July 5 2018: ADKINS, Mary B.

Mary B. Adkins (age 90)

On Tuesday July 3, 2018, Mary Bueche Adkins of Bethesda, MD. Mary Adkins was born in Salina, KS, and moved to Washington, DC, in 1946. She worked for the American Trailer Company, the Marriott Corporation, and retired in 1993 from the National Institutes of Health after 20 years of service.

While working for the American Trailer Company, she married John G. Adkins, Jr, and the two were happily married for 49 years. Her husband, John, predeceased her in 1997, as did her sister, Theresa Dix, and brothers Walter, Paul, Francis, and Bernard Bueche. Mrs. Adkins is survived by her daughter, Mary E. Turner, her son John G. Adkins, III, and grandson, Matthew Turner, as well as many nieces and nephews.

Graveside service at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, 13801 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD Tuesday, July 10, at 1:30 p.m. Memorial donations may be made to Church of the Little Flower, 5607 Massachusetts Ave, Bethesda, MD 20816 or www.lfparish.org.