Loris Adams
| Date of Interment or Death | 04/20/1921 |
|---|---|
| Location | Old Fairview |
| Section | C |
| Block-Lot-Grave | 15-4-1s |
Obituary
SAD ACCIDENT CASTS GLOOM OVER WAHPETON
Life of Little Loris Mae Adams Taken at the Close of “Play Day” The entire city changed in a few moments from merriment and laughter to a city of gloom and sadness. Not a dry eye was seen on our streets when the citizens learned that the life of little Loris Mae Adams, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Adams, had come to an end as the result of being struck by an automobile. It was the close of “Play Day” and all the afternoon the fairgrounds had been thronged with people, but as the afternoon wore away many had gone home
and only a few remained on the grounds when the accident occurred. Just how it all came about is hard to say. It seems Miss Anne Wrege, a young girl from Hankinson, was driving a Ford sedan and as she came in front of the grandstand where little Loris and her friends were playing the car caught her, inflicting a deep scalp wound and internal injuries. The little tot did not lose consciousness until the angel of death claimed her about 30 minutes later, but all the time lay quietly and talked to her father.
Everyone in town and the traveling public knew Loris Mae, as she was the pet of every stranger who visited the Merchants hotel of which Mr. Adams is the proprietor, and her happy cheerful disposition was often the comment of her Wahpeton friends. She was six years old September 14, 1920.
One extremely sad feature in the case is the fact that Mrs. Adams had just returned from the hospital and is in a serious condition. It was some time before the sad news could be told the mother. Besides her parents she leaves three sisters, Mrs. Muriel Fuller of Beloit, Kansas. Mrs. J. K. Beynon and Frances and Ruth of this city.
At this writing no funeral arrangements have been made.
BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE PAID TO LORIS ADAMS Little Tot Killed by Auto at Close of Play Day Has Largest Funeral Held Here in Many Months. The funeral services for little six year old Loris Adams who died Wednesday evening of last week shortly after being run down by a car, were held from the Methodist church last Saturday afternoon. The church was thronged to its full capacity with friends of the Adams family and little playmates of Loris. Near the Alter stood the white plush casket, completely covered and surrounded with beautiful floral offerings.
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Location
Old Fairview is located on the southern half of the cemetery grounds.