Donald Ralph Adamski, Sr. Obituary (1929

Mr. Donald Ralph Adamski Sr., age 92, of Milton, Kentucky entered this life on January 17, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois. He was the loving son of the late Peter and Carrie Miller Adamski. He was a 1947 graduate of Dupont Manuel High School in Louisville, Kentucky. Don enlisted into the United States Marine Corps on January 3, 1952 in Indianapolis, Indiana. He rose to the rank of Corporal serving during the Korean War. He was honorably discharged on January 2, 1954 at Annapolis, Maryland receiving the National Defense Service Medal. He was united in marriage to Ethel Marie Gullion on September 9, 1961 in Bennington, Indiana. This happy union of 52 years was blessed with a son, Donald, Jr. and a daughter, Julie. He lived in Louisville, Kentucky until 1977 when he moved to Milton, Kentucky where he remained until he moved to Madison, Indiana in 2020. He was a proud Kentucky Colonel, which was bestowed on him by Governor Louie Nunn and a devout Republican. He was a structural iron worker by trade with the Garst-Receveur Construction Company for whom he worked for 30 years until his retirement in 1995. After retirement, he worked for the Trimble County School system. He attended Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church in Milton, Kentucky. He was also a 60 year charter member of the Masonic Lodge No. 850 F. & A.M. in Louisville, Kentucky, and the Major Samuel Woodfill Post No. 9 of the American Legion. He enjoyed woodworking, reading, doing crossword puzzles and spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren. Don died on Tuesday, August 10, 2021, at 3:00 p.m. at the Jewel Place in Madison, Indiana. Please Click Here to View the Video Tribute Please Click Here to View the Funeral Service Recording A LOVING FAMILY Don will be missed by his loving son, Donald Adamski, Jr. and his wife, Tami of Milton, Kentucky; his loving daughter, Julie Howerton and her husband, Tracy of Bedford, Kentucky; his beloved grandchildren, Cameron Adamski, Chandler Howerton, and Sydney Howerton; his two great grandchildren; his sister in laws, Mary Ann Leap of Madison, Indiana, Barbara Jean Peelman of Vevay, Indiana; several nieces, nephews and other relatives. He was preceded in death by his father, Peter Adamski, died 1953, his mother, Carrie Miller Adamski, died 1994, brother, Peter Adamski, Jr., his loving wife of 52 years, Ethel Marie Gullion Adamski, died November 23, 2013, and his granddaughter, Kelsi Lanae Barnes, died December 11, 2017. FUNERAL CEREMONY Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, August 14, 2021, at 1:00 p.m., at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. Interment will follow in the Vevay Cemetery, 800 East Main Street in Vevay, Indiana. VISITATION Friends may visit Saturday from 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. MILITARY HONORSA final salute with military honors will be provided by the Major Samuel Woodfill Post No. 9 of the American Legion. MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice or the Wreaths Across America Project. Cards are available at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centres of Madison and Hanover. Online condolences, remembrances and memorials can be left at www.morgan-nay.com To send a flower arrangement in memory of Donald Ralph Adamski, Sr., please click here to visit our sympathy store.