The former First Lady of Lithuania Alma Adamkienė has died, the Presidency announced on Sunday.
"It is with great sadness that we announce that the former first lady of Lithuania, Alma Adamkienė, has died at the age of 97 after a serious illness," the announcement reads.
Alma Adamkienė was born on February 1927, 10 in Šiauliai.
As announced in the report, it grew Lithuanian army in the family of creator-volunteer Stasios Nutautas and Ona Soblytė-Nutautienė. Alma Adamkiene's father, Stasys Nutautas, volunteered for the newly formed Lithuanian army, participated in the battles with the Bolsheviks, was wounded, received the rank of sergeant for his bravery, and later headed a trading house operating in Western Lithuania.
In 1944, when the second Soviet occupation was approaching, Alma Nutautaitė with her parents and sister Danuta retreated to Sweden, but the Nazi occupiers arrested the whole family, the mother and her daughters went to prison in Riga, and later to a labor camp in Germany.
According to the Presidency, after the end of the war, Alma Nutautaitė entered the Lithuanian high school established in Eichstete, Germany, where she met her future husband, Valdas Adamkus. Alma and Valdas Adamkai got married in 1951 JAV, in Chicago.
Starting in 1962, Alma Adamkienė managed the Tabor Farm summer farm for 25 years, which became an important center of Lithuania in the United States. The congresses of the "Santara-Šviesa" organization of Lithuanian emigrants were held here for many years, the report says.
Both in 1997 and 2004, when her husband decided to run for president, Alma Adamkienė actively joined his team, and after the victory in the elections she faithfully helped him in his position as head of state.
"With her humanity and sincerity, the first lady A. Adamkienė earned the sympathy and love of the entire nation," announces the Presidency.
According to the report, for 15 years the first lady of Lithuania, Alma Adamkienė, headed the Alma Adamkienė charity and support fund, which provided support worth millions to many Lithuanian rural schools, children's hospitals and children's orphanages.
President of the Republic of Lithuania Gitanas Nauseda in the hour of a painful loss, we express our sincere condolences to President Valdas Adamkas and the people who loved Mrs. Alma.
