Herbert Milton (Bill) Adams Jr.

Herbert Milton (Bill) Adams Jr., 85, of Fredericksburg, died Sunday, March 29, 2015, at Hill Country Memorial Hospital.

No services have been planned.

Adams was born Oct. 16, 1929, in San Antonio, the son of Herbert Milton Adams Sr. and Florence Mina Hulda Durst. He married Peggy Jean Mize in 1950. She preceded him in death in 2013.

A 1948 graduate of Boerne High School, Adams graduated from Chaffey College with an associate’s degree in electronics; Pomona College with a bachelor’s degree in psychology, and California State University, San Bernardino, with a master’s degree in special education.

The Adams family lived in San Antonio before moving to Copperas Cove and eventually leaving Texas for New Mexico, Massachusetts and eventually California.

He was a cowboy on a ranch, worked for the Southern Pacific railroad, served in the U.S. Navy, was an electronics technician (working on some of the components in the first manned moon missions) and was a teacher.

He started the first program in California, at Chaffey College, for students with learning and physical disabilities.

He and his wife retired to Fredericksburg in 1997.

Adams is survived by two sons and one daughter, including Douglas Richard Adams, Rockport; Dr. Linda Annette Adams, San Diego, California, and Dr. William Mark Adams of Durham, North Carolina.

He is also survived by two grandchildren, and one sister, Barbara Jean Martin, of San Antonio.

In addition to his wife and parents, Adams was preceded in death by a brother, Douglas Ray Adams.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society or to the American Heart Association.