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St. Mary's Cemetery
Sherman, Texas

Hugo Adlof
11 October 1903 - 2 June 1991

Ruby Adlof
12 April 1903 - 29 December 1988

R to L: Herman Hugo Adlof, Sr., Herman Hugo Adlof, Jr., James Adlof holding Pam Adlof Lewis and Bobby Glenn Adlof

Mrs. Adlof was born in Clarksville, Texas, the daughter of John and Essie Jordan Jackson. She attended school in Clarksville.
She moved to Sherman, Texas in 1920, and on June 3, 1923 she married Herman Hugo Adlof in Sherman.
She was a member of Sherman's St. Mary's Catholic Church, where she was active in the Women's Guild and the Columbian Ladies organizations.
She was survived by her sons, James H. Adlof of Sherman, Bobby Charles Adlof of Sevierville, Tennessee, and David Paul Adlof of Waxahachie, Texas; daughters, Velma Adlof of Sherman and Margaret Buchanan of Paris, Texas; brother, James H. Jackson of Sherman; sister, Mary Clyde Branham of Sherman; 13 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
Arrangements were under the direction of Waldo Funeral Home.
Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at St. Mary's Catholic Church, with the Reverend x officiating.

Herman Hugo Adlof Jr.
11 October 1903 – 2 June 1991

Published in the Sherman Democrat on 3 June 1991, Page A-1.
LocaL Contractor Hugo Adlof Dies
by Don Eldredge
Sherman Democrat Editor
H. Hugo Adlof Jr., whose name marks sidwalks throughout Sherman as a result of his almost 70 years as a local concrete contractor, died early Sunday at Sherman Nursing Home.
Adlof, 87, had been semi-retired in recent years, but still worked into his final year at Hugo Adlof Concrete, a business he and his father founded in Sherman in 1918.
Though he never held public office, Hugo Adlof Jr. was also well known in the city for his many comments and opinions stated at public meetings involving the school board and city council. He was a frequent letter writer to the Sherman Democrat and most recently had been a strong advocate of using existing building space to house state prison cells.
"I get compliments on those (letter to the Editor) all the time," Adlof said in 1988 interview appearing in the Sherman Democrat.
Expressing his love for the city, he stated in the same interview, "I've traveled many a town and state - every one in the nation. But it always feels pretty good to come back home. It's a nice quiet town; a friendly town.".
Mass of Christian Burial for Mr. Adlof will be celebrated Tuesday at 10 a.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church. The Rev. Thomas Speiser will officiate. Burial will be at St. Mary's Cemetery. Arrangements by Dannel Funeral Home.
Mr. Adlof was born in Sherman Oct. 11, 1903, the son of Herman H. Adlof Sr. and Ella Paine Adlof. He attended Sherman public schools as well as business school.
On June 3, 1923, he married Ruby Lee Jackson in Sherman. She died in December 1988.
He was a member of St. Mary's Church, the Knights of Columbus and was associated for many years with St. Mary's Cemetery.
Surviving are three sons: James H. Adlof of Sherman, Bobby C. Adlof of McKinney and David Adlof of Waxahachie; two daughters, Margaret Buchanan of Lake Medina and Velma Adlof of Sherman; a sister, Mary Bollinger of Missoula, Montana; 13 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.
Grandsons will be pallbearers.
Rosary will be recited by St. Mary's Deacon James Adlof at 7 p.m. at Dannel Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to Home Hospice of Grayson County, P.O. Box 2283, Sherman, Texas 75091, or to St. Mary's Catholic Church.