Aileen Adams

Aileen Gloria Adams, age 88, died on Feb 10, 2010, after a ten-year-long series of complications from a staph infection. Aileen was born July 9, 1921 in Anoka, Nebraska to John and Rose Panek Adams. She graduated from Spencer High School in 1939. She taught in a country school at the Baker Community in Boyd County, Nebraska for two years. She attended business school in Grand Island, Nebraska, where she married Theodore K. Dieffenderfer in 1942. The couple had two children, Jacalyn and David. After her marriage she was employed at Commonwealth Electric in Grand Island. Later, she helped run a family business in Lyman, Nebraska. In 1958, she moved with her husband to Boulder, Colorado where she worked at Neodata and Cottrell’s Clothing Store. Her husband, Ted, was the former Director of Public Works for the City of Boulder. She divorced in 1974, and legally resumed her maiden name. She moved to Torrington, Wyoming where she worked as a bookkeeper for Kelley Bean Company until her retirement in 1987. She moved to Fort Collins in 1998 to be near her daughter and son-in-law. Aileen enjoyed gardening, houseplants, Broncos football, and collecting antiques. She was preceded in death by her parents, brothers, and her beloved son, David. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Jacalyn and Kenneth Eis of Fort Collins; a sister, Charlyne Scheinost; a nephew and his wife, Jeffrey and Cindy Scheinost, and a dear grandniece, Mary Kate Scheinost, all of Scottsbluff, Nebraska; sisters-in-law Audrey Adams of Chadron, NE and Leverne Adams of Tacoma, WA and a nephew, John Adams of Tacoma, Washington. Special thanks go to her team of doctors who always were patient and met her many medical complications with compassion: Dr. Victoria McCarthy, Dr. Roger Sobel, and Dr. Robert Peskind. The staff of Good Samaritan treated her with love and their kindnesses are innumerable. Services will be held on Wednesday, February 17, at 2 p.m. at Good Samaritan Chapel, 508 W. Trilby Rd., Fort Collins. Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. on the same day at the Chapel. Burial will take place at Mountain View Cemetery in Boulder on February 18 at 11 a.m. Aileen’s hand-made casket is provided by The Abbey of Saint Walburga as part of the Benedictine nuns’ commitment to self-support through their own labor. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made through Goes Funeral Home, www. GoesFuneralCare.com to Fort Collins Good Samaritan Society, or to the Abbey of Saint Walburga.

Aileen Adams

July 9, 1921 - February 10, 2010