Evelyn Vaverka Engelking

© Enid News and Eagle

11-12-2018

Submitted by: Glenn

© Enid News and Eagle

December 24, 1932 - November 11, 2018

Evelyn Vaverka Engelking passed away Sunday, November 11, 2018.

She was born December 24, 1932, to Lidmill E. and Stella Houska Vaverka in Hennessey, Oklahoma. She received her early education at Center View School and graduated from Hennessey High School with the class of 1950.

She continued on to college, receiving a degree from Oklahoma A&M College, now known as OSU.

She married Rae A. Engelking on August 25, 1952. They had four children, Rae, Teresa Cobb, Ernest and Frank. They established their home on a farm in Kay County.

Evelyn was the first woman to serve on the Kay County Conservation Board and was Treasurer. She also served on the Kay County Floodplain Management Board, serving as President.

Evelyn adored her grandchildren and loved spending time with them.

Evelyn was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Rae Sr.

She is survived by her children, Rae Jr. and wife Darlene; Teresa Cobb and husband Russell; Ernest and wife Sandy; and Frank and his wife Jackie; her grandchildren, Richard Cobb and wife Jill; Teri Bruner and husband Christopher; Ryan Cobb; Jacob and Alayna Engelking; Jared Engelking; Clay Morgan and wife Beth; and Kelly Kelley and husband Justin; great-grandkids, Kaylee, Aubry, Brinley Cobb, Aiden, Karsten, Jett Bruner, Colton Cobb, Cooper Engelking, Piper, Colson Morgan, and Kathryn Kelley; and her sisters, Wilma Fuxa, Dolores Green and Janice Hampton.

The Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary service is 6:00 p.m. Thursday evening, November 15, 2018, at the Trout Funeral Home Chapel in Ponca City.

Mass of Christian Burial is 10:00 a.m. Friday, November 16, 2018, at Saint Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church in Newkirk, Oklahoma. Following the ceremony, Evelyn will be laid to rest next to her husband in Newkirk Cemetery. Friends and loved ones may pay their respects until 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 14, 2018, at Trout Funeral Home.

Pall bearers are: Richard Cobb, Teri Bruner, Clay and Beth Morgan, and Jacob and Jared Engelking.

Honorary pall bearers are: Jill Cobb, Christopher Bruner, Kelly and Justin Kelley, Ryan Cobb, and Alayna Engelking.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Saint Francis Catholic Church to help add park benches to the playground area, at St. Francis Catholic Church, P.O. Box 11, Newkirk, OK 74647.

Services are under the direction of Trout Funeral Home and Crematory, Ponca City.

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