Betty S. Evans, wife of James D. Evans, passed from this life on September 13, 2018, at her home. She was born to Ruben and Agnes Schmidt on May 6, 1947 in Weatherford, Oklahoma. Betty loved the Lord with all her heart and wanted everyone to share in that salvation. James and Betty married on May 30, 1978 and had a blended family of seven children. As part of their wedding vows they read Ruth 1:16-17: “Your people will be my people and your God will be my God, where you die I will die and there I will be buried.” They lived everyday by this promise and created a family bond that has remained unbroken. She loved her children and her grandchildren and took great joy in watching them grow up. Betty was a wonder in the kitchen, an amazing cook and an incredible seamstress. She enjoyed traveling, gardening and being a caring friend. She was an active member of multiple prayer groups both in Enid and the many years she and Jim spent on Marco Island, Florida where they had a winter home. Betty was a founding and active member of Westminster Presbyterian Church. She was also an active member of PEO Chapter Q.
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Betty is survived by her husband James D. Evans, 6 children and their spouses; Greg and Bonnie Evans, Sally and Dave Dayton, Robert and Michelle Evans, Denise and Curtis Tucker, Joseph and Krista Evans, Steve and Kayelyn Appling, 23 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. Other survivors include her sister, Alnita McCarthy, brother and wife, Howard and Loretta Schmidt, her sister-in-law Sally Baker, brother-in-law and wife, Samuel and Sandy Evans.
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She was preceded in death by her father and mother, her father-in-law, Wilfred Evans, her mother-in-law, Lillian Evans, her daughter, Jamie Lopez, brother-in-law Terrance McCarthy and Brother-in-law Richard Baker.
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The Funeral service Celebrating and Honoring the life of Betty will be held 10:00 A.M. Monday September 17, 2018 in the Enid Mennonite Brethren Church. Burial will follow in the Memorial Park Cemetery. A Family visitation will be held from 2:00 P.M – 4:00 P.M. Sunday September 16, 2018 in the Brown-Cummings Funeral Home.
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Memorials in her name made be made to the YWCA-Crisis Center, the Bungoma Bible School, and the Westminster Presbyterian Church Building Fund with Brown-Cummings Funeral Home serving as custodian of the funds.
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Condolences to the family may be made online at www.Brown-Cummings.com. As one of Oklahomaʼs oldest single family owned and operated providers of funerals and cremations, Brown-Cummings is the name families have turned to for generations. They fully understand the honor and responsibility entrusted to them to preserve the story of oneʼs life. Visit 400 W. Maple, Enid, OK 73701. Call: (580) 237-5432.
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