Alice Evans Obituary, Alice Evans has passed away

Alice Evans Obituary, Death – On October 8, 2022, Alice Grace Evans passed away at the age of 93 in the comfort of her own home. She was the eleventh and final child to be born to the late John Elliott and Emma (Slaughterback) Elliott on December 20, 1928. She was the youngest of eleven children. Alice moved to the Galesburg and Comstock areas of Michigan with her family when she was in her teenage years. The area is located in the state of Michigan. In 1975, she received her diploma from the Comstock High School Adult Education program. After the birth of her son, David, Alice stopped working at Kalamazoo Paper Box and instead chose to focus on raising her family at home.

She eventually went back to work, first at Muir Drug Store and then at Rite-Aid, where she remained employed until her retirement in the early 1990s. She was a member of VFW Auxiliary 6252 and UFCW Local 951, both of which she held lifetime memberships in. After they retired, Alice and Carl spent their winters in Florida with their children, grandchildren, and other relatives and friends. There were also several trips to northern Michigan, a couple of cruises, a trip to New Orleans, and a trip to Hawaii that Alice gifted to Carl as a present one year for Christmas.

Alice enjoyed a variety of hobbies, including gardening, sewing, reading, and gambling at casinos. Alice had been a member of the Methodist Church her entire life and had been attending the Galesburg United Methodist Church for the past few years. Alice Evans Jr., who she had married on July 3, 1954, passed away on March 18, 2012, having been predeceased by her husband Carl Evans Jr. A stepson named Carl “Butch” Evans III, six brothers named Horace, Clarence, and Charles, Lawrence, and Arthur, and Clyde, as well as four sisters named Hazel, Minerva, Mary, and Gladys, all passed away before her. Alice’s children, Jeannie (Scott) Rogers, Kathy Evans, and David (Susan) Evans, as well as five grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, a large number of nieces and nephews, and her devoted companion “Buffy,” survive her.

Visitation will be held from 6 pm to 8 pm on Tuesday, October 18, 2022, at the Langeland Family Funeral Homes Burial & Cremation Services located at 622 S. Burdick St, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007. Funeral services will be held the following morning at 11 am. On Wednesday at 1 pm, there will be services held at the graveside in the Ft. Custer National Cemetery. Those who wish to participate need to be in the designated gathering spot at the cemetery by 12:45.

Alice Evans Obituary, Death – On October 8, 2022, Alice Grace Evans passed away at the age of 93 in the comfort of her own home. She was the eleventh and final child to be born to the late John Elliott and Emma (Slaughterback) Elliott on December 20, 1928. She was the youngest of eleven…