Anne Lee Evans

March 26, 1929 - December 2, 2020

Anne Evans, former long time resident of Bartlesville ,Oklahoma, and Whitefish Bay , Wisconsin, passed away peacefully on December 2 , 2020 at St Simeon’ s Episcopal Senior Community in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Anne was born March 26 1929 in Buffalo, New York and grew up in New Canaan, Connecticut and New York City. Anne attended St Margaret’s School in Waterbury Connecticut. Her parents were Charles Edgar Lee and Claire Johnson of Glen Cove , New York. Anne was well known and very active in all of the communities in which she lived , volunteering in numerous church, school and community care activities. Anne’s husband, Father Robert Evans passed away in March, 2013 at St Simeons. Despite Bob’s notable career as a senior geologist with Shell Oil Company in Houston , Amarillo , and Oklahoma City, Anne and Bob changed direction and moved to Nashotah , Wisconsin, where Bob studied the Episcopal priesthood for three years at Nashotah Theological Seminary with their four children, graduating in 1965 , followed by nearly 50 years of church assignments in Lindsay and Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Whitefish Bay Wisconsin, and finally in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. Anne and Bob were cherished by their parishioners and communities for their personal engagement with the community Anne is survived by a large family, who cherished her inimitable humour , frank conversation, succinct advice, and what could be characterized as constructive impatience. Her children are Kenneth Manderson, Philip Lee, Katherine Anne, and Thomas Sibley. Her grandchildren are Peter Bridges Evans, Samuel Britton Evans, Kenneth Mackenzie Evans , Ceilidh Lee Evans, Benjamin Thomas Rickards , Claire Britton Hinson, Jonathan Miller Evans Katherine Frances Evans ; her great grandchildren are Olivia Reese Evans, William Bridges Evans, Grace Madeline Evans, Andrew Robert Evans, Rebecca Jeanne Evans, August James Rickards , Lawrence Thomas Rickards, and Thea Anne Hinson Arrangements for a Memorial service are still under consideration due to the current COVID constraints "Please send no flowers, if you would like to celebrate Anne and Bob's life, please contribute to the St Simeons Foundation in Tulsa, Oklahoma"