About

Marthella Adams grew up ten miles from Pendleton, Oregon, in a family of six. She had three brothers. One was older and two were younger. Family meant everything to her parents and since her father was an avid hunter and fisherman, he taught his children the same. A lot of their weekends and summer vacations were spent camping in the Blue Mountains. Those times are some of her most cherished memories. “Because I was raised with three brothers, I’ve always been a competitor, striving to shoot, fish, ride horses and work as hard as any of them. Sometimes I hated being the only daughter, but I think it made me stronger. I wouldn’t change a thing about the way I was raised.” She graduated from Pendleton High School and took a job at the hospital as an admissions clerk. She worked her way up to the billing office. She knew she wanted something different in her life as an occupation. After her daughter and son were born, she suddenly found herself as a single mother. She entered law enforcement as a clerk. She spent the next eighteen years working her way up to the rank of Lieutenant in the Sheriff’s Department. With her children both grown and married, she took the plunge and moved to Montana. She worked at a plastics injection molding plant for seven years. When the company was suddenly sold, she and two partners formed their own manufacturing plant in the same field. The company is still in operation, where she works during the week. She loves the beautiful outdoors of northwestern Montana, where she lives with her husband Jim. She has always loved to ride horses, hunt, fish, camp, read and garden, but her greatest love is for God, her family and friends. Her daughter, Dorene, has two children, Kayla and Matt. Her son, Bob, has one son, Royce. “God has truly blessed me with my family.”

Education

• Blue Mountain Community College