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Obituary of Evelyn Ringle Gravel
 
    Friends are invited to a Memorial Service for Evelyn Ringle Gravel in the Cloverdale Citrus Fair Tea Room on Saturday, March 13 at 2 p.m.  Affectionately known around town as "Aunt Evy", she died at her home on the morning of Thursday, February 25 after a two year illness.  She was 81.

Evelyn was born on the family farm in Cherryvale, Kansas, on August 31, 1917. The youngest daughter of 9 children born to Sarah Francis Harp and William Ringle, she married Willard Earl Gravel, a telephone lineman, at the First Baptist Church in Cherryvale on May 11, 1941. Following his death in 1990, she moved to Cloverdale in October, 1991.

A devout Christian and member of the First Baptist Church of Cloverdale, she regularly ought opportunities to witness about her deep faith.  She loved little children and worked in the nursery at every church she ever attended.  Her home was a visual testament to her artistic and  creative abilities.  She enjoyed painting on canvas, rocks, wood - whatever was
handy.  She especially enjoyed painting driftwood and rail spike Santas, which she generously gave to friends and family.  Her art work regularly won awards.  Evelyn was a fastidious housekeeper, as well as a talented seamstress and decorator.  Before her illness, she was also a volunteer for the Council on Aging's lunch program at the Cloverdale Senior
Center.

Evelyn is survived by her children, Addison "Rocky" Gravel and his wife, Evelyn, of Myrtle  Creek, Oregon, and Richard Gravel and his wife, Pat, of San Diego, CA. four  grandchildren, David  and Rashell Gravel, both of Chino, CA, and Bill and Erik Gravel of San Diego, three great-        
grandchildren, Samantha Silva, Jeremy Gravel, and Carlissa Gravel, two sisters, Violet Baker of Cherryvale, KS., and Goldie Sesher of Chanute, KS,. as well as numerous nieces and nephews including Mary Jo and Scott Winter of Cloverdale.

In addition to her husband, Evelyn was preceded in death by her 20-year old son, Bobby Joe, a 1968 casualty of the Vietnam War, her brother, Ray Ringle, and sisters Florence Couk, Stella "Billie" Knolls, Susie Doop-Nicholson, Teresa "Jerry" Matthews and Letha Keller.

Contributed by  Mary Jo Winter 
 
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