JUNEAU, Alaska — Charles G. Adams Jr. died on Saturday, July 16, in Juneau, Alaska.

He was born on July 28, 1925, in Lewiston, the son of Charles and Edith (Mottram) Adams. He graduated from Lewiston High School in 1943, and then enlisted in the U.S. Navy, serving on the USS Hendry in the South Pacific during World War II.

Adams then attended and graduated from Bridgton Academy and went on to study at the University of Vermont, graduating in 1951. He married Janet Small of Lewiston in August 1949.

Adams worked for the Vermont Department of Corrections for a number of years, ending his service as the commissioner of that agency. He moved to Juneau, Alaska, in 1969, to assume the position of Director of Corrections for the State of Alaska, and later was the Executive Director of the Criminal Justice Planning Agency. He retired in 1983.

Adams had a life long involvement in the Episcopal Church. In 1974, he was ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church by the late Alaskan Bishop William Gordon. He served as interim rector at St. Brendan’s Episcopal Church in Juneau, Alaska, and also supplied at other churches in the Diocese.

In addition, Adams served on the Diocesan Standing Committee as well as various boards and commissions. He also served on several local boards and was a founding board member of The Juneau Glory Hole which provides food, shelter and support.

Adams is survived by his wife of 61 years, Janet; daughter, Sarah of Portland; son, Charles III “Chuck” of Juneau; daughter, Gracia Kany and her husband, Geoffrey, of Ahwatukee, Ariz.; three grandchildren, Mari Dieumegard and her husband, Jeffrey, Samuel Adams Kany and Abigail Adams Kany; and two great-grandchildren, Denali and Browin Dieumegard.

He was predeceased by his daughter, Elizabeth; and his two sisters, Jane Pillsbury and Margaret Gautier.

He will be greatly missed by his loving family.