Mrs. Evans was born June 24, 1917 in Elyria and departed this life on December 21, 2010 at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Lorain after a short illness.  She was the widow of Robley L. Evans.  They had been married for 61 years.  She had been a resident of Anchor Lodge Assisted Living. 

     She was a, devoted member of the Worldwide Church of God, later the Lorain Congregation of Grace Communion International, where she served as a deaconess to her church family.  She was a graduate of Lorain High School, a Past Worthy Advisor of the Rainbow Girls, National president of the Electrical Craftsmen Auxiliary, a former volunteer with the Lorain Head Start Program,  a member of the Black River Historical Society and an avid swimmer at the YMCA. 

     Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents, Ethel and Raymond Ward, her sister, Charlotte Ward and her son-in-law, Daniel Rayha. 

     She is survived by her sister-in-law, Adele Evans of Cleveland, her daughters, Betty Evans Rayha of Parma and Brenda Evans Davenport  (John) of Fredericksburg, VA, her grandchildren, Daniel Rayha, Jr. of Parma, Becky (Davenport) and John Weidenbruch of Marblehead, MA, Deborah (Davenport) and Darren McMullan of Fredericksburg, VA and Susan Cappy of Wickliffe, OH.  She is also survived by one great-grandson and three great-grand daughters.