Evelyn Faye Lowry, age 84, of Springfield, MO, passed away Monday, November 29, 2010 at Woodland Manor. She was born August 28, 1926, in Mount Vernon, IL., to William and Mildred (Massey) Chamness.
Evelyn was a member of the Grant Avenue Freewill Baptist Church and a devoted Sunday School Teacher for over 20 years. She was also an avid gardener and lively conversationalist.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Claude Melvin Lowry, and by a grandson, Flint Colter Martin and her brother Wendell Chamness.
She is survived by three daughters; Jill Martin and her husband Jerry L. Martin, Springfield, Nancy Jo Welcome, Tucson, Az., Holly Amber Lowry-Richardson, Springfield, her son; Frederick Wayne Welcome, and his wife Suzanne, Ozark, and a sister Bernadine Thomas, Thayer, Mo.
Funeral services will be held at noon on Wednesday, December 1, 2010, in Greenlawn Funeral Home North, Springfield, with Rev. Dale Skiles officiating.
Visitation will be an hour before services at 11:00 a.m. to service time. Burial will follow at Missouri Veterans Cemetery.