Evelyn Marie Bevill, 90, of Cedar Rapids, died early Thursday, April 19, 2012 at Mercy Medical Center. Funeral Services: 3:00 P.M. Sunday at Papich-Kuba Janeba Chapel West, 1604 "J" Street S.W. by Rev. William Harnish. Burial: Czech National Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 P.M. Saturday at the funeral chapel.
Evelyn is survived by her husband, Joseph, of 70 years; children, Joanne Popelka of Ely and Bill (Vickie) of Alexandria, Minnesota; grandchildren, Mark (Marlys Moses) Popelka of Ely, Rick Kaufman of Minneapolis and Christy (Tony) Krusemark of Hoffman, Minnesota; great-granddaughters, Shelby, Maya and Madi Jo Krusemark and a sister-in-law, Anna Mae Vlasek of Cedar Rapids.
Evelyn was born November 26, 1921 in Cedar Rapids, the only child of Frank and Hilda (Melichar) Shramek. She was raised in "Stumptown" and married Joseph E. Bevill on August 30, 1941 in Kahoka, Missouri. Evelyn had worked at Wilson & Company Meat Packing Plant, Witwer Bottling and retired in 1984 from being one of the "lunch ladies" at Wilson Jr. High School.
Evelyn loved all types of flowers and kept a vegetable garden and many flower gardens at her home. She enjoyed traveling to Joe's military reunions and to Hawkeye games. Evelyn was also a former Kernels Booster Club member.
A memorial fund has been established in Evelyn's name.
Online condolences may be left for the family at www.papich-kubafs.com under "obituaries".