Cecilia Adam

Private family graveside service for Cecilia Kay (Banta) Adam, 84, Lawrence will be held at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Lawrence on Wednesday October 11th, 2023. Cecilia passed away Saturday, October 7, 2023 at LMH Health, after a short illness.

Cecilia was born on July 21, 1939 in Springfield, MO, the daughter of Cecil and Lucille (Cochran) Banta. She was preceded in death by her parents and sister, Rosalee Raukheim

She worked at the University State Bank from 1968 – 1985, then UMB from 1985 – 2000. She was the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Capital City Bank from 2000 until she retired in 2014.

She graduated from Nevada Missouri high school in 1957. She was a member of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority at William Jewell College and Missouri Girls State when in high school. She was a member of the First Baptist Church. She taught American Banking Association classes, as well as being a Junior Achievement mentor. She was active in the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, as well as serving on the United State Treasury Board helping shape Federal banking regulations in the 1970's and 1980's.

She met Michael L Adam when her family moved from Springfield, Missouri, to Nevada, Missouri at age 12, and they married on June 26th, 1960 in Kansas City, Missouri and remained married until his death, on December 29th, 1986.

Survivors include her two daughters, Michelle Adam (of the home), and Colette Rittenour of Tempe Arizona. She had four grandchildren, Damon Hanshaw, and Hunter Adam (fiancée Katherine)), whom she helped raise from the time that they were one and three years old, and Lauren Rittenour and Ian Rittenour.

She was gifted at cross stitching, and cross stitched many pieces for friends and family, including quilts and wall hangings. She enjoyed traveling, and as Damon and Hunter grew up, she found happiness in taking them on trips to see the United States, to places that were both educational and carefree (our favorite will always be Disney World and Sturgis). Her one regret is that she never made it to all 50 states, but she did see 46 in her lifetime.

The family suggests memorials in Cecilia's name to Jr. Achievement of Douglas County and may be sent in care of Warren-McElwain Mortuary, 120 W. 13th Street, Lawrence, KS 66044.

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