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Verna Faye Worley

1939 - 2013

Verna Faye Worley obituary, 1939-2013, Colorado Springs, CO

BORN

1939

DIED

2013

Verna Worley Obituary

Verna Faye Worley was born in Texas on August 7, 1939, and lived a life of grace and generosity. She died in Colorado Springs, October 9, 2013, surrounded by loving family.

Salutatorian of Hudson High School in Texas, she attended SFA in Nacogdoches where she met and married Joel Keeling Worley on September 8, 1958.

She is survived by three children and eight grandchildren, and was "Grandmamma" to many others. She was a foster mother for years, a Bible teacher to foreign students, and a mentor to young parents.

She is missed, but her world-wide legacy of love lives on.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Gazette on Oct. 27, 2013.

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