Betty H. Eveler

Betty H. Eveler, 87, died on Sunday, August 27, 2017 at the Dallastown Nursing Center after a brief illness. She had been married 63 years to Atty. George L. Eveler Jr. when he died in 2014. She was the daughter of Theodore and Freda Frey Hilt of Windsor. Betty is survived by her children: Andrea Eveler Stanley and her husband Mark; George L. Eveler III and his wife Kristine; Dawn Persing and her husband Jay, and Jennifer Lloyd. She was preceded in death by her son, Bradley Eveler and son-in-law, Mark Lloyd. She deeply loved her seven grandchildren: Megan and Zachary Persing; Caitlin Stanley Burks and Grant Stanley; Benjamin Eveler, and Alexander and Morgan Lloyd. Betty is survived by her sisters: Madylin Shoemaker; Norva Junkins and her husband Donald, and Vada Himes. Betty was a graduate of Red Lion High School, and the York Hospital School of Nursing. She finished her nursing career at the York Hospital as an IV nurse. Betty was happiest with her hands in the dirt, planting or pruning flowers and shrubs at her Chanceford Township home overlooking the Susquehanna River, or at her home on Cudjoe Key, FL. Betty was a founding member of the Red Lion Green Thumb Garden Club. She was a Master Gardener and Master Judge, having been selected to judge the Philadelphia Flower Show. A celebration of life tribute service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, September 1, 2017 at Grace Lutheran Church, 220 N. Charles St., Red Lion with her pastor, The Rev. Courtney Erzkus officiating. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at Life Tributes by Olewiler & Heffner Funeral Chapel & Crematory, Inc., 35 Gotham Place, Red Lion on Thursday evening, August 31, 2017, and from 10 to 11 a.m. immediately prior to the service at the Church on Friday morning. Burial will be in Windsor Church of God Cemetery. To honor Betty, her children suggest you plant a tree this fall; plant hostas and daylilies in the spring, or simply take flowers to someone special in your life. Or, if so inclined, donations may be made in Betty’s memory to Grace Lutheran Church, or to the York County Bar Foundation (The George L. Eveler Jr. Family Fund) to provide legal services to the less fortunate.