Evelyn Jean Lewis

Evelyn Jean Lewis passed away on March 5, 2010, in Helena, Montana, after a brief illness. She was born on December 20, 1923, in Basin, Wyoming, to Charles and Gladys Vonburg.
Evelyn spent her childhood years in Basin, then she followed her older brother Vernon to Chicago where she obtained her nursing degree in 1944. She joined the Army Nursing Corp and served in the Philippines from 1945-1946. While in the Philippines, she met and married Jack Lewis from Powell, Wyoming.
Evelyn and Jack returned to Wyoming at the end of the War. Jack went to law school, and Evelyn completed her bachelor's degree. They moved to Powell, where Jack opened his law practice and Evelyn worked as a private duty nurse. After their children were born, they built a house in Garland.
Following Jack's death in 1960, Evelyn decided that in order to have sufficient time to spend with her children, she would return to the University of Wyoming for a teaching certificate. She then taught in the Powell school system until her retirement in 1989. Her students would say she was tough and fair.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Jack, her 2 brothers, Vernon and Chuck, and 1 sister, Lois, her son, Tim, and her grandson, Daryl. She was survived by her son, Randy (Lorrie) from Laramie, Wyoming, her daughters Cindy (Gary) of Helena, Montana, and Becky (Jerry) of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, grandchildren Brian Lewis, Karren Lewis, Shelly Lewis Siebert, and Betsy Lewis Wagner, 7 great grandchildren, her Schnauzer Abby, and many friends who will also miss her greatly.