Merry Beth Adamson-Strauss

August 6, 1952 - August 11, 2018

A Funeral Service for Merry Beth will be held on Saturday, August 18, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Exeter, Nebraska with Kim Dunker officiating. A time to pay your respects to Merry Beth will be held one hour prior to the funeral service at United Methodist Church in Exeter, Nebraska. Graveside Services will be conducted following the funeral service at the Exeter Cemetery in Exeter, Nebraska. In Lieu of Flowers the family requests - Memorial donations to be directed to The Exeter Methodist Church or The United Nations Working Group on Girls - http://girlsrights.org Merry Beth Adamson-Strauss of Redding, CT and Exeter, NE passed away on Saturday, August 11th from a pulmonary embolism resulting from injuries suffered in a car accident. Merry Beth turned 66 five-days before her tragic passing. Merry Beth was the daughter of John & Erma Adamson, the sister of John (Chip) & Gail Adamson, wife of Ned Adamson-Strauss, the mother of Ariel Marie & Ben Rich and Anika Sonski, the grandmother of Eliana Rich (3), Gabriel Rich (1), Emma Sonski (15), and Lauren Sonski (13). Merry Beth was a joyous, bright light to all who knew her and an inspiration to scores of thousands of women and girls around the world through her work with The United Nations.