Bettye Leona Evans , 97 years old, beloved Mother, Grandmother, and Great Grandmother went to be with her maker on October 2, 2017 at Stratford Pines Nursing Home in Midland, Michigan.

Bettye was born in Fairfield, Iowa on October 2, 1920. She was married to Robert Clark Evans on June 6, 1942 at the Methodist Church in St. Augustine, Florida. Bettye was a wonderful and caring school teacher, teaching grade school in several locations including overseas in Morocco and Spain. She retired in 1975 after teaching 5 ^th grade for 16 years at the grade school in Herscher, Illinois.

Bettye enjoyed painting and created 20 oil paintings during her lifetime. She also enjoyed writing poetry and collecting shells.

Bettye was predeceased by her husband Robert C. Evans, her sister Lois Vanderheyden, her brother-in-law Malcolm Vanderheyden, her father Leslie Leo Schmidt, and her mother Martha (Schuler) Schmidt.

Surviving family are her son and daughter-in-law Donald C. and Billie Jo Evans of Metropolis, Illinois, her son and daughter-in-law Richard A. and Karen E. Evans of Midland, Michigan, and her daughter Linda Caraher of North Granby, Connecticut as well as her five grandchildren and their spouses Shannon and Paul Wendricks, Meredith and Corey Grady, Thomas and Emma Caraher, Matthew Evans, and Anne and Jared Love and her five great grandchildren Gavin Wendricks, Brooklyn Wendricks, Carter Grady, Lillian Grady, and William Caraher.

Bettye will be laid to rest with her husband Robert in Ladies Union Cemetery in Stockton, Illinois. Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of the Hermann Funeral Home Directors in Stockton, Illinois. Services will be held at the Hermann Funeral Home on Saturday, October 7, 2017 with a viewing from 10 am to 11 am and the service to follow. Condolences may be shared with Bettye's family at www.hermannfuneralhome.com .