Ellen McAdams

Garden City, Kansas Ellen Marie McAdams, age 85, died Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009 at her home in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on Mar. 4, 1924 in Erie, Pennsylvania, the daughter of George and Birdie Rea Tubbs Fischer. She graduated from Central Bible College in Springfield, Missouri. Her first ministry with her husband was in Montreal, Quebec teaching in the Canadian French Bible School. They lived in Garden City from 1952 to 1955 where they were pastors of the First Assembly Of God Church. They then were Evangelists traveling for over 37 years conducting crusades in Mexico and in Chile and Guyana South America. During their 50 years of ministry together, they also served as pastors in West Virginia, Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, and New Mexico. Following her husband's death, Ellen moved back to Garden City where she was a member of the Assembly Of God Church. On September 14, 1945 she married Rev. Frank Rudolph McAdams in Erie, Pennsylvania. He died on February 11, 1996 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Survivors Include: Two Daughters, Francine McAdams of Garden City, Kansas and Christine Robinson of Springfield, MIssouri; Four Grandchildren and Six Great-Grandchildren. She was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Sharon Ellen McAdams. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30am, Monday, October 19, 2009 at the Assembly Of God Church in Garden City, Kansas with Reverends Jim A. Robinson, Ken Anderson & John Hubbard presiding. Burial will take place in the Valley View Cemetery in Garden City, Kansas. Friends may call from 1:00-4:00pm on Sunday @ the Price & Sons Funeral Home in Garden City, Kansas. The family requests memorials be given to the Ellen McAdams Memorial Fund in care of Price & Sons Funeral Home of Garden City, Kansas.