Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Evette



Mary Evette Walters "95 Wonderful Years" Our beloved mother, sister, grandmother and friend, Mary Evette Walters, passed away on November 5, 2005. She was born on May 29, 1910 in Salt Lake City to Oscar and Laura Anderson Rhodes. Evette worked as a bookkeeper for many companies in the downtown area. As a member of a railroad retirement organization (BARE) she loved going to their parties. She loved playing pinochle and belonged to several clubs. Evette also enjoyed playing Bingo with her friends at the Manor and she was an active member of the LDS church. She will be missed dearly by all who knew her. Evette married George Hicks and together they had two children, Connie and Clea, then later divorced. In June of 1947 she married Lloyd Walters in which they had one child Mickey. Lloyd also had three children of his own, Lloyd, Bill and Ginny. Evette is survived by her daughters, Clea (Mike) Polychronis, Mickey Smith, Virginia Dean, sister Mildred Barnes, daughter-in-law Cherie Walters and many grandchildren and great-grand-children. Preceded in death by husband Lloyd, daughter Connie Rowsell, sisters Darl James and Vivian Rottman and her stepsons Lloyd and Bill Walters. A special thanks to her sister Millie for being with Evette these past five years. Graveside services will be held on Friday, November 11, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, 1750 East 3300 South, Salt Lake City. A viewing will be held for family and friends on Thursday, November 10, 2005 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Holbrook Mortuary, 3251 South 2300 East, Salt Lake City, Utah. Condolences can be sent to www.holbrookmortuary.com Published in the Salt Lake Tribune on 11/9/2005.
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3 Comments:

Blogger Julee said...

I'm so glad you posted this. Thank you, mom. I imagine Grandma and Yvette must be playing Hand and Foot about now, waiting for the rest of us to come and join in...

8:43 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

No, DeAnn, I couldn't work it out with Lee in Florida with Julee, and 4 animals to care for. I made some calls and will again tomorrow to be there remotely.

12:08 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

By the way, Paula found the article in the on-line Salt Lake Tribune, but couldn't get her blog access to work for her, so I added it for her. Thank you, Paula.

12:12 AM  

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