Evelyn Marie Lester, 89, of Wabash, Indiana, died at 9:56 am, Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at Parkview Wabash Hospital. She was born October 8, 1926 in Wabash, to Walter H. and Edith (Aukschun) Horner.
Evelyn was a 1944 graduate of Wabash High School. She married Paul A. Lester in Wabash on December 12, 1948; he died December 5, 2014. She retired from Wabash Materials in 1984 after 15 years. Evelyn attended the Wabash Friends Church. She enjoyed word searches, puzzles, playing solitaire, working in her yard, noodle making, and taking walks.
She is survived by three children, Susan (Eric) Rish of Wabash, David (Lillian) Lester of Winston, Georgia, and Debra (Jim) Powell of Wabash, daughter-in-law, Maureen “Mo” Lester of Wabash, 11 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren, and four sisters, Colleen Weesner, Elsie Mae Strickler, Betty Lou (Charles) Boyer, and Mary Jean (Ed) Carpenter, all of Wabash. She was also preceded in death by her parents, son, Thomas Lester, and her brother, Nevin Horner.
Funeral services will be 10:00 am Friday, March 18, 2016 at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with David Phillips officiating. Burial will be in Gardens of Memory Cemetery, Marion. Friends may call 4-7 pm Thursday, at the funeral home.
Preferred memorial is American Heart Association.
The memorial guest book for Evelyn may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.