Evelyn Irene Ryan, 90, passed peacefully in Tampa, Florida and entered Heaven, Tuesday June 6, 2023. Evelyn was born in Lapine Alabama January 10, 1933. She moved to Tampa, Florida in 1941. In 1953, she graduated from Hillsborough High School and married Sheldon Darley Ryan at the Buffalo Avenue Baptist Church where they met singing in the choir together. Evelyn was a charter member of the Hillsdale Baptist Church est. 1962. She was a devoted loving wife, kind and caring sister, aunt, mother, and grandmother who loved her family and her Lord and Savior dearly. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 62 years Sheldon Darley Ryan, father Ira Benjamin Duke and mother Lula Mae Mosley; and a niece, Alicia “Lisa” Diane Hamilton. She is survived by her son Tim; daughter Denise (Tom); sister Diane (Alan); grandchildren Sarah and Tommy. Visitation will take place on Friday, June 16, 2023 from 10am to 11am at Hillsdale Baptist Church, 6201 Ehrlich Road, Tampa, FL 33625. Funeral services will begin at 11am at the church with burial to follow at Myrtle Hill Memorial Park in Tampa, FL at 2pm. Arrangements under the direction of Gonzalez Funeral Home, Tampa, FL.
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