DOUGLAS ALFRED 'DOUG' ADAMS, 59, PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY ON OCTOBER 5, 2012. HE WAS BORN IN NIAGARA FALLS, NY, HAD A MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEGREE FROM SUNY AT BUFFALO, AND WAS A PATENT HOLDER. HE WAS A DEVOTED EMPLOYEE IN THE PUMP INDUSTRY FOR 37 YEARS. HE MET HIS WIFE PHYLLIS IN 1980 AND HE ADORED HIS CATS. HE WAS A VERY ACTIVE MEMBER IN THE NAWCC, SCOSS, OCOS, TRSC, AND WHITTIER COIN CLUB. HE IS PREDECEASED BY HIS FATHER, ROBERT, MOTHER MARJORIE, AND BROTHER JIM. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE PHYLLIS, SISTER PEGGY [WARREN] HICKMAN, BROTHER DAVID, AND SON WARREN. A CELEBRATION OF LIFE SERVICE WILL BE HELD SATURDAY OCT. 20 AT 10;00 a.m. at McAULAY & WALLACE MORTUARY, 902 N. HARBOR BLVD. FULLERTON, CA 92832