Bruno Adams

Bruno Adams passed away peacefully with family at his beside on May 1st 2016. He was born January 1st 1931 in Russelton West Dear PA to parents Bruno Adams and mother Frances Adamkiewicz. Early on in life he lost both parents and was raised by his three older sister Lottie, Sophie and Bertha in Brooklyn NY.

Bruno early on had a way of turning life's many woes into lemonade. Despite the loss of his parents and growing up during the Great Depression he graduated from high school and soon joined the Air Force where he met his future wife Darlene Williams working at a snack bar on Offutt Air Base in Nebraska. They both earned the rank of sergeant before leaving the Air Force and marrying March 21st 1952.

Soon after getting married he took architecture classes at Olympic College and UW. Bruno showed so much promise in this field that he was offered an internship at the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust in Illinois. He had to decline because he had a young family in Port Orchard and could not afford to pay living expenses in two states. His architectural talents eventually landed him careers with Boeing, Honeywell and finally Alliant Tech where he retired from in 1992. During his career of technical illustration he earned many awards for creative detail and precise rendering abilities. Soon after retiring Bruno founded his own company "Skycrest Creations". He was the production manager and design architect for outdoor pation furniture. He was able to distribute to retail markets in WA, OR , ID and Alaska. When production was in full speed he always smelled of Cedar.

Our dad was a man with many interests and he was highly intelligent. Always creating something or planning another project. As children we do not remember him sitting on the sofa or watching TV or napping. More often than not his next project would involve the full participation of us kids, much to our chagrin - as we had our own agendas. As we have grown older we are thankful that he taught us the importance of setting goals and achieving them. Bruno taught himself stained glass art, leatherwork and wood working. He had a passion for local and national politics. Darlene introduced him to really enjoy music. They loved jazz and attended many outdoor jazz festivals in Woodinville.

A few years after the passing of our mother Bruno met a former high school classmate Marian Auld at a 40th reunion in Russelton, PA. Over the course of several years and a long distance relationship they decided to call each other "best friends" and live together in Port Orchard. Our fathers biggest dream was to design and build a new home on the family property. His motto was once you start a project you darn well better plan on finishing it. When the time came to build it he knew he couldn't take on such a massive project however he designed his new home and had it built by a local builder. Due to an unexpected illness Bruno was only to live in his dream home for several months after it was completed . It now stands as a monument to his creative ideas and ambitions.

Bruno was preceded into the after life by his wife, Darlene of 46 years. He is survived by his daughter Shawn Ondell and son Shane Adams both of Port Orchard. He is also survived by a brother Edward Adams , nieces Rene'e Full, Denise Lightfoot, nephews Ed Adams Jr and Larry Adams. He has grandchildren Heather Larrin, Airlie Davies, Skyler Adams and great grandchildren Kendan Keller and Miranda Larrin all of Port Orchard.

Bruno's family not only remembers him as a father, husband, uncle or grandfather, but also as a best friend who unselfishly shared his time and resources with us all numerous times and was always available for advice.
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