Simi Valley – Nina Lee (Dasch) Adler passed away peacefully at The Foothills in Simi Valley, CA on Friday, May 15, 2020 from Alzheimer’s Disease. Nina was born in Akron, Ohio on September 25, 1934, to Nathan and Clara Dasch and was the eldest of three daughters.
She grew up in Akron, and graduated from Buchtel High in 1952. Nina attended Akron University and earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education as well as a double certificate to teach in both Elementary and Secondary schools. After graduating in 1956, she took her first teaching job at Thornton Jr. High School in Akron, Ohio where she taught French, Spanish, and English. During her winter and summer breaks, Nina traveled and took classes at Purdue University, Case Western Reserve, Kent State, and Mexico City College. One summer, she won a NDEA scholarship that funded a trip to Quito, Ecuador. It was in Quito where she had the opportunity to work with a group of indigenous people, transcribing their language that had, up until then, never been written down. In 1958, she and her mother took a cruise to Brisbane, Australia where they spent three months with relatives exploring the country. The following year, she traveled to Europe, visiting eleven countries in just two weeks. In 1960, she attended the Democratic National Convention in California as a delegate from Ohio in support of Adlai Stevenson.
After teaching for six years in Akron, Nina moved to Arlington, Virginia where she taught French and Spanish at Gunston Jr. High School, Bladensburg Jr. High School, and Bladensburg Elementary School. While living in Virginia, Nina met her husband Victor Adler and was married on June 13th, 1965. She and Victor designed and built a house in Laurel, Maryland in 1970 and raised their three children there for the next 30 years. While in Howard County, Nina was an active member in the Upper Patuxent Archeology Group, and participated in many archeological digs across Maryland. She was instrumental in helping document Howard County history through her archaeological findings.
Throughout her life, Nina was always very active in her Jewish community wherever she lived. As a central part of her youth, she spent a lot of time at various social events and teaching religious school at her temple. She often held leadership roles in her congregations, and even helped start temples in both Columbia, Maryland and Ocala, Florida
After staying home with her children for many years, Nina returned to teaching in 1988 at Glenelg Country School (GCS) in Howard County Maryland. At GCS, she taught French and Spanish to students from Pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade. In 1991, she became widowed after her husband of 26 years passed away. She continued her active life, trying her hand at public speaking, becoming an active member of Toastmasters International for several years. She also decided to take up country line dancing, tap dancing and joined a French club.
In 1998, Nina retired and moved to Ocala, Florida, but it did not slow her down. While living in Florida, Nina remained very active in local seniors’ groups where she learned to play golf, joined a book club, a Scrabble club, danced, took water aerobics, and traveled to Alaska, Banff, and the Panama Canal. She continued her love of learning and enrolled in many classes at the local college’s Senior Institute. Her course load included classes in science, music, theology, and art. She also picked up art and became skilled at drawing and painting. Nina was an avid reader her entire life and enjoyed collecting books by Augusta Huiell Seaman, Margaret Sidney, and western novelist Louis L’Amour. She lived her life to the fullest and was extremely proud of her children and grandchildren. She is survived by her two sisters Harriet Berman of Lincoln, CA and Iris Kroll of Mission Viejo, CA, and her children Nicholas Adler (Pamela Adler), Portland, ME; Richard Adler, Alpharetta, GA; and Maureen Kleinbrodt (David Kleinbrodt), Chatsworth, CA; and four grandchildren Isabel, Nicole, Andrew, and Mason.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.gromanedenmortuary.com for the Adler family.
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