Clarice J. Adams, 82, 1709 Illinois Ave., Stevens Point, a retired Stevens Point area school teacher, died Monday, Jan. 4, 2010, at St. Michael's Hospital.
A celebration of her life will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Boston Funeral Home, with the Rev. Steven D. Olson officiating. Burial will be in Our Savior's Lutheran Cemetery in Iola.
Visitation will be at the funeral home from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and again from 9 a.m. Friday until the service.
Memorials may be made to the family in lieu of flowers.
Condolences may be offered online at bostonfuneralhome.net.
Mrs. Adams was born April 13, 1927, in Luxemburg, Wis., a daughter of the late James and Gladys (Jenson) Bergen. She grew up in Stevens Point and attended local elementary schools. She graduated from P.J. Jacob High School in 1944.
She continued her education and earned a bachelor of arts degree in psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison) in 1948. While attending the UW Madison, she helped to organize the first student union at the university. She later received a teaching degree from Midland Lutheran College in Nebraska.
She returned to Stevens Point and earned a master's degree in education from UW-Stevens Point in 1974.
In her earlier years, she worked at Dayton Department Store and worked into middle management. She later became the training director at Brandeis Department Store in Omaha, Neb.
After returning to Stevens Point, she worked for the elementary schools as a special education teacher.
An accomplished pianist, she was a supporter of the Central Wisconsin Symphony.
She was a member of Phi Delta Kappa and Chi Omega. She was also a member of the Sons of Norway, the Mad Hatters and Trinity Lutheran Church.
Survivors include four children, Roger (Toni) Adams, Waukesha, Reese (John) Aarthun, Wausau, Chris (Tim) Clement, Scottsdale, Ariz., and Jim Adams, Madison; seven grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and one cousin, Rodney (Evelyn) Jenson.