Aug 3rd, 2008
Jay Adamson, Outdoorsman and Friend, Killed in Accidental Hiking Fall
Jay Adamson, husband, father, outdoorsman and friend
A day-and-a-half after his family reported him missing, Jay Adamson’s body was found at the bottom of a rocky cliff, the apparent victim of an accidental fall in the Lakeside mountain range approximately 50 miles west of Salt Lake City.
The 40-year-old Draper, Utah man leaves behind his wife, Marcie, and six children between the ages of 19 and six, including son Riley, who arrived in Stockholm, Sweden last Monday as a full-time volunteer missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
As a former next door neighbor, I knew Jay as a true friend who would drop everything to help out anyone, including me, his mechanically challenged neighbor.
An avid outdoorsman who liked to hike and hunt in the Lakeside mountains on the western edge of the Great Salt Lake, Jay had enrolled at Brigham Young University last fall to obtain a bachelor’s degree and improve his wage-earning potential beyond the revenue-producing capabilities of Glow Tec, Inc., the family business.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to a college fund for the Adamson children. An account will be opened tomorrow for such donations at America First Credit Union.
Jay’s funeral is now set for 11 a.m. (MDT) on Wednesday, August 6, at the LDS Stake Center at 1187 E. Draper Parkway in Draper, with a viewing also scheduled for Tuesday evening.
Rest in peace, Jay. My thoughts and prayers are with Marcie, your children and your family.
And vaya con Dios, my friend. Vaya con Dios.
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