DIRK ADAMS, Obituary

HELENA Dirk Wellington Adams, 30, died Tuesday, July 2, 2002.

Memorial services were to be conducted from Hagler-Anderson Chapel at 10 a.m. today with the Rev. James A. Connor officiating. Lewis and Clark

Veterans

Council were to provide military honors at Montana State Veterans Cemetery at Fort Harrison.

Dirk was born Sept. 24, 1971, in Sikeston, Mo., to Blakeney and Peggy (Hammond) Adams.

Upon graduation from Cahokio High School in St. Louis, Mo., in 1989, he enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard and honorably served his country for seven years.

Upon discharge, he moved to Missoula and met Kathry...