Betty I. Evans Koerner BANGOR Betty I. Evans Koerner, 92, passed away peacefully on March 17, 2018, while a resident of the Slate Belt Rehabilitation Center. Betty was one of 10 children of the late George and Hattie (Dillard) Tucker from East Bangor. She was well known in East Bangor as the owner-operator of Evans Economy Store along with her husband, Jesse Evans Jr., before they retired and moved to Pinellas Park, FL.
Her heart and home were always open to any family member needing temporary or longer housing, making meal time a joyous and entertaining event. No one ever left hungry! She was an active participant of the social life at the Golden Gate Retirement Community in Pinellas Park, FL, where she was an expert shuffleboard player and a passionate card player.
In addition to her parents and first husband of 54 years, Jesse Evans Jr., her passing was preceded by her second husband, Fred Koerner, her son, Jesse Evans III, brothers, Albert, Charles, Richard, Paul, Robert, Jack, Sidney and Thomas Tucker, as well as her sister, Alice Featherman. Betty is survived by her sons, Robert and Pam Evans, Zephyrhills FL; Thomas and Joanne Evans, Stuarts Draft, VA; Craig and Denyse Evans, Pen Argyl, PA, and her daughter, Susan Evans Oster, Kansas City, MO; nine grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild, and multiple nieces and nephews, especially her special nieces, Jane Tucker, Bangor, PA, and Anne Handelong, Saylorsburg, PA.
A gravesite service will be held at the East Bangor Cemetery on June 23, 2018. In lieu of flowers, donations are requested to be sent to the Alzheimer's Association in honor of Jesse Evans Jr. or the ALS Association in honor of Jesse Evans III. Lanterman & Allen Funeral Home, Inc. 27 Washington Street East Stroudsburg, PA 18301 (570) 421-8383
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