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Grace Adams Gleason
Grace Adams Gleason, 78, of Yorktown, Virginia, passed away peacefully at Riverside Regional Medical Center on December 10, 2023. Grace was born in Norfolk, Virginia, on April 18, 1945, to the late Rev. Jack Dea Adams, Jr. and the late Francetta White Adams. She retired as an Aerospace Engineering Technician from NASA Langley Research Center. She studied at NASA Langley Research Center Apprentice School, Virginia Peninsula Community College (née Thomas Nelson Community College) where she was also a member of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society and studied Fine Arts at Shoreline Community College. Grace was also the family historian and genealogist. It was important to her to keep the stories of our elders alive, and she did so with a great deal of respect and pride. She also enjoyed collecting antiques, gardening, and crafting.
She is survived by a son, Scott Clark of Powells Point, NC, and a daughter, Aubrey MacGregor of Madison, WI.
A visitation will be held on Saturday, January 6, 2024, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Peninsula Funeral Home.
11 Comments
My deepest condolences. Grace was one of a kind. I loved working with her at NASA. Rest in peace Grace
So very sorry for your loss. I worked with Grace over the years at NASA. She was one of the best.
A great friend and coworker. We’ll miss her no nonsense, comedic personality. Condolences to Aubrey, Scott, and John.
So sorry to hear this. I enjoyed her company and will be forever grateful to her for allowing me to copy her family photos for Lost Colony archives. My thoughts are with her family and my old friend Scott Clark.
So sorry to hear this. I enjoyed her company and will be forever grateful to her for allowing me to copy her family photos for Lost Colony archives. My thoughts are with her family and my old friend Scott Clark.
I’m so sorry for your loss. I will always remember Grace as a great person to work with as she was so smart, talented and a funny and wonderful person. Rest in peace dear friend.
My condolences to the family. I had the pleasure of working with Grace for quite a few years. I always enjoyed her great wit and humorous stories! She took pride in her work and was definitely a valued co-worker and a good friend. She will be missed!
I am so sad about Grace. She was a very good neighbor to us for 30 years..
John, Scott, and Aubrey you all are in my thoughts and prayers.
Love, Frank & Billie Brewer
Sincere condolences to the family. I worked with Grace for a number of years at NASA and always looked forward to talking with her! She took pride in her work and it showed! She will be missed.
My condolences to the family. I worked with Grace for a number of years conducting experiments in hypersonic fluid dynamics. She was responsible at that time for the 3″ Hypersonic Helium Tunnel. We spent many hours together acquiring data in the tunnel, talking about life, and making each other laugh. Later, I got a chance to work with her again after she moved to the 20″ Mach 6 tunnel. She was incredibly hard working and made sure that the job got done right. We had so much fun together over the years. I will miss her very much.
Our deepest condolences go out to you all. Grace is truly missed daily in our neighborhood.
John & Lori Riesbeck