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Evelyn “Evie” <I>Battey</I> Bushnell

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Evelyn “Evie” Battey Bushnell

Birth
Englewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA
Death
29 Jul 2013 (aged 96)
Schertz, Guadalupe County, Texas, USA
Burial
Pinehurst, Montgomery County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Evelyn B. Bushnell, known as "Evie" to her friends and "GeeMom" to her family, was born on August 11, 1916 in Englewood, New Jersey, and passed away on July 29, 2013 in Schertz, Texas, at the age of 96. She grew up in New Rochelle, New York graduated from Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, and attended design school in New York City.
Evelyn married Charles Stone Bushnell on March 15, 1941 and settled in Rochester, New York where they raised their three children. Upon retirement Evie and Chuck moved to The Woodlands, Texas. She was an Elder in Third Presbyterian Church in Rochester, as well as in the Woodlands Community Presbyterian Church. In honor of Chuck's memory, she sponsored and set up the library in the Woodlands Community Presbyterian Church.
Evelyn's life has been one of caretaking and service-service to her family, to the "Y," the church, Memorial Hermann Woodlands Hospital, and in her community. Her husband, Charles Stone Bushnell, Jr., and her son, Charles Stone Bushnell III, preceded her in death. Survivors include her daughters, Susan Bushnell Hinde and her husband, H. Steven Hinde, and Sarah Bushnell Tate and her husband, Thomas Greig Tate; 8 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and 9 step-great-grandchildren.
A Family Committal Service will be held at the Klein Memorial Gardens, at 10:00AM, on Tuesday, August 13, 2013. A Public Memorial Service will be held at the Woodlands Community Presbyterian Church, 4881 W. Panther Creek Drive, the Woodlands, Texas, at 2:00PM the same day. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Woodlands Community Presbyterian Church.
You are invited to sign the electronic guestbook at www.schertzfuneralhome.com.

Published in Houston Chronicle on August 11, 2013
Evelyn B. Bushnell, known as "Evie" to her friends and "GeeMom" to her family, was born on August 11, 1916 in Englewood, New Jersey, and passed away on July 29, 2013 in Schertz, Texas, at the age of 96. She grew up in New Rochelle, New York graduated from Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, and attended design school in New York City.
Evelyn married Charles Stone Bushnell on March 15, 1941 and settled in Rochester, New York where they raised their three children. Upon retirement Evie and Chuck moved to The Woodlands, Texas. She was an Elder in Third Presbyterian Church in Rochester, as well as in the Woodlands Community Presbyterian Church. In honor of Chuck's memory, she sponsored and set up the library in the Woodlands Community Presbyterian Church.
Evelyn's life has been one of caretaking and service-service to her family, to the "Y," the church, Memorial Hermann Woodlands Hospital, and in her community. Her husband, Charles Stone Bushnell, Jr., and her son, Charles Stone Bushnell III, preceded her in death. Survivors include her daughters, Susan Bushnell Hinde and her husband, H. Steven Hinde, and Sarah Bushnell Tate and her husband, Thomas Greig Tate; 8 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and 9 step-great-grandchildren.
A Family Committal Service will be held at the Klein Memorial Gardens, at 10:00AM, on Tuesday, August 13, 2013. A Public Memorial Service will be held at the Woodlands Community Presbyterian Church, 4881 W. Panther Creek Drive, the Woodlands, Texas, at 2:00PM the same day. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Woodlands Community Presbyterian Church.
You are invited to sign the electronic guestbook at www.schertzfuneralhome.com.

Published in Houston Chronicle on August 11, 2013


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  • Maintained by: Kay and Mike
  • Originally Created by: Elaine
  • Added: Aug 8, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115148503/evelyn-bushnell: accessed ), memorial page for Evelyn “Evie” Battey Bushnell (11 Aug 1916–29 Jul 2013), Find a Grave Memorial ID 115148503, citing Klein Memorial Park, Pinehurst, Montgomery County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Kay and Mike (contributor 46901741).