Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Macy, Evaline M. (Potter) (Koutz) 2015
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Hastings Reminder, Oct 2015

Evaline M. Macy, age 86, of Hastings formerly of Lake Odessa, went to be with
her Lord on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015 at Pennock Hospital in Hastings.  Evaline
was born on April 8, 1929 in Lake Odessa to Arthur S. and Josephine (Heaven)
Potter.  She was a 1946 graduate of Lake Odessa High School then attended Marion
College.  In 1947, she married Rev. Leonard Koutz together they pastored
Needmore Church, Fulton, Beech Community (Il) and Peoples Bible Church, settling
as members of Hastings Baptist Church before Leonard’s passing in 1981.  The
Lord then blessed Evaline with a marriage to Rev. Vern Macy on September 13,
1986.  For a brief time they pastored in Michigan then spent 15 seasons in
Bibleville in Alamo, TX spending time with fellow pastors and helping to improve
life on the border by sharing their love of the Lord to the Spanish speaking
community.

Evaline enjoyed spending summers at Gull Lake since 1969 and helping with the
Ladies Day Week event.  As part of her ministry Evaline worked with Pioneer
Girls, Awana, and creating the Gramme and Me program.  Evaline also worked for
18 years at True Value Hardware in Hastings as a cashier.  She enjoyed
crocheting and produced at least 600 hats for anyone who needed one.  

The family would like to give a heartfelt thank you for the loving care that the
staff of Heartland Hospice and Woodland Meadows gave Evaline.

She will be lovingly missed by husband Rev. Vernon Macy; children, Michael
Koutz, Cheryl (Jimi) House, and Ronald (Glenda) Koutz.  Evaline was preceded in
death by her parents; first husband Rev. Leonard Koutz and son Timothy Koutz.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015 at the Hastings Baptist
Church.  Interment took place at Fuller Cemetery on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015. 
Memorials are suggested to the Hastings Baptist Church in Evaline’s name. 
Arrangements made by Koops Funeral Chapel.


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