Adams

Wilfred John “Willie” Adams Jr., 68, of Butler, unexpectedly passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025.

Born July 5, 1957, in Butler, he was a son of Camilla Spohn Adams and the late Wilfred John Adams Sr.

Willie was most recently the chairman of the Summit Township Board of Supervisors, a post he held since he first took office in 2012. He previously had served on the township planning commission.

A certified master watch and clock repair technician, he owned Sights and Sounds Unlimited.

Willie was always a hard worker. His entrepreneurial spirit was apparent in his youth when he started as a newspaper carrier. Although he attended college, he left before graduating to go out on his own as a self-employed businessman. He obtained his second-class electrical license and launched a television repair business, an antenna installation business and a very successful car stereo business before taking up watch and clock repair. He was so highly regarded and respected as a watch and clock repair technician that he attracted customers from throughout the United States who entrusted him with their timepieces.

Willie was a member of All Saints Parish, St. Peter Roman Catholic Church.

He was a lifetime member of the Summit Township Sportsman’s Club and was serving as the club’s vice president. He was also a member of the American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute.

He enjoyed making homemade wine, and cutting and chopping wood.

He is survived by his loving wife, Donna Susan “Sue” Geist Adams, whom he married May 30, 1981; his mother, Camilla Spohn Adams; three stepsons, Tim Varan and his wife, Susan, of Maitland, Fla., Dr. Richard Varan and his wife, YiPing, of Portland, Ore., and Jason Varan and his wife, Emily, of Atlanta, Ga.; three siblings, Pam Williams and her husband, John, of Seven Fields, Cheryl Chiprean and her husband, Jim “Checkers,” of Gibsonia, and Brad Adams and his wife, Leslie, of Gibsonia.

He is also survived by four grandchildren, Andrew Varan and his wife, Colleen, Kathryn Varan, Olivia Varan and Aria Varan; and a number of nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father, Wilfred John Adams Sr.

ADAMS — Friends of Wilfred John “Willie” Adams Jr., who died Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, will be received from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 21, at MARTIN FUNERAL HOME DOWNTOWN, 201 E. Cunningham St., Butler.

A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 22, at All Saints Parish, St. Peter Roman Catholic Church, 127 Franklin St., Butler, with the Rev. Kevin C. Fazio officiating.

Burial will take place in St. Peter’s Cemetery.

For more information, please visit www.martinfh.net.

Please sign the guest book at www.butlereagle.com.