Jefferson County Native, Inventor of Kaepa Athletic Shoes, Passes Away at 89

Thomas Michael Adams of San Antonio, inventor and founder of Kaepa athletic shoes, and noted flight instructor, died after an unexpected and brief illness. He was 89. Tom was born at home on December 5, 1931, in a Slovak ghetto in Toronto, Ohio, the third of eight children of George and Anna Karaffa Adams. From his immigrant family, Tom acquired […]