Matt Adams

Matt Alan Adams

Matt Alan Adams was born April 12, 1956 to John Michael Adams and Lenora Hope Montgomery at the McKay Dee Hospital in Ogden, Utah.  He passed away of a heart attack August 13, 2020, in Miami, Florida.

He is survived by his mother and father, three sisters, Suzanne Adams, Jill Adams Rodenbaugh (Tod), Sheri Adams Stewart (Shane). Preceded in death by his sister, Carrie Adams Brimhall (Jeff).

Matt lived in Layton, Utah and Lincoln Park, Michigan during his growing up years.  Growing up, Matt gained significant knowledge about the building trades by working with his father, who is a contractor.

In his 20’s, he went to work for Thiokol in Brigham City.  This brought a move to Perry, Utah to be closer to his job location.

In 1983, an opportunity came with Morton Thiokol to transfer to Florida and work at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida in the aeronautics and space industry.  He lived in the Cocoa and Titusville, Florida area for 35 years.

His years spent at Kennedy Space Center were exciting and educational with many opportunities for growth as he played his part in space exploration.

After many years in the aerospace industry, the call to a new adventure came and Matt left the space center and began a new field of interest with AT&T.  He worked there for several years.

The call to adventure came yet again, so he returned to Utah to see what opportunities were available.  There were none available in his range of interest, so he returned to Miami, Florida to work with long-time and dear friends in their textile import businesses.

In recent years, Matt’s traveling companion and best four-legged friend was his beloved dog Marley.  He took excellent care of her and she loved him.  Marley preceded Matt in death by only a few months.

Matt was fascinated by cars his entire life.  He had a wealth of knowledge about all makes of cars and was an avid collector of classic and vintage car magazines.  His collection has been donated to a classic car restoration company located in Layton, Utah.

In his youth, he participated in demolition derbies at Lagoon amusement park.  He’d fix up his cars just to crash them up and loved every minute of it!  Later in life, he joined racing friends as a pit crew member at various types of races.

Matt was skilled in martial arts and kickboxing and was a warrior his entire life.  Matt also trained and learned from Col. James “Bo” Gritz in Bo’s Specialized Prepared Individuals for Key Events (SPIKE).  SPIKE is all about learning the skills to survive in the wilderness or the concrete jungle of life and using this knowledge for anything and everything related to survival.  The SPIKE motto is “We Stand Ready”.  Matt certainly exhibited readiness and was always ready to help others in need.

Matt loved to read and gain knowledge and insight on many topics, which he was always willing to share with others.  He had a vast knowledge of alternative medicine, supplements and herbal remedies.  This knowledge will be missed as he was always our “go to” person when we needed ideas and remedies for what aliments ailed us.  He loved nature, horticulture, and learned to grow many plants, including exotic trees.

Matt was sentimental and kept every birth announcement, obituary, birthday party invitations, and birthday and holiday cards he ever received from his family and friends.  He had a special love and bond with his nieces and nephews and loved them dearly and always wanted the best for them.  Matt was a kid at heart and related well with children and youth.  He liked playing educational word games with the kids, giving them a list of words to research the definitions and then sharing with him what they learned the next time they would see him.  The great-nieces and nephews were a treasure to him and he’d developed an especially special bond with our sweet Kai during the time Matt was living in Utah.

Matt was one of the most spiritually knowledgeable people you could ever meet and extremely well read in the topic.  He thrived on reading and learning anything he could on the spiritual realm. He was open to other people’s thoughts and understanding and took every opportunity to gain and grab more understanding.

The most important things to Matt weren’t things at all, but rather, his entire family, his choice friends, neighbors, and acquaintances, and especially his personal relationship with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Matt treated every person he encountered with respect, consideration, encouragement, and kindness as reflected in the many tributes, comments, and shared expressions the family has received in recent weeks.  Those tributes may be found on the Lindquist Mortuary website at www.Lindquistmortuary.com.

Matt now knows his great worth as he demonstrated kindness, loyalty, love, and service to those around him.

Matt was a powerful free spirit who is now free of earthy concerns.  Though heartbroken at our tremendous loss, we know he is soaring happily and healthily in the heavenly realm.

Soar high our amazing son, brother, uncle, nephew, cousin, and beloved friend.  We love you!

To honor Matt and as a tribute to his exuberant, larger than life excitement and energy and his love of space exploration, a part of Matt will be launched into space abroad the Horizon Flight mission via a Space X rocket from Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida.  After his journey orbiting the Earth, he will decend back into Earth’s atmosphere as a shooting star.

In addition, a memorial will be held at a later date in Miami, Florida, where his cremains will be paddled out into the Atlantic Ocean.

Memorial services will be held Saturday, September 26, 2020 at 3 p.m. at Lindquist’s Layton Mortuary, 1867 No. Fairfield Road.  Friends may visit family Saturday from 1:30 to 2:45 p.m. at the mortuary.

Please observe safety precautions and social distancing.

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