Virginia Ann Evans passed from this life on Saturday, July 3, 2021 in Enid, OK at the age of 66. A Celebration of Life will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 10, 2021 at the First Christian Church, Disciples of Christ. Services have been entrusted to the care of Palmer Marler Funeral Home.
Virginia was born October 1, 1954 to Robert Funk and Anna (Richardson) Funk in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
She graduated from Antlers High School with the class of 1972. She then attended Southeastern State Univ where she met Rick and graduated from Langston University with her bachelor’s degree in Education. She married Rick Evans March 12, 1973 in Durant, Oklahoma, from this union came two children, Jessica and Phillip. She made her career in teaching and taught at the junior high and high school levels in Sapulpa, Morrison, Stroud, and Broken Arrow. She absolutely loved to teach however more than anything she loved her children and grandchildren.
She is survived by her husband Rick Evans, of the home, two children Jessica Brooke and Husband Ozgur, of Oakville, Ontario, Canada, and Phillip Evans and wife Anna, of Cushing; and fi ve grandchildren, Sean and Ayden of Oakville and Gunner, Ethan, and Brooks of Cushing, her brother Robert Funk of Oklahoma City and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Memorials may be given in her honor to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
501 St. Jude Place
Memphis, TN 38105
Condolences may be shared with the family online at www.palmermarlerfh.com.
