Eva Lillian Crolius
Eva Lillian Crolius was born on April 25, 1923 in David City, Nebraska to Leroy and Cordelia Sheldon. She was the only child born into this family. As a child Eva attended and was baptized in the Lutheran Church. She believed in God and had trusted Jesus as her Savior. She attended Millard High School and graduated as the Valedictorian in a class of eight students in 1941. She went on to Wesley College in Nebraska and received her teaching degree in one year. She also took classes at Colorado University in Boulder and received many certificates for the classes she completed. She was always eager to learn and was a life-long learner.
Eva taught Kindergarten through eighth grade in a one-room school house for several years. She met a young man named Webster Crolius (aka “Web”) and they were married on November 22, 1944. One child was born into this family, a daughter Carol. In 1950 Eva and her family moved to Colorado and bought a cabin in Evergreen. Eva went to work as the Check Supervisor for the Treasury Department and later worked for the Division of Wildlife before retiring from civil service. Eva had a good work ethic and was a very hard worker.
Eva has three grandchildren: Trudy, Lisa, and Shauna and eight great grandchildren: Robi, Liliana, Marvel, Rachel, Jonah, Austin, Abi, and Zach. She loved her family dearly and her life revolved around them. Her husband “Web” was a member of the Christian Science Church and throughout her life Eva merged some of his beliefs with her own walk with God. Her husband “Web” preceded Eva in death on February 6, 1958.
Eva’s family described her to me as a woman who loved God, was stubborn in her beliefs and political discussions. She had a big heart, an undying faith and love for her family and was very spontaneous throughout her life. She was a prayer warrior and often prophetic when it came to her family members. One time a man came in to rob her in her friend’s shop…she began to minister to him and pray for him…and he left without robbing her or hurting her! As you can tell she had an awesome relationship with God.
Eva loved to travel and went to Greece and Egypt (to name just a couple trips) and she even traveled with her walker as she got older and did not walk so well. She made friends world-wide and had a pen pal, Sylvia, from New Zealand for over sixty-five years! She was also an avid letter writer. Eva loved to drive in the mountains and because she was spontaneous in picking which way to go…she got lost more than once but had a great adventure to talk about when she got home.
She loved clothes, Christmas sweaters, and jewelry; especially Native American jewelry. She and her girlfriend would make trips to the reservations and handpick the jewelry they liked and then sell it in her friend’s shop and at gun shows. She also was a good artist and loved to paint. Eva was a member of the Red Hat Society and even served as President in her group.
As Eva looked back on her life she said she was “grateful to be a reflection of God for ninety-nine years. Those who knew and love Eva will miss her but she will not be forgotten!
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