SOUTH PARIS — M. Frances Pendleton Adams, 92, of Stoneham, was taken to our dear Lord and Savior on Jan. 13.

She was born Aug. 27, 1919, in Huntington, W.Va. She was a resident of the Maine Veterans’ Home in South Paris and loved all the staff. She attended school in Huntington, where she graduated with honors in 1937. She was a member of the Campfire Girls and chorus at school and church. After graduation, she worked in the sheriff’s office as a court stenographer and deputy.

She joined the Army in 1941, where she became a part of the secret service; whenever she was asked questions about the service her answer was always it is confidential and she could not tell what she had been involved in. She met the love of her life, Winfield W. Adams in 1945. She met him on a Friday night in the mess hall in the Army in New Jersey, and married him the very next Friday.

She was a member of the VFW Auxiliary, Order of the Eastern Star, Grange, Pythian Sisters, Lovell United Church and Stoneham Church. She had worked for Boulder Brook Club in Lovell, Kishners in Milford, N.H., and the Norway Shoe Shop.

She is survived by her two daughters, Elizabeth Kiesman and husband, Kenneth (Tinker), of Sebring, Fla., and Shirley Danforth and husband, Everett, of Stoneham; grandchildren, Robert Danforth and his wife, Ruby, Wanda Martin and her husband, Carey, Lisa McGee and her husband, Gerard, Lynn Keenan and her husband, Todd, Richard Dunham and his wife, Kathy, Kenneth Kiesman and his wife, Wendy and Kimberly Kiesman; she also had 14 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her husband; sister; and brother.

The family would like to thank the Maine Veterans’ Home in South Paris for the tremendous care and love they gave her during her years residing there and a special thanks for their support to her and the family during her last days.

On line condolences may be expressed to the family at www.woodfuneralhome.org.

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