Ann Ridge Adams
Annie passed away comfortably in her Mercer Island home of forty-three years on the twelfth of March following a stroke. She spent her last days at home surrounded by her beloved family, gardens, and birds.
Ann was born in Langhorne PA in the family home next to the 18th fairway of the Langhorne Country Club and used a putter for a teether.
She attended the Quaker George School and Skidmore College (class of 1952, BA Art History) and worked in publishing in New York City. While visiting her sister in Dahlgren VA in 1954 she met Mac Adams and they were married that November. They had homes in Dahlgren birthing daughter Lisa, Pensacola Fla-daughter Laurie, Oak Harbor WA, Monterey CA-son Tom, Washington DC, Norfolk VA-son Judd, a second home on Whidbey and then forty three years on Mercer Island.
As the children spread their wings she began a career as a psychologist and a teacher. She received teaching credentials at Western Washington University followed by an M.Ed from University of Washington. She taught school in Oak Harbor and White Center, WA and was 3 years as a School Psychologist for the Bremerton School District. She was awarded Washington State School Psychologist in 1988.
Ann made a hobby of writing and was a runner-up for the 1987 Washington State Fiction Writing Award. She was a member of the Enological Society and enjoyed leading Wine Tours and supporting the annual Wine Fairs and Festivals and for years participated organizing, preparing and serving the quarterly Wine Dinners for 300 attendees.
Ann retired in 1989 and she and Mac toured the US and Canada, Europe, Japan and Australia, played bridge, golf, sailing, skiing and “their Intrawest” club at Whistler. They were members of Servas and Elderhostel exchanging visits with other members throughout the world. She was a member of the Women’s University Club, Arboretum Foundation and Japanese Gardens Groups.
In 1960 she scored a Hole-in-One at Gallery Golf Course on Whidbey when she was four month’s pg with son Tom.
She is and will be missed terribly by her family and friends. They will gather to celebrate her life on April 11th, 2015, 2 pm, at East Shore Unitarian Church, in Bellevue.
