- Date Of Birth: September 23, 1920
- Date Of Death: December 17, 2020
- State: Idaho
Evelyn Helen Roth, 100, of Ridgefield, Washington, passed away December 2020, peacefully. She lived the last 22 months in Nampa, Idaho close to her daughter. Evelyn was born in New Rockford, North Dakota in September 1920 to Joe and Bertha. She was the second born of five children. Her oldest sister, Violet , passed away at 8 years of age of diphtheria. Evelyn’s dad had a threshing business and when people couldn’t pay for work done, and Violet passing away, it was time to leave. Joe’s sister invited them to move to Washington. In 1927, Joe and Bertha packed up their family in their Model T Ford and traveled to Enterprise, Washington just outside the Ridgefield area.
Evelyn’s dad, Joe, took on any work that could be found and the family lived on a farm raising most of their own food. Evelyn, now the oldest, was Dad’s “right hand man”. She milked the cows, fed the animals, and helped in the garden. It was a hard life but there was always time to play.
Evelyn spoke only German in their home. She went to first grade in North Dakota living in a German settlement. Now that she was in Washington she repeated first grade to help her learn English. She went to a one room schoolhouse for her elementary grades and Ridgefield High School is where she met her future husband, Sid Roth.
Evelyn attended Cascade College in Portland her first year of college. She stayed out a year to save money for NNC. The next year she went to Northwest Nazarene College majoring in Religion and graduated in 1944. When school was finished, she worked on planning her wedding. Sid and Evelyn were married on March 1, 1945. They had 68 years together full of children, laughter, and lots of memories.
