Obituaries : Eileen Marjorie Bevins

Eileen Marjorie Bevins

VAN HORNE:

     Eileen Marjorie Bevins, 89, died Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House in Hiawatha.

     A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, October 10, 2015 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Van Horne with Father Craig Steimel as Celebrant.  Interment will be held at Holy Cross Cemetery near Keystone.  Visitation will be held at the Phillips Funeral Home in Keystone from 4 to 7 p.m on Friday.  A memorial fund has been established for the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy.

    Eileen was born May 21, 1926 near Solon to Joe and Ann (Zenisek) Dvorsky, and                                      graduated from Solon High School in 1943.               

     On June 26, 1946 she was united in marriage to Thomas F. Bevins in Cedar Rapids.  The couple farmed in the Keystone and Van Horne area until 1984 when they moved to Van Horne.  He preceded her in death in 1991.

    She was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Van Horne.  She also was a member of Future Green, the Van Horne Library Board, the Red Hat Society, and the Van Horne Senior Citizens.

    Eileen is survived by her children, Joanne (Pete) Peterson of Waverly, Larry (Deb) Bevins of Pocahontas, Janice Knight of Bartonville, IL, Linda (Gary) Tecklenburg of Como, CO, Mary Bevins of Walsenburg, CO and Tom (Avis) Bevins of Windsor, CO; five grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren; and her sister, Betty (Joe) Elsner of Cedar Rapids.

     In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her son-in-law, Ron Knight; and two sisters, Marcella Huff, and Dolores Russell.

     Phillips Funeral Home in Keystone is in charge of arrangements and condolences may be left at: www.phillipsfuneralhomes.com