Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Bower, Evelyn M. (Andrews) (Cummins) 2002
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 2002

Evelyn M. (Cummins) Bower, 79, of Lake Odessa, left our loving arms to be with 
Jesus on Nov. 3, 2002 after suffering a long battle with cancer.  Evelyn was 
born on Nov. 14, 1922 in Edmore, to George and Ila (Frost) Andrews.  She had 
retired from Fisher Body in Lansing on Feb. 1, 1981 after 30 years of service.  
Evelyn had been a devoted friend and caretaker to many people and found great 
joy in being the “neighborhood grandma.”

She was preceded in death by her children’s father, H.E. Cummins; her sister, 
Ruth King; and her brother, Alva Andrews.

Evelyn is survived by LaVon Bower, her loving husband and stepfather to her 
children for 35 years.  She will be missed by her son, H.E. (Janet) Cummins Jr. 
of Mulliken; her daughters, Patricia Walkington of Lake Odessa, Mary (Kenneth) 
Harrington of Lake Odessa, Valorie J. (Danny) Echtinaw of Nashville and Gay 
Federau of Woodland; 13 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; her special in-
laws, Maynard and Dorothy Bower of Lake Odessa and Vic and Vickey Bower of 
Colorado; and many other special relatives and friends. 

“God looked around his garden and found an empty space.  He looked down upon 
the Earth and saw your tired face.  He put his arms around you and lifted you 
to rest.  God’s garden must be beautiful for he only takes the best.  He knew 
that you were weary and he knew that you were in pain.  He knew that you would 
never be well on Earth again.  He saw the road was getting rough and the hills 
were hard to climb.  So he closed your weary eyelids and whispered, “You are 
mine.’”

Visitation was on Tuesday evening at the Koops Funeral Chapel.  The funeral 
service will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday at Koops Funeral Chapel.  As a more 
lasting memorial, the family would appreciate memorial contributions to be made 
to the Ionia Area Hospice.


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