1935
Evelyn
2014
Evelyn Phelps
August 6, 1935 — June 21, 2014
Evelyn R. Bender Phelps, 78, Mandan, died June 21, 2014 at Sanford Continuing Care Center in Mandan after a courageous battle with lung cancer.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 am on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 at Weigel Funeral Home, Mandan, ND with Msgr Gene Lindemann officiating. Inurnment will take place at a later date.
Visitation will be held Tuesday, June 24, 2014 from 4:00-8:00 pm at Weigel Funeral Home. Visitation will continue at the funeral home one hour prior to the service on Wednesday.
Evelyn was born August 6, 1935 into a family of 12 brothers and sisters south of St. Anthony, ND to George and Emma (Stein) Bender. She attended school in St. Anthony graduating on May 26, 1950.
After graduating, Evelyn worked as a nanny for 6 years in Mandan. She moved to Bismarck and began working for St. Alexius Medical Center as a kitchen aide. During that time she met her future husband, Albert, and moved to Altus, Oklahoma where they were married and began their family. They moved back to Mandan in 1962 where she started working for the Townhouse Motor Inn, currently the Kelly Inn.
For the next ten years, she was a homemaker before returning to the workforce. In 1972 she was employed by the State Capitol as an elevator operator. She went up and down for many years where she enjoyed greeting people before her retirement in 1996. Evelyn and her family were very musically talented. She loved listening and dancing to music, including country, jazz, rock-n-roll and ELVIS!
Blessed to have shared Evelyn’s life are her daughters, Janice Phelps, Bismarck and Laura (Chuck) Swiftbird, Bismarck; grandchildren, Nicholas (Mindy) Phelps, Bismarck, Casey Phelps, Bismarck and Jackie Swiftbird, Bismarck; step-grandchildren, Isereal Swiftbird, Bismarck and Isaac Swiftbird, Whispering Pines, NC; sister, Delores Scott, Miles City, MT; brothers, Clarence (Millie) Bender, Billings, MT, Kenneth (Wynetta) Bender, Billings, MT and sister, Nettie (Dennis) Braun, Mandan and daughter-in-law, Juanita Phelps, Oklahoma City, OK; sisters-in-law, Cecilia Bender, Isabel Bender, Vangie Bender and Margie Bender.
Evelyn was preceded in death by her daughter, Victoria Ann Phelps; son, Michael DuWayne Phelps; grandson, Tobias Michael Phelps; daughter-in-law, Beverly Marie Christianson Phelps; her parents, George and Emma Bender; brothers, Leonard (Annie) Bender, Leo Bender, Urban Bender, Vernon Bender and Gary Bender; sisters, Paulette Bender, Irene (Eugene) Schantz, Stella (Otto) Eisenbarth and Phyllis (Marvin) Burkes.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 am on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 at Weigel Funeral Home, Mandan, ND with Msgr Gene Lindemann officiating. Inurnment will take place at a later date.
Visitation will be held Tuesday, June 24, 2014 from 4:00-8:00 pm at Weigel Funeral Home. Visitation will continue at the funeral home one hour prior to the service on Wednesday.
Evelyn was born August 6, 1935 into a family of 12 brothers and sisters south of St. Anthony, ND to George and Emma (Stein) Bender. She attended school in St. Anthony graduating on May 26, 1950.
After graduating, Evelyn worked as a nanny for 6 years in Mandan. She moved to Bismarck and began working for St. Alexius Medical Center as a kitchen aide. During that time she met her future husband, Albert, and moved to Altus, Oklahoma where they were married and began their family. They moved back to Mandan in 1962 where she started working for the Townhouse Motor Inn, currently the Kelly Inn.
For the next ten years, she was a homemaker before returning to the workforce. In 1972 she was employed by the State Capitol as an elevator operator. She went up and down for many years where she enjoyed greeting people before her retirement in 1996. Evelyn and her family were very musically talented. She loved listening and dancing to music, including country, jazz, rock-n-roll and ELVIS!
Blessed to have shared Evelyn’s life are her daughters, Janice Phelps, Bismarck and Laura (Chuck) Swiftbird, Bismarck; grandchildren, Nicholas (Mindy) Phelps, Bismarck, Casey Phelps, Bismarck and Jackie Swiftbird, Bismarck; step-grandchildren, Isereal Swiftbird, Bismarck and Isaac Swiftbird, Whispering Pines, NC; sister, Delores Scott, Miles City, MT; brothers, Clarence (Millie) Bender, Billings, MT, Kenneth (Wynetta) Bender, Billings, MT and sister, Nettie (Dennis) Braun, Mandan and daughter-in-law, Juanita Phelps, Oklahoma City, OK; sisters-in-law, Cecilia Bender, Isabel Bender, Vangie Bender and Margie Bender.
Evelyn was preceded in death by her daughter, Victoria Ann Phelps; son, Michael DuWayne Phelps; grandson, Tobias Michael Phelps; daughter-in-law, Beverly Marie Christianson Phelps; her parents, George and Emma Bender; brothers, Leonard (Annie) Bender, Leo Bender, Urban Bender, Vernon Bender and Gary Bender; sisters, Paulette Bender, Irene (Eugene) Schantz, Stella (Otto) Eisenbarth and Phyllis (Marvin) Burkes.
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