Aleta Adams (nee Tucker), age 91, of Sykesville, died Wednesday May 7, 2008 at Carroll Hospital Center in Westminster, MD. She was born September 19, 1916 in Walnut, Kansas the daughter of the late Walter Wesley Tucker and the late Anna Elizabeth Sechreat Tucker. She was the wife of the late Frank W. Adams. She was a retired secretary for Springfield State Hospital Center in Sykesville. She was a member of Elders Baptist Church in Sykesville. She loved driving around. She was the mother of Arla Ely and husband William of Sykesville, and Karen Gerstmyer and husband Robert Sr. of Baltimore. Sister of the late Verda Mae Briggs. Loving grandmother of Lori Robinson of Taneytown, Robert Gerstmyer, Jr. of Ellicott City and Kevin Ely of Hampstead. Also survived by 3 great grandchildren. Funeral Service will be held on Monday May 12, 2008 at 11:00 A.M. at Elders Baptist Church, 1216 Liberty Road, Sykesville, MD , with the Rev. Jim Edmonson officiating. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery, Woodlawn, MD. Friends may call at the Burrier-Queen Funeral Home & Crematory, PA on Sat. from 2-4 & 7-9 PM and on Sunday from 7-9 PM only. Memorial Contributions can be made to: Baptist Family & Children’s Services. 7175 Columbia Gateway Drive, Suite F, Columbia, MD 21046.
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