Adrian Thomas (Qaamuna-Isaamaluk) Spindler

Palmer resident Adrian Thomas (Qaamuna-Isaamaluk) Spindler, 19, was born Dec. 9, 1991, and died July 4, 2011.

Adrian was born in Anchorage and lived in the Alaska communities of Deering and Kotzebue before returning to Anchorage in the mid-1990s. He became a Palmer resident in 1999. Adrian attended Colony High School his freshman year, and then spent the next three years attending and graduating from Chemawa Indian School, Salem, Ore.

Adrian found a deep interest in the Lord and became a devoted Christian. He studied hard, and of his own accord joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 2010.

Funeral services in honor of Adrian are at 3:30 p.m., Monday, July 11, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Colony Ward in Palmer. Bishop David Pierce will officiate. A visitation is planned a half-hour prior to services in the Relief Society room at the church. A reception is planned at the church following the services.

Adrian was ever mindful of the social ills of drugs and alcohol that he witnessed ravish many youth his age. Adrian did not drink or became involved with drugs, and did not have altercations with law enforcement. He said those things were “stupid.”

Adrian was a kind-hearted young man who was quick to make friends with people of all ages who could make people laugh and sought to avoid conflict. He had a strong sense of family values and was always trying to find ways to do things as a family.

Adrian recently informed his parents that he had a child on the way and was extremely happy to start his own family with his girlfriend, Ariel Martin, who is four months pregnant with their child.

Adrian loved and cared for people very deeply. He always had time to help people, he showed this by volunteering his time and services to charities such as the Al Aska Shriners, Scottish Rite and the Mat-Su Sea Hawkers organizations that raise money to help children in need. He also enjoyed riding four-wheelers, subsistence fishing and berry picking with his mother, Peggy, and papa, Tom.

He was an avid Seattle Seahawks fan and season ticket holder, attending many games in Seattle.

Adrian will be loved and missed deeply by his family and friends.

Adrian is survived by his parents, Peggy and Thomas Spindler; girlfriend and mother of his unborn child, Ariel Martin, of Sacaton, Ariz.; grandparents, Harry and Alice Karnum; uncles, Alfred II, Harry Jr. and wife Cynthia, and Jack. He is also survived by his aunts, Winona, Mamie, Maxine and her husband Connell Barr, Sandra and her husband Dickie Moto; great-grandmother Della Spindler of Plains, Mont.; and grandparents, Clinton and Dorothy Spindler. He is also survived by his uncles, Clint and wife Marie, Mike and wife Jennifer, David and wife Josie; many cousins, Joyce, Chris, Mija, Allie Pearl, William, monster twin Dickie Joe, Herbie, William II, Gilford, Dean, Connie Peggy, Ookak, Alfred, Harry, Arthur, Traci, Stacey, Jack Jr., Agatha, Augustina, Mario, Maymie, Josh, Kaylynn, Nicole, Connor, Luke, Dawson and Jolie Day.

He is also survived by best friends Colton, Ryan and Lucille Wright, and many more friends too numerous to name.

Valley Funeral Home and Crematory Wasilla cared for the family.