Ray Adams, 74, of Walton, died Tuesday at Christ Hospital, Cincinnati. He was a retired janitor with Boone County Schools, a member of St. Timothy Church in Union and a Marine Corps veteran.

Survivors include his wife, Patricia C. Wertel Adams; sons, Charlie Adams of Versailles, Mark Adams of Union, and Samuel M. Ryan and Carl W. Ryan, both of Walton; a daughter, Ann Ryan of Florence; a brother, Robert Adams of Columbus, Ohio; a sister, Katherine Chenouweth of Ohio; and two grandchildren.

Memorials services will be at 7:30 tonight at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Florence. Visitation will begin there at 5 p.m. Cremation will be at Northern Kentucky Cremation Service, Walton. Memorials are suggested to St. Timothy Church, P.O. Box 120, Union, Ky. 41091.