Verna Adams Ayres Engler

Verna Adams Ayres Engler

Verna Adams Ayres Engler passed away on August 12, 2020, at the age of 82; surrounded by her family at her home in Fontana, California. She was born May 5, 1938, the daughter of Ray and Julia Adams in Baldwin Park, California.

Verna’s beginning childhood was in Southern California, but her parents were missionaries and eventually moved to Crooked Creek Alaska to serve the community there. The Adams family later settled in Palmer, Alaska.

She attended Palmer High School, playing the saxophone in the school band. Her picture is posted on the Palmer historical school wall. She also had been in the Matanuska Maid contest. She regularly visited Palmer over the past several years to see her old home and visit with friends and family. She was a Registered Nurse and served Queen of the Valley Hospital in California for over 23 years as a wound/ostomy nurse specialist. Verna was a faithful Christian and loved the Lord.

She is survived by her husband, Kenneth Engler of Fontana, California.

Surviving in addition to her husband are her children, her daughter, Cynthia Ayres Disrud and husband Dan (Washougal, Washington), son Skip Lee Ayres (Prescott Valley, Arizona), son Marty Lee Ayres and wife Kristi (Aberdeen, Washington), son Christopher Lee Ayres and wife Paula (Bloomington, California), and daughter-in-law Mary Ayres Cuellar and husband Mark (Victorville, California)

She is also survived by her sisters, Jodi Salas (Wasilla, Alaska), Barbara Stephanik and husband Mike (Tacoma, Washington), Janice Sandoval and husband Frank (Gig Harbor, Washington); brothers, Edwin Adams (Anchorage, Alaska) and Mark Adams with wife Katherine (Anchorage, Alaska); cousin, Paige Walton and husband Jerry (Anchorage, Alaska); along with 13 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.

She will be buried at Forest Lawn, Covina, California.