The Casper Tribune-Herald
Sunday, May 10, 1953
Front Page

Adamson Dies Unexpectedly

Herman (Bob) Adamson, resident of Casper for the past 33 years and for 10 years a city councilman from Ward 3, died unexpectedly at his home at 1347 South Conwell Friday evening. He was 56 years old.

Mr. Adamson suffered a heart attack Feb. 16, Spent five and a half weeks in the hospital, was believed to be improving, and was able to return home. Death came suddenly following a heart attack Friday evening.

He was born April 25, 1897, in Olney, Ill. He enlisted in the army during World War I and served with the Rainbow Division in France.

Mr. Adamson came to Casper in 1920, returned to marry Lanora Rayburn in Vincennes, Ind., in 1921 and the couple made their home in Casper from that time. Mr. Adamson was employed at the Standard Oil Refinery here since 1920.

He was councilman from Ward 3 from 1937 until 1947. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Powder River Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Casper Lodge No. 22 of the IOOF.

Besides his wife at the family home, he is survived by a daughter, Casper; two sons of Jacksonville, Fla.; two grandchildren in Jacksonville, Fla.

His father, Carl Adamson, Olney, Ill.; three brothers, Cecil of Casper and Leo and Eugene of New York; and three sisters, Mrs. H. C. Romack and Mrs. Charles Richardson of Olney, and Mrs. Earl Bessett of Chicago, Ill.

Funeral services and burial will take place here later this week. Arrangements are being made by the Bustard Funeral Home.


The Casper Tribune-Herald
Tuesday, May 12, 1953
Page 2

Herman C. Adamson - Funeral services for Herman C. Adamson were conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Bustard Funeral Home. The Rev. W. W. Kirby, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiated and interment was made in Highland Cemetery. Pallbearers were Fred Thorp, W. J. Johnson, James Whitman, Bill Mitchell, B. G. Wyman, and Joe Afflerback.

The Casper Tribune-Herald
Sunday, May 10, 1953
Front Page

Adamson Dies Unexpectedly

Herman (Bob) Adamson, resident of Casper for the past 33 years and for 10 years a city councilman from Ward 3, died unexpectedly at his home at 1347 South Conwell Friday evening. He was 56 years old.

Mr. Adamson suffered a heart attack Feb. 16, Spent five and a half weeks in the hospital, was believed to be improving, and was able to return home. Death came suddenly following a heart attack Friday evening.

He was born April 25, 1897, in Olney, Ill. He enlisted in the army during World War I and served with the Rainbow Division in France.

Mr. Adamson came to Casper in 1920, returned to marry Lanora Rayburn in Vincennes, Ind., in 1921 and the couple made their home in Casper from that time. Mr. Adamson was employed at the Standard Oil Refinery here since 1920.

He was councilman from Ward 3 from 1937 until 1947. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Powder River Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Casper Lodge No. 22 of the IOOF.

Besides his wife at the family home, he is survived by a daughter, Casper; two sons of Jacksonville, Fla.; two grandchildren in Jacksonville, Fla.

His father, Carl Adamson, Olney, Ill.; three brothers, Cecil of Casper and Leo and Eugene of New York; and three sisters, Mrs. H. C. Romack and Mrs. Charles Richardson of Olney, and Mrs. Earl Bessett of Chicago, Ill.

Funeral services and burial will take place here later this week. Arrangements are being made by the Bustard Funeral Home.


The Casper Tribune-Herald
Tuesday, May 12, 1953
Page 2

Herman C. Adamson - Funeral services for Herman C. Adamson were conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Bustard Funeral Home. The Rev. W. W. Kirby, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiated and interment was made in Highland Cemetery. Pallbearers were Fred Thorp, W. J. Johnson, James Whitman, Bill Mitchell, B. G. Wyman, and Joe Afflerback.