Evelyn Rose White Woods Bridges of Addison, Mich., passed away at 10 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 19, 2018, at Hospice of Lenawee Home, Adrian, Mich., at the age of 92.
She was born on Aug. 30, 1925, in Bedford, to Orin White and Myrtle Craig White. She was married on Aug. 21, 1949, to James E. Woods from Terre Haute. After her husband James died on Dec. 13, 1965, she married Eugene Scott Bridges, of Mitchell, in January 1970. He passed away on Easter Sunday in 1990.
She graduated from Fayetteville High School in 1943 and later from Indiana State Teacher’s College with a degree in home economics in 1953. She was a great homemaker, but most of all she will be remembered for being a wonderful mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
She will be lovingly remembered by her four sons: James Daryl “J.D.” (Jeanie) Woods, Warsaw; Mark Edward (Michelle) Woods, Albion; John Nelson (Diane) Woods, Warsaw; and Michael Drew (Diana) Woods, Addison, Mich. Evelyn was blessed with 12 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; also surviving is her younger sister, Anna Belle Smith (Mount Pleasant, Mich.). She was preceded in death by her parents; two husbands; two siblings, Kenneth Eugene and Merlin Dale White; and her son William Dennis Woods, who died June 1960.
Visitation will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 22 from 3 to 6 p.m. at Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, 225 Argonne Road, Warsaw. Her funeral service will follow immediately at 6 p.m. at Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home.
Burial will take place on Thursday, Aug. 23 with a graveside service at 2 p.m. at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Silverville. Friends and family members are welcome.
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Donations can be designated to Far Eastern Broadcasting Company, 15700 Imperial Hwy., LaMirada, CA 90638. www.febc.org; or to Missionary Aviation Fellowship, P.O. Box 47, Nampa, ID, 83653. www.maf.org and would be appreciated by the family.
Online condolences may be made at www.redpathfruthfuneralhome.com.
