Submitted by: Dan Rich

Evelyn Kelver

Jan. 1, 1929 - Feb. 2, 1994

South Bend Tribune 2/3/1994

OSCEOLA - Evelyn Kelver, 65, of 56656 Lake St., died at 12:43 p.m. Wednesday in St. Joseph Hospital, Mishawaka, after an illness. Mrs. Kelver was born Jan. 1, 1929, in Flint, Mich., and lived in Osceola since 1948, coming from Grand Blanc, Mich.

On July 25, 1948, in Grand Blanc, as Evelyn Rhoades, she married Cecil ``Bus'' Kelver. He survives, with two daughters, Kathy Floerkey of Summerville, Ala., and Wendy Sheets of Osceola; a son, Alan of Greensboro, Ga.; five grandchildren; four sisters, Pauline Hiler of Mishawaka, Dorothy Embury of Caboal, Mo., Phyllis Selesky of Scottsville, Ariz., and Bernice Rayburn of Grand Blanc; and two brothers, Ralph Rhoades of Flint and Dallas Rhoades of Okemos, Mich. A daughter, Tina Lynn, died in 1953. She was a member of Osceola United Methodist Church, Order of Eastern Star, Osceola Historical Society and past district officer of the United Methodist Women.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in the church. Burial will be in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday in Warner Funeral Home and one hour before services on Saturday in the church. Memorial contributions may be made to the Osceola Historical Society or the church.