Cheri was born in the Cincinnati, Ohio area June 11, 1951, the youngest of three children. Cheri, her mother and sister, Vicki, became members of the Worldwide Church of God in the early 1960s. Cheri attended SEP in Orr, Minnesota in 1966 and 1967, worked at SEP in Orr the summer of 1973.

Cheri attended Ambassador College in Pasadena and Bricket Wood, participating in the “Big Dig” in Israel in 1970. After her 1973 graduation, Cheri worked in Big Sandy for Mr. Walter Sharp in Ministerial Services until 1974 prior to moving to the Washington, DC area.

Cheri had a short stint the US Army before returning home to Ohio to recover from tuberculosis in the late 1970s. Afterwards, she lived in Washington State, worked and modeled for The Bon Marche Department Store. She married Larry Hale, 13 years her senior, February 11, 1990. They lived in Port Orchard, WA where she rode a ferry to work in a downtown Seattle brokerage firm. Cheri and Larry later moved to Scotts Valley, California; Huntsville, Alabama; retiring in Pensacola, Florida, 2018.

Cheri was diagnosed with covid in 2022, while dealing with other health issues. She passed away in 2025, followed by her husband Larry in December 2025.

Cheri is remembered by many from the AC community not only for her height, but mostly for her kind and adventurous spirit, her easy laugh, friendliness, cheerful disposition, humor, and unceasing puns!