BOURBON — Evelyn M. Rhodes, 87, of the Bourbon and Etna Green area, passed away in her home on Friday, July 28, 2018, with her family at her side.
Evelyn was born the daughter of Orman Paul Trowbridge and Amparo Rodriquez Trowbridge on April 3, 1931, in Cartaga, Costa Rica.
She was a lifelong resident of the area. She enjoyed sewing and knitting, and was a great crafter, a 4-H leader and a member of Etna Green United Methodist Church.
Evelyn enjoyed being a homemaker and a mother. She was a graduate of Bourbon High School Class of 1949. She retired from Biomet Orthopedics, Warsaw.
On Oct. 15, 1949, she married Wayne Evan Rhodes, who passed away Jan. 16, 1978.
Evelyn leaves her two daughters, Norma Rhodes, Etna Green, and Beverly (Mark) Brubaker, Claypool; and her two sons, Rich (Luce) Rhodes, Phoenix, Ariz., and Douglas (Salli) Rhodes, Plymouth. She was blessed with six grandchildren: Mindy (Jake) Brinkman, Brad Johnson, Alex Rhodes, Mitchell (Virginia) Rhodes, Kyle (Skylar) Rhodes and Sam (Sierra) Rhodes; and three great-grandchildren: Annabelle and Zia Brinkman and Logan Johnson. Also surviving are her sisters: Liah Hood, Felicia (Cleo) Stayton, Linda (Jim) Rapp and Marina Tawdul; and her brother, Glenn (Vicki) Trowbridge.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and a sister, Olga Zickafoose.
The funeral service was scheduled for 11:30 a.m. today, July 31, in Etna Green United Methodist Church, 131 W. Broadway St., Etna Green, with Pastor Joe Lampton officiating. Burial will follow in Etna Green Cemetery.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Deaton-Clemens Funeral Home, Bourbon.
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Memorials to Etna Green United Methodist Church, 131 W. Broadway St., Etna Green, IN 46524.
