DeeWayne Frank Adams

DeeWayne Frank Adams age 72 completed his journey and graduated from this Earth on January 12th, 2023 in Bluffdale Utah. DeeWayne was born on March 4th, 1950 in Delta Utah. He was the second oldest of five children born to William Frank Adams and Alice Memmott. DeeWayne loved working with his hands and was always looking to create, build or improve things. From tearing apart his sister's roller skates so he could make his own skateboard, to finding huge boulders to make custom designed waterfalls. From hand digging a basement at his parents home, to fixing up old cars. DeeWayne took pride in all projects he did and had the mindset of “why hire somebody to do it, if you can do it yourself”. Anytime he was presented with something that others saw as broken, he would set out to find a way to fix it and make it better than it was before. He grew up in Kearns Utah where he graduated from Kearns High School. He then served an LDS mission in Kentucky and Tennessee. He went on to attend Utah State University to study industrial education where he minored in drafting and became a woodshop teacher. He started his own woodworking business in Hyrum Utah called A&B Woodworks where he specialized in kitchen cabinets, high end conference room furniture and custom built gun display cabinets. DeeWayne always liked to tell a quick joke to bring a smile to everyone's face and his favorite thing to say when asked how he was doing was “If I was any better, I’d be twins”. He met the love of his life (Jolyn) at the age of 16 and she was 14. They dated for several years before breaking up so that he could serve an LDS mission. When he returned from his mission, they had gone their separate ways and both ended up marrying other people. DeeWayne married Christine O’Driscoll and together they had 4 amazing children. Qwinette, Justin, Brandon and Bryan. DeeWayne and Christine later went their separate ways and DeeWayne ran into his first love who at this time had 4 equally amazing children of her own. Chris, Ryan, Robyn and Jarin. They were shortly married after that and the day they got married, they had 8 children under the age of 9 years old. They went on to have 2 children of their own, Kody and LynDee. Thus completing their modern day “yours, mine and ours” family. DeeWayne often joked about having 10 kids that it worked out perfectly because there was no fighting over a dozen eggs. 10 for the kids, one for mom, one for dad. This was all perfect until they came out with a five dozen pack. So the only thing to do was expand the family. Together DeeWayne and Jolyn have 10 children, 31 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. With a family this large, you can imagine that DeeWayne often held multiple jobs at the same time. This ended up being a blessing in disguise because through holding these multiple positions, he was able to meet hundreds of amazing people who blessed his life with lasting friendships. To each of you who knew DeeWayne and developed these friendships, we as a family would like to thank you from the bottom of our hearts, these friendships truly meant the world to DeeWayne and our family. DeeWayne is preceded in death by His parents William and Alice. His sister Darla and his great granddaughter Emery Autumn Ludwig. He is survived by his loving wife of 43 years Jolyn Adams. His 10 children Richard Chris Andreasen (Scott), Tina Qwinette Olson (Darren), Ryan Scott Andreasen, Justin Dee Adams (Yvette), Robyn Andreasen (Matt), Brandon Wayne Adams (Tricia), Bryan Keith Adams (Sheri), Jarin J. Andreasen, Kody Spencer Adams and LynDee Kay Hargraves (Jerry) and 31 Amazing Grandchildren and 3 Great-grandchildren.

DeeWayne Frank Adams

March 4, 1950 - January 12, 2023