Evelyn Shirley Bishop

Evelyn Shirley Bishop (Dempsey) of Renton, WA has finished her long and satisfying life at the age of 84. She was born to Sherman and Susan Dempsey (Smith) in June of 1928 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada. Since neither parent was from Canada (her father was American and her mother from Scotland) she moved to the United States as a child of 7 years old and lived most of her childhood in Tenino, WA. She was the eldest of 8 children, preceded in death by 4 of them – Jack Dempsey (as a small child), Earl Dempsey, Jim Dempsey, and Jean Svok. She is survived by 3 of her siblings – Betty Lohr, Florence Smith, and Gordon Dempsey. Evelyn is also survived by many nieces and nephews.

About 2 years after graduating from Tenino Union High School, she married Adron Bishop on September 25th 1948 in a lovely wedding ceremony at the Violet Prairie Grange Hall in Tenino, WA. At the age of 24 she had her first daughter, Sandra. A few years later she had her second daughter, Diane. Sandra is married to Jim Hall who has 4 sons named Leonard, David, Don, Mark and 5 grandchildren, Alex, Colin, Isabel, Kyra and Sean. Diane is married to Brian Myers and has two children, Meredith and Keith. Meredith is married to Ricardo Necochea and Keith is engaged to Miriam Salmeron.

Evelyn enjoyed knitting and crocheting, most recently making caps for chemo patients at local hospitals. Also she and Meredith spent time working on several sewing projects together. She enjoyed playing Bunko once a month with a great group of gals, often winning the prize.

Evelyn was a good wife, mother, grandmother and friend even during tough times for her – like the passing of her beloved husband in August of 2003 and more recently, her brother and sister. But, it is true to say that she touched a lot of people’s hearts in her many years of life and she is worthy of being missed.

Our thanks to the caring staff at Talbot Rehab Center for all they did for Mom during her rehab stay.

A viewing will be held from 12:00pm to 7:00pm on Thursday, January 3rd at Greenwood Memorial Park. Her memorial and burial will start Friday, January 4th at 11: 00am 350 Monroe Ave NE, Renton WA 98056