EVELYN DODGE
1923 - 2018
Obituary
Evelyn Carol Steiner Dodge, 94, passed
away at Kansas Christian Home on April 3, 2018. Evelyn was born on
Dec. 12, 1923, in Cyril, Oklahoma, to W.L. and Marie (Hornbaker)
Steiner. In 1941, she graduated Cyril High School.
She obtained her B.A. at Phillips
University in Enid, Oklahoma, then went on to complete her M.A. in
Christian Education at Texas Christian University. She worked as a
Bible teacher in Pulaski, Virginia, and Portland, Oregon.
On Aug. 25, 1955, she married Dale C.
Dodge in Cyril, Oklahoma. She went on to work as a missionary in
Hazel Green, Kentucky, while raising her two sons in Washington,
Iowa; Danville, Iowa; Mcalester, Oklahoma; and Guthrie, Oklahoma,
then proceeded with her career as a Christian Ed director at
Riverside Christian Church in Wichita. Evelyn was ordained at
Riverside and worked as a Chaplain of Kansas Christian Home, and
later volunteered as an interim until she retired. Evelyn loved
helping others and was a wonderful listener.
She is preceded in death by her
husband, Dale; her parents; her granddaughter, Torie Anne; her
sister, Hazel; and her brother, Arthur.
She is survived by her sons, Philip and
wife Cynthia Dodge of Dudor, Hungary, and Andrew Dodge of Wichita;
and her sisters Ruth of Cyril, Oklahoma, and Dorthea of Mt. Hood,
Oregon.
The family wanted to express their
thanks and appreciation to friends and extended family for their act
of kindness, prayers and other expressions of sympathy and love shown
at this time.
A memorial service will be held at 1:30
p.m. Saturday (April 14, 2018) at First Christian Church, Newton,
with burial happening at a later date.
Memorial contributions may be made to
Kansas Christian Home in care of Petersen Funeral Home.
