Edrie V. Adams, 87, of Waterloo, died on Saturday, May 7, 2005, at Friendship Village Retirement Center. She was born August 3, 1917, in Belle Plaine, Iowa, the daughter of Bert and Myrtle (Claver) Adams. She received her BA from UNI and her MA from the University of Iowa.

Edrie worked for 36 years with the Waterloo Community Schools, retiring in 1980. She was a teacher at Lafayette, Kittrell, Kingsley, and West Junior Schools, and was also an administrator at Cresthaven and Orange Elementary. Edrie was a member of the First Congregational Church, Iowa Historical Society, Cedar Falls Historical Society, D.A.R., a Life Member of the National and Iowa State Education Associations, and Past President of the Waterloo Education Association and Waterloo Women’ s Club.

She is survived by her three nieces: Joy Sires and her husband, Paul of Cedar Falls, Carol Brown of Oregon, and Jeanne Slade of Oregon; and one nephew, Ralph Parry and his wife, Rose of Bettendorf, Iowa.

Edrie was preceded in death by her brother, Albert Adams; and two sisters, Florence Parry and Edna Idle.