Rosella Long Adams, the retired manager of the Green Spring Valley Hunt Club, died Friday of complications from dementia at her daughter's Gamber home. She was 98.
Born Rosella Long in Cockeysville and raised on the family farm in Worthington Valley, she was the daughter of Charles Henry Long, who worked the farm, was a carpenter, and was also an authority on bees and beekeeping. Her mother was Elsie Fowble Long, a homemaker.
She also resided in Reisterstown in a Main Street home that had been in her family for 264 years. She was a 1933 Franklin High School graduate.
Mrs. Adams then joined the staff of the Green Spring Valley Hunt Club in Garrison, where she worked for 40 years. She served as its executive secretary and later its manager.
In 1944, she married Frank Raymond Adams, an electronics components stockroom manager who also managed a Schenley distillery. They built a house on West Chatsworth Avenue in Reisterstown. Family members said she cut the grass on her John Deere tractor until the age of 90. She moved to her daughter's home when she was 97.
"Her sweet nature, uplifting personality, kind words and generosity made her special," said her daughter, Nancy Prince of Gamber. "She was a true lady who always saw the very best in everyone and never uttered an unkind word."
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Eline Funeral Home, 11824 Reisterstown Road.
In addition to her daughter, survivors include a son, Frank "Bo" Adams of Marina del Rey, Calif.; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Her husband of nearly 50 years died in 1992.