Viewing will be held on Tuesday, July 10, 2012, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Simpson Funeral & Cremation Services, 1119 Washington Ave., Monaca, with service immediately following by Rev. Frank Kantz for Verna Lillian (Hogg) Adams, beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, of Canfield, OH, formerly of Monaca and Pittsburgh, PA. Verna passed away on Friday, July 6, 2012, at Woodlands at the Hampton, Poland, OH, with her daughter and son-in-law by her side.

Verna was born on November 4, 1917, in Pittsburgh, PA, to the late Lillian V. (Eary) and Charles L. Hogg. She was known affectionately to her close family as ‘Bernie’.

She was a homemaker and a former 50-year member of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Monaca, PA, where she was ‘Mother of the Year’ and where she spent many happy years working on various committees. Before she fell ill, Verna was an avid bird watcher and enjoyed doing crossword puzzles.

Verna will be lovingly remembered by her daughter and son-in-law, A. Lorraine (Adams) and John M. Snyder, Canfield, OH; her granddaughter, Cynthia D. (Snyder) Poplyk and her husband, Michael Poplyk, Niles, OH; her grandson, John D. Snyder and his wife, Valerie Rossi, Feasterville, PA; great-grandchildren, Amanda (Marchionda) and her husband, Richard Harkleroad, Tampa, FL; Meghan Marchionda, Niles, OH and Matthew Snyder, Southhampton, PA. Also surviving are a granddaughter Dawn Jones and her children, Danielle and Alex; her beloved sister Gladys (Hogg) and her husband, Nelson King, along with three nieces and three nephews.

In addition to her parents, Verna was preceded in death by her husband, Etsel T. Adams, on July 23, 1997; a son, Donald E. Adams on February 21, 1990; a daughter, Carol L. Adams on July 6, 1947; a sister Dolores (Hogg) Seres and a brother, Charles D. Hogg.

The family wishes to thank MVI Hospice and the staff at Woodlands for the loving and compassionate care they gave to Verna.

Verna will be laid to rest beside her husband in The Beaver Cemetery, Beaver, PA. Until we meet again.

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“Remember me, when flowers bloom
Early in the Spring
Remember me on sunny days
In the fun that Summer brings
Remember me in the Fall
As you walk through the leaves of gold
And in the Wintertime—
In the stories that are told
But most of all remember
Each day—right from the start
I will be forever near
For I live within your heart”