Maxine Adams; Co-Owner of Pete’s Corn Stand
Maxine Adams, who operated Pete’s Corn Stand in Van Nuys for about 20 years, has died in Panorama City at age 76.
Mrs. Adams died Wednesday of heart failure, said her daughter, Joanne Fallet.
In the early 1940s, she began working with Pete Masciotra at Pete’s Corn Stand at Van Nuys and Burbank boulevards. A second stand, replacing the first, was established on Van Nuys Boulevard north of Ventura Boulevard and continued to offer vegetables, fruit, pumpkins and Christmas trees. She married Masciotra in the early 1950s and continued working at the stand until their divorce in the 1960s.
She is survived by her daughter, Joanne Fallet of Escondido, Calif.; a brother, Donald Huard of Medford, Ore.; a sister, Marie Lundy of North Hollywood; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending and are being handled by Pierce Brothers Meyer Mitchell Mortuary.
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