Elizabeth M. Yutzy Adams
Adams
Elizabeth M. Yutzy Adams, 83, died Feb. 24.
She was born Nov. 27, 1936, in Nickerson, Kansas, to Daniel N. and Mary (Hochstetler) Yutzy.
She married Willis Howard “Snooks” Adams July 11, 1969, in West Palm Beach. He served Holmes Beach as chief of police until his retirement in 1975. He died April 27, 2010.
She was a longtime resident of Holmes Beach, where she lived until 2012, when she moved to Hutchinson, Kansas.
She was a small-business owner before getting her nursing degree. She served as a hospital surgical nurse for 27 years.
Arrangements were in Kansas. Memorial donations may be made to Plainview Mennonite Church, Open Door Pregnancy Center or Trans World Radio-Women of Hope in care of: Jolene Neher, 2429 Jacob Ave., Lawrence, KS 66047.
Mrs. Adams is survived by her sister Emma and husband Ivan Miller of Hutchinson; brother Bill and wife Leanna Yutzy of El Dorado, Arkansas; sister-in-law Vida Yutzy of South Hutchinson; step-children Georgia L. Jones and Randy of Florida; three step-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.