, Patricia Stevenson, in 2001; and a grandson, Jamie Adcock, in 1999.

Survivors include three sons, Joe and wife Jolene and Jon and wife Cynthia, all of Salina, and Jimmie and wife Rebecca of Osborne; 13 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Ryan Mortuary, 137 N. Eighth, Salina 67401, the Rev. Paul Robbins officiating. Burial will be in Gypsum Hill Cemetery, Salina.

Memorials may be made to the Jamie Adcock Scholarship Fund at Kansas State University.

Visitation will be from noon to 8 p.m. Sunday at the mortuary, where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m.
On Find A Grave.
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