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William (Bill) and Dorothy Adams Dorothy Adams (born January 8, 1900 in Hannah, North Dakota; died March 16, 1988 in Woodland Hills, California) was an American character actress. She was married to character actor Byron Foulger from 1921-1970. She is the mother of soap opera star Rachel Ames.  of Burbank celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with family and friends at the Castaway Castaway
Arden, Enoch

shipwrecked sailor; lost for eleven years. [Br. Lit.: “Enoch Arden” in Benét, 316]

Bligh, Captain

commander of H.M.S. Bounty who was cast adrift by mutinous crew. [Am. Lit.
 in Burbank. The event was hosted by the couple's children - daughter Suzanne Hatten of Bethany, Mo.; and son Richard Adams For other persons named Richard Adams, see Richard Adams (disambiguation).

Richard George Adams (born May 9, 1920) is an English novelist who is best known as the writer of three novels featuring animal characters, in particular Watership Down
 of Canyon Country.

Dorothy, the youngest of nine children, was born in Donora, Pa., and moved with her mother to Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities.  in 1929, where they stayed with Dorothy's eldest sister.

Bill is from Kansas City, Mo., and served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. He was wounded on Guam and shipped back to the States, where he spent a year in the U.S. Naval Hospital in San Diego. Following his discharge from the Marines, he worked as a sales clerk at Pacific Airmotive Corp. in Glendale. It was there that he met Dorothy, who was secretary to the credit manager.

The Adamses were married in Glendale and lived in Los Angeles from 1947 to 1952, at which time they bought their first home in Burbank. They have been residents of Burbank ever since.

After working at Pacific Airmotive Corp. for a few years, Bill with a couple of partners started C.A.R. (California Affiliated Representatives), an automotive manufacturing representative business, from which he retired as president in 1987.

While son Rich was attending Thomas Jefferson Elementary School Jefferson Elementary School can refer to the following schools:
  • Jefferson Elementary School (Arkansas), in Little Rock
  • Jefferson Elementary School (Washington), in Spokane
, Dorothy served as PTA PTA or parent-teacher association: see parent education.  president there from 1962-63. She also served as a volunteer at the Glendale Adventist Hospital managing the craft department and putting on holiday bazaars.

The couple have five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

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Title Annotation:L.A. LIFE
Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:Jun 3, 1997
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