Alberta Schenck Adams

1928–2009 (age 81)

civil rights activist

About Alberta Schenck Adams

Alberta Schenck Adams (1928–2009) lived to age 81. They were a civil rights activist. Born in Nome, they died in Anaheim. They are buried at Anchorage Memorial Park in Alaska.

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