Sheryl Amelia Adler was born on May 1, 1947 in York, Nebraska to Loren Ernest and Betty Jean (Mika) Cain and passed away on August 20, 2020 in Utica, Nebraska at the age of 73 years, 3 months and 19 days. Sheryl grew up in Utica and graduated from Utica High School with the Class of 1965. She then continued her education at the University of Kansas, University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Southeast Community College.

Sheryl was united in marriage to Jeffrey Adler with a Baha'i marriage ceremony on May 29, 1977 in Lincoln, Nebraska. After their marriage they lived in various places including Nebraska, Kansas and Phoenix, Arizona. In 1996 they returned to Nebraska where they resided in Seward and later moved to Utica in 2002. Sheryl has worked at Securitas Security Services USA since 2002.

Sheryl's Baha'i faith was very important to her. She loved reading and traveling, especially on their pilgrimages to Israel and Hawaii. Sheryl was a people person, she loved being around them and she especially loved her cats. She was very active at the Utica Senior Center. Sheryl thought life was a search for truth.

Sheryl is preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, Larry, Jerry and David; sister, Terry; parents-in-law, Murray and Hildreth (Michael) Adler.

Survivors cherishing her memory include her husband, Jeffrey Adler, Utica; sister, Dawn Neal and husband Tom, Kansas; nieces and nephews; great-nieces and great-nephews; great great-nieces and great great-nephews; four brothers-in-law. To this obituary we add our thoughts, prayers and memories of life shared with Sheryl.

Her funeral service will be officiated by Dr. K. Cliford Mason of the Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'i's of Bellevue, Nebraska.