Celly F. Adamo, DTM, PDG 2006-07, passed away peacefully Wednesday morning, June7 at approximately 3:28 am at the Los Alamitos Medical Center. She was with her daughter, Christina, and her husband, Frank.
Celly was a member of Knotts Speak Easy since joining in 1993. She soon became an Area Governor, Division C Governor, and then District Secretary. Celly became District Governor in 2006-07 and achieved the first Distinguished District award in five years. She is the only District Governor in which all eight of her Division Governors achieved President Distinguished status.
In 2013 Celly had a bilateral mastectomy after which she went through six months of chemotherapy and radiation treatment. She was cancer free up to just over a year ago when the cancer returned in the bones and the liver. After additional chemotherapy treatment, it seemed that the liver cancer had vanished but the bone cancer remained. Throughout all this time, she was working for AT&T until about a month ago when she took a medical leave. Then within 3 to 4 days into her leave, her liver began to shutdown causing fluids to stay in her body. She was still quite functional, but much slower and sluggish than usual, and the fluid buildup was quite extensive. She looked like she was 10 months pregnant—with triplets. Finally after much urging from her husband and daughter, she went to the ER last Friday evening. She was sluggish, but relatively coherent and conversant. With the help of dear church friends from church, she arranged her own funeral arrangements (see below). Soon however, the toxins from the fluids began to affect the other organs. Tuesday morning she was taken to the ICU with extremely low blood pressure. Throughout the day, she was unresponsive while she had several relatives and classmates visit her. Celly passed comfortably and peacefully just before 3:30 am, June 7. Though cancer can be a painful and drawn out part of love, Celly was uncomfortable, but never in pain—at least not until the last few short hours.
Whoever may be interested, here is the schedule of viewing and services.
Friday, June 9 from 5 to 9 pm
Viewing/Virgil
Del-Angel Mortuary
2425 W. Lincoln Ave.
Anaheim, CA
Saturday, June 10 at 8:30 am
Funeral Mass
St. Irenaeus Catholic Church
5201 Evergreen Avenue (at Grindlay St.)
Cypress, CA