April 15, 1932 – December 21, 2023
Evelyn Marie Stice, 91, of Kirksville, Missouri, passed away on Thursday, December 21, 2023, at 9:12 pm at Good Samaritan Rehabilitation Facility in Ottumwa, Iowa, following a recent surgery.
Evelyn was born on April 15, 1932, in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of Ernest and Eugenia Marr. She married Kenneth Eugene Stice on July 18, 1954, in Reading, Massachusetts. They celebrated 54 years of marriage until he passed away on December 26, 2008.
Evelyn is survived by three daughters; Marjorie Phillips of Ottumwa, Iowa, Patricia Goldizen of Chandler, Arizona, and Janet Stice of Portland, Oregon; one sister Ruth Swymer of Boston, Massachusetts; 5 grandchildren, Keith Phillips, Kevin Phillips (Amy), Melissa Sawatzky (Jeff) all of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Stephen Goldizen of Glendale, Arizona, Jason Goldizen (Tracy) of Rio Rancho, New Mexico; as well as 8 great-grandchildren and four east coast nieces and one nephew.
She was proceeded in death by her parents and brother-in-law John Swymer and nephew Kenneth Swymer.
Evelyn was a devoted wife, mother, grandma, sister, auntie and friend; and she loved with all of her heart!
Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Friday, December 29, 2023 at Travis-Noe Funeral Home in Kirksville, Missouri. Interment will follow in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Jacksonville, Missouri.
Public visitation will be held from 10:00 am until the start of the service on Friday, December 29, 2023 in the chapel of Travis-Noe Funeral Home.
Expressions of sympathy in memory of Evelyn Stice may be made to the Kirksville Public Library or the First Baptist Church in Kirksville and may be left at or mailed to Travis-Noe Funeral Home, P.O. Box 306, Kirksville, MO 63501.
