Rev. Douglas McAdams

Rev. Douglas Dean McAdams, 84, of West Liberty, passed away at Green Hills Care Center on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016.

He was born in New Hampshire, OH to the late Earl and Clara Harpest McAdams. He is also preceded in death by his first wife, Mary Frances McAdams, whom he married on June 5, 1954 in Ardmore, OK.

On August 17, 2013 he married the former Judy Andrews and she survives in West Liberty along with his daughter, Sarah Elizabeth “Sallee” (Gary) Purvis of Ashley, OH; grandchildren, Tara Luling of Lewis Center and her children, Lauren, Taylor, Jake & Colby; Trisha Purvis of Galena, OH; Caleb (Kayla) Purvis of Delaware and their son, Brady; and Gabriel Purvis of Ashley, OH; his siblings, Virginia F. Novean and Leonard Widau; and several nieces and nephews.

A 1953 graduate of Olivet Nazarene College and a 1956 graduate of Nazarene Theological Seminary, Rev. McAdams pastored his first church in Mt. Blanchard, OH. From there he went to Union City, IN, Urbana, OH and retired from Toledo Trinity.

Pastor Ken Neighoff will officiate a funeral at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016 at the Church of the Nazarene, 325 Washington Ave., Bellefontaine, where friends may call from 11 to 1 p.m. prior to the service. Burial will be in the Rushsylvania Cemetery.

The Eichholtz Daring & Sanford Funeral Home in Bellefontaine is assisting the family with arrangements.

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