J Brent Adair was born 5 April 1935 in Tropic, Garfield County, Utah, United States to Gerald Wayne Adair (1908-1989) and Ina Johnson (1912-1993) and died 24 February 2020 Orem, Utah County, Utah, United States of unspecified causes. He married Alta Lou Shakespear (c1908-) 28 December 1956 .
Obituary
- Source: J Brent Adair - WalkersAnderson Memorials
J Brent Adair of Lindon, Utah passed away February 24th 2020 in Orem, Utah at the age of 84. He was born April 5th, 1935 in Tropic, Utah, to Gerald Wayne and Ina Johnson Adair, the only son and second of four children.
When he was 16, Brent moved with his family to Burlingame, Kansas. He attended Kansas State University, where he graduated in chemical engineering. He later earned an MBA degree from the University of Minnesota.
On December 28th, 1956, Brent married his childhood sweetheart, Alta Lou Shakespear. Over the course of 63 years together, they lived in Manhattan, Kansas; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Des Moines and Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Brea, California; and Lindon, Utah. They raised five children together.
Brent’s career primarily focused on research, development, and management of food processing and packaging systems. He worked for General Mills for many years, managing a flour mill in Des Moines, working as a research chemist in Minneapolis, managing a large food processing plant in Cedar Rapids, and managing the Package Foods Division of the company in Minneapolis. He later went on to manage a food processing and canning operation for Hunt-Wesson in Fullerton, California, and then as a quality control consultant and general manager for Novatek in Provo, Utah.
A faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Brent served as a branch president of the Des Moines Branch, a counselor and bishop of the Minneapolis 4th Ward, bishop of the Cedar Rapids Ward, a counselor in the Minneapolis Minnesota Stake Presidency, bishop of a BYU married student ward, worker in the Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple, and in many other service capacities.
Brent is survived by his wife, Alta; children, Morgan, Carolee (Weber), Sherilyn (Metzger), Erin (Cox), and Joel; sisters Phyllis Vaterlaus and Lela Johnson; 23 grandchildren, and 23 great-grandchildren.
Brent was preceded in death by his parents, Gerald Wayne and Ina Johnson Adair and his sister Mary Ann Adair Snowden.
There will be a visitation on Thursday, February 26, 6:00 - 8:00 pm, February 27th at Walker-Sanderson Funeral Home at 646 East 800 North in Orem, Utah. The funeral service will be at 1 PM on Friday, February 28th at the LDS chapel at 1051 E. 200 S in Lindon, Utah. Preceding the funeral service, there will be a visitation from 11:30-12:30 p.m. Interment following the funeral service will be at the East Lawn Cemetery in Provo, Utah.
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| J Brent Adair (1935-2020) | 5 April 1935 Tropic, Garfield County, Utah, United States | 24 February 2020 Orem, Utah County, Utah, United States | Alta Lou Shakespear (c1908-) |
| Mary Ann Adair (1940-2019) | |||
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Notable Ancestors
- James Adair (1714-1796) - Immigrant, indian trader and historian.
- Adair Family Ancestry -
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