Darlene B. Adams, 86, died January 8, 2008, at Stafford Leisure Homestead in Stafford, Kansas. She was born October 2, 1921, in Pawnee County, Kansas, the daughter of Oscar Porter and Eulalia Avery McComas. On August 1, 1942 she married Lester B. Adams, Jr., in Macksville, Kansas. He died on December 9, 1999. Darlene was a homemaker and a resident of Hoisington for thirty-seven years, coming from Belpre, Kansas. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, UMW, Cameo Club, Women's Civic Club, and VFW Auxiliary, all of Hoisington, the Great Bend Ambassador Club and the Research Club at Belpre. Surviors include two sons, Larry L. Adams and wife Reba of Belpre, and Jim R. Adams and wife Gloria of Hoisington; six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, John W. Adams; six brothers, John McComas, Bill McComas, Wesley McComas, Donald McComas, Gerald McComas and Leonard McComas; and three sisters, Florence Beachel, LaFawn Razor and Dorothy DiLorito. Funeral Services will be at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 12, 2008 at First United Methodist Church, Hoisington, with the Reverend Wayne Flanders officiating. Interment will be at the Hoisinton Cemetery, Hoisington, Kansas. Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Friday, January 11, 2008, with the family receiving friends from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. at Nicholson - Ricke Funeral Home, Saturday, January 12, 2008 from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. also at the funeral home and 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the church. Memorials are suggested to First United Methodist Church Or Southwind Hospice in care of the funeral home.