Shirley G. Adams, 86, of Allendale, IL, passed away April 16, 2022, at Helia Healthcare in Olney, IL. She was born November 22, 1935, to Clarence and Genevieve (Smith) Kelsey in Allendale, IL. Shirley married Robert W. Adams at the Orio Presbyterian Church in September 1954 and he preceded her death on August 23, 2010.

Shirley was a member of the Pisgah Presbyterian Church in Bridgeport, IL. At the age of twelve she was baptized at the Orio Church and was a member of the Simpson Circle United Methodist Church.

She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother and always supportive of her family. Shirley enjoyed camping with family, loved traveling and later in her life, liked to fish. Shirley had a love of music from Broadway Musicals, movies and she managed the family singing group, “The Adams Family”. Shirley was a published poet and loved the writer Helen Steiner Rice.

Shirley was preceded in death by her parents, Clarence, and Genevieve Kelsey; husband Robert Adams; brothers, Kenneth, Curtis, and Keith Kelsey; great-grandchild, Holden Allender.

She is survived by four children, Garry Adams, Barbara Allender, Angela Greatline and Regina (Greg) Brandt; 11 grandchildren, Darrick Adams, Blake (Courtney) Adams, Charles (Celina) Adams, Jon-Michael (Stacy) Allender, Christopher (Kallie) Allender, Cody (Whitney) Allender, Ava Allender, Remington Greatline, Alaina Greatline, Landon Greatline, Audrey Greatline; sixteen great-grandchildren, Star Adams, Jadah Adams, Devin Adams, Junior Adams, Emma Adams, Chloe Adams, Alden Adams, Jaylen Adams, Allison Adams, Grayson Allender, Cooper Allender, Owen Allender, Max Allender, Alydia Allender, Luella Allender, Aria Allender; one great-great-grandchild, Isaac Adams.

Visitation: Thursday, April 21, 2022, from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. at Ingram Meridith Funeral Home, Allendale, IL.

Funeral Service: Thursday, April 21, 2022, 1:00 pm, at Ingram Meridith Funeral Home, Allendale, IL

Interment: Bethel Cemetery in Lawrence County, IL

Ingram Meridith Funeral Home, Allendale, IL