Evelyn M. Walters

EVELYN MARIE WALTERS – ST. JOSEPH- Evelyn Marie Walters, 91, of St. Joseph, passed from this life and entered eternity with her Savior on Sunday, May 10, 2009 at Caretel Inns. A “Celebration of Life” service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at Trinity Lutheran Church, 619 Market, St. Joseph, MI. A visitation will be held on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m at Starks & Menchinger Family Funeral Home, 2650 Niles Road, St. Joseph. Those wishing to share a memory or sign the guestbook online may do so at www.starks-menchinger.com. Memorial donations may be made to Trinity Lutheran Church or Lory’s Place. Evelyn was born on August 27, 1917 to Henry and Marie (Frobel) Kasischke in Detroit, Michigan. At age five, she moved with her family to St. Joseph. She attended Trinity Lutheran School and graduated from St. Joseph High School in 1935. She worked for the Michigan Bell Telephone Company as a supervisor before becoming a fulltime mother and homemaker. She married Fred Walters of St. Joseph on August 22, 1939, and they enjoyed 44 years of marriage. Evelyn enjoyed gardening, sewing, reading, doing crossword puzzles, playing scrabble, and especially attending the high school athletic events and activities of her grandchildren. Evelyn is survived by three children, sons, James (Mary) Walters of St. Petersburg, Pennsylvania, and Gene (Elsa) Walters of Glastonbury, Connecticut, and a daughter, Gayle (Bruce) De Schaaf of St. Joseph. She is also survived by a sister, Lois Karsten of St. Joseph, nine grandchildren, six great grandchildren, one great-great grandchild and many nephews and nieces. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, her sister, Adeline Kasischke, and her brother, Henry Kasischke.