Ramona I. Adair, the daughter of Edward J. and Ida S.Jacobsen Wahlert, was born October 11, 1913, at her parents' farm east of Exira, Iowa, and died January 6, 2009, in Denver, Colorado, at the age of 95 years.
She attended Exira schools, graduating from high school in 1930 and from Drake University in 1935. From 1935 to 1942 she taught music in the Bayard Public Schools.
On February 14, 1942, she was married to Don Adair in Buffalo, New York, where they lived for three years. In 1945 they moved to Denver, Colorado, and later to Englewood, Colorado.
While in Denver, she worked in the sheet music department of the Wells Music Company for 31 years.
She was a member of the Christian Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Edward and Ida Wahlert; her brothers and sisters, Florence Nelson, Ruby and Garner Heath, Marvin and Edna Wahlert, Arnold and Wilma Wahlert, Leonard (Pete) and Irene Wahlert, Dayle Wahlert, and Franklyn Wahlert; two sisters-in-law and their husbands, Florence and Elmer Jessen and Maxine and Walter Bauer and several nieces and nephews.
She is survived by one sister-in-law, Colleen (Wahlert) and her husband Fletcher Nichols of Atlantic, and a host of nieces and nephews.
Kessler Funeral Home, Exira, IA
She attended Exira schools, graduating from high school in 1930 and from Drake University in 1935. From 1935 to 1942 she taught music in the Bayard Public Schools.
On February 14, 1942, she was married to Don Adair in Buffalo, New York, where they lived for three years. In 1945 they moved to Denver, Colorado, and later to Englewood, Colorado.
While in Denver, she worked in the sheet music department of the Wells Music Company for 31 years.
She was a member of the Christian Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Edward and Ida Wahlert; her brothers and sisters, Florence Nelson, Ruby and Garner Heath, Marvin and Edna Wahlert, Arnold and Wilma Wahlert, Leonard (Pete) and Irene Wahlert, Dayle Wahlert, and Franklyn Wahlert; two sisters-in-law and their husbands, Florence and Elmer Jessen and Maxine and Walter Bauer and several nieces and nephews.
She is survived by one sister-in-law, Colleen (Wahlert) and her husband Fletcher Nichols of Atlantic, and a host of nieces and nephews.
Kessler Funeral Home, Exira, IA
Ramona I. Adair, the daughter of Edward J. and Ida S.Jacobsen Wahlert, was born October 11, 1913, at her parents' farm east of Exira, Iowa, and died January 6, 2009, in Denver, Colorado, at the age of 95 years.
She attended Exira schools, graduating from high school in 1930 and from Drake University in 1935. From 1935 to 1942 she taught music in the Bayard Public Schools.
On February 14, 1942, she was married to Don Adair in Buffalo, New York, where they lived for three years. In 1945 they moved to Denver, Colorado, and later to Englewood, Colorado.
While in Denver, she worked in the sheet music department of the Wells Music Company for 31 years.
She was a member of the Christian Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Edward and Ida Wahlert; her brothers and sisters, Florence Nelson, Ruby and Garner Heath, Marvin and Edna Wahlert, Arnold and Wilma Wahlert, Leonard (Pete) and Irene Wahlert, Dayle Wahlert, and Franklyn Wahlert; two sisters-in-law and their husbands, Florence and Elmer Jessen and Maxine and Walter Bauer and several nieces and nephews.
She is survived by one sister-in-law, Colleen (Wahlert) and her husband Fletcher Nichols of Atlantic, and a host of nieces and nephews.
Kessler Funeral Home, Exira, IA
She attended Exira schools, graduating from high school in 1930 and from Drake University in 1935. From 1935 to 1942 she taught music in the Bayard Public Schools.
On February 14, 1942, she was married to Don Adair in Buffalo, New York, where they lived for three years. In 1945 they moved to Denver, Colorado, and later to Englewood, Colorado.
While in Denver, she worked in the sheet music department of the Wells Music Company for 31 years.
She was a member of the Christian Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Edward and Ida Wahlert; her brothers and sisters, Florence Nelson, Ruby and Garner Heath, Marvin and Edna Wahlert, Arnold and Wilma Wahlert, Leonard (Pete) and Irene Wahlert, Dayle Wahlert, and Franklyn Wahlert; two sisters-in-law and their husbands, Florence and Elmer Jessen and Maxine and Walter Bauer and several nieces and nephews.
She is survived by one sister-in-law, Colleen (Wahlert) and her husband Fletcher Nichols of Atlantic, and a host of nieces and nephews.
Kessler Funeral Home, Exira, IA
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