She was born January 19, 1933, in Aleppo, a daughter of the late John M. and Mona Voorheis Finch.
Donna was a 1951 graduate of Waynesburg High School.
She was a homemaker, but also worked as a waitress, a clerk typist for ALCOA in Pittsburgh, and for several years as the Transportation Coordinator for Community Action Southwest.
Donna enjoyed reading and studying her Bible and teaching Sunday School.
She most loved her husband, children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and raising 37 foster children. She was mom to many, several of whom were of no relation, but God’s children all.
On October 3, 1986, she married Harold Victor Evans, who survives.
Also surviving are her son, Robert A. (Joyce) Berdine of Rices Landing, five step-children, Shannon (Dan) Rush of Waynesburg, Linda (Rick) King of Jefferson, Thomas R. King of Waynesburg, Lloyd (Kathy) Evans of Canton, OH, and Connie (Mark) DeNicola of Knoxville, TN; and daughters, Tammy Murdock and Lisa Murdock both of Waynesburg; grandchildren, Thomas Berdine Fromal, Winona Berdine, Shawna (Jess) Ray, Mellissa (Carl) Walker, Matthew King, Marcus King, Beverly Ankrom, Elise DeNicola, Ronda Evans Williams, William Curlin, Mindy Curlin Abell, Theresa Curlin LeRoy, and Stephanie Carver; several, great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
Deceased are a son, John William Berdine, stepdaughter, Viola Evans, and two sisters, Merle Elizabeth Fox, and Irene Swartz; and four brothers, William Albert Finch, John “Jack” Finch Jr., Charles Raymond Finch, and Roger Lewis Finch.
The family would like to thank the staff of Waynesburg Health and Rehabilitation and Via Quest Hospice for their wonderful care and compassion they gave to their wife, mother, and grandmother.
Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, June 20, 2019, in the Behm Funeral Home, 1477 Jefferson Road, Jefferson, PA 15344, Gregory P. Rohanna, supervisor. Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday June 21, 2109, in the Greene Valley Church of God, 558 Crucible Road, Rices Landing, PA 15357, with the Rev. Jeff Hathaway, Rev. Paul M. “Mike” Hampton, and Rev. Frank Menhart officiating. Interment will be in Centennial Cemetery, Aleppo, and is private. In lieu of flowers, please make contributions to missions at Greene Valley Church of God, a passion of Donna's. Condolences may be expressed online at www.behm-funeralhomes.com
