She was born on February 9th, 1954 on Great Lakes Naval Base in North Chicago, IL to Pastor W. Marvin and Evelyn Rorer. As the eldest daughter of an active duty Air Defense Specialist, Cheryl would live out her formative years in various military towns from Burlington County, New Jersey to Pickstown, South Dakota and all the way to Prüm, Germany. Upon Mr. Rorer’s retirement from the United States Air Force in 1969, the family settled in Illinois and she graduated from Proviso East High School in Maywood, IL in 1972.
By 1988, Cheryl was living in Anchorage, Alaska near her younger sister Robin. She then met and fell in love with her neighbor, Ollie Adams Jr., an accountant and Air Force veteran. The couple were married on July 16th, 1995 by her father. They raised two sons, Brian and Michael.
While in Anchorage, Cheryl worked as a communications specialist at Anchorage Telephone Utility (ATU). In 1997, the family relocated to Mesquite, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. She then worked as a commercial traffic coordinator for Time Warner Cable, which would later become Spectrum. She retired in 2020.
In her spare time, Cheryl enjoyed spending time with her family, trips to casinos, watching her favorite movies and TV dramas and sewing beautiful handbags, pouches and other accessories. She was also a passionate fan of the Dallas Mavericks, Dallas Cowboys and Texas Rangers.
Cheryl is preceded in death by her mother Evelyn Rorer. She is survived by her devoted husband Ollie Adams Jr. of Dallas, TX; her father Pastor W. Marvin Rorer of Bolingbrook, IL; sons Brian Young of Anchorage, AK and Michael Adams of Dallas, TX; grandson Giovanni Young of Anchorage, AK; brother Billy (Alicia) Rorer of Elgin, IL; sisters Robin (Yves) Doublette of Apple Valley, MN and Gloria Dew of Peoria, IL; nieces Lynnea Doublette and Ivory Doublette of Minneapolis, NM and Danielle (Seyi) Jaiyeoba of West Lafayette, IN; and nephews Oliver Rorer of Chicago, IL, Troy (Kailey) Rorer of Chicago, IL, Wayne (Amanda) Dew Jr. of Peoria, IL and Aaron Dew of Holiday, FL.
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