- Date Of Birth: November 6, 1932
- Date Of Death: March 21, 2020
- State: Michigan
Bernardine I. (Butczynski) Evan, age 87, of Sawyer, Michigan, died peacefully Saturday, March 21, 2020 in the comfort of her family’s presence.
She was born November 6, 1932 in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, the oldest of five children of Bernard and Helen Butczynski, Sr. She married Joseph Francis Evan in 1950 in Holy Transfiguration Ukrainian Catholic Church in Nantcoke, Pennsylvania. After thirty-six years of marriage, he preceded her in death in 1986.
Bernardine is survived by six daughters, Kathleen (Bill) Lowe, Mary Evan, Monica (Wendell) Adair, Jane Frances Evan, Beth Ann Evan, Lisa Evan; grandson, Bradley Evan; sister, Lorraine Stewart; brothers, Leonard “Lenny” (Lucille) Butczynski, Dick (Mary) Butczynski; and a host of nieces and nephews. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by an infant son, Joseph Evan, Jr., her parents, her brother and sister-in-law, Bernard “Buddy” and Genevieve Butczynski, Jr., and her brother-in- law, F. Alan Stewart.