Ralph Lee Evans

Ralph Lee Evans of Levittown, PA, formerly of Easton, MD died on Friday, August 17, 2007. He was 76. Born May 7, 1931 in Cape Charles, VA., he was the son of the late Clarence Evans of Harborton, VA and the late Madeline McCready Chapman of Cape Charles. His grandparents, the late Lewis H. McCready and Ellen McCready, raised him. He was a journeyman meat cutter for the American Stores Co. until he enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard in November of 1951 for three years. He served aboard the Winterquarter Light Ship as an engineer. After his discharge, he returned to the American Stores Co. for a brief time. On April 23, 1955 he married Dorothy L. Marsh of Bayview, VA. They lived in Cape Charles, VA for 2 years before moving to Easton, MD. Where he was employed by Food Fair Markets as a journeyman meat cutter for 8 years until there was a union strike causing the store to close for 13 weeks. He then accepted an offer to work as the plant manager for Anderson Farms Scrapple and Sausage Co. in Chestertown, MD., where his family then resided. After two years with the company, he left and took a job with the A&P Tea Co. in Chestertown, MD., as a journeyman meat cutter. He worked in the Chestertown store until 1973 and was then transferred to the Easton, MD. store. He retired in 1993 from Super Fresh with a total of 42 and half years of service as a member of the UFCW Local #27 Union. He and his late wife Dorothy were members of St. Marks United Methodist Church in Easton, and they both enjoyed visiting residents of local nursing homes, hospitals, as well as those who were home bound. He also enjoyed woodcrafts and going crabbing with his wife and daughter in earlier years. Ralph is survived by his daughter Sandra M. Mott, her husband Donald of Levittown, PA, and two grandsons; Michael and Matthew Mott of Levittown, PA, his sister-in-law Lillian McCord who still resides at Genesis Eldercare the Pines in Easton, MD. He is also survived by his cousins Kendall Stevenson and family and Sonny Evans all of Virginia. After his wife died on September 20, 2003, he moved to Levittown, PA to be with his daughter and her family and made his home with them. The family are members of Christian Life Center in Bensalem, PA. He joined that church in 2005 and was received into the fellowship where he enjoyed the Word of God preached and lived. He enjoyed the fellowship of the men’s prayer breakfast as well each month. Ralph enjoyed the love of the congregation and the love they had for one another as well as the powerful preaching of the Word. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, August 23, 2007, at 1100 A.M. at Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home, P. A., Easton, where friends may call one hour prior to services. Burial will be at Spring Hill Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be sent to Christian Life Center in Bensalem, PA on behalf of Rockcreek Church in Illinois or to St. Marks United Methodist Church Scholarship Fund, 100 Peachblossom Road, Easton, MD 21601. Arrangements are by Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home, P. A., Easton.