Eva Mae Fields , July 17, 1921 — December 25, 2018

Eva Mae Fields (Silverton, Oregon, OR) July 17, 1921 December 25, 2018 Death notice, Obituaries, Necrology
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Birth date: July 17, 1921

Death date: December 25, 2018

Death place: Silverton, Oregon(OR), USA

Funeral Home: Unger Funeral Chapels

Eva Mae Fields July 17, 1921 – December 25, 2018 Send Flowers Sign Guestbook| Send Private Condolences| Send Sympathy Card Eva passed peacefully on Christmas Day, living 97 full and productive years. She was the second of four daughters of Otho and Anna Scott. Eva lived in Coeur d’Alene during the Great Depression, experienced many hardships, but always persevered.

By age five she was sewing on a treadle machine, the start of a lifelong profession. As a little girl she pumped gas at their family gas station and with her mother and sisters providing laundry service to the CCC boys. Eva was a hard worker, determined to find work wherever possible to provide for her family.

She worked several tough jobs, including at a turkey plant, sausage factory, and sheet metal work in the shipyards. She became a well-sought after, highly respected professional drapery specialist, acclaimed for her skilled styling and elegant, custom-made draperies. She made clothes for her children and many dresses, including formals for her granddaughters.

At 93, she could still sew a perfect seam! Eva was strong and self-reliant, living independently well into her 90s. She was selfless, constantly willing to share her time and skills.

Known for her sense of humor and youthful demeanor, she enjoyed cooking, gardening, sewing, crocheting, painting, coloring and traveling. Eva is survived by sisters, Evelyn Woods and Thelma Nickerson, daughter Barbara Dettwyler, 8 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, and 12 great, great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by husband Howard, sons Laverne and Carl, and sister Bertha Reitz.

Her family greatly appreciates her loving care at Heartwood Place in Woodburn, OR. Funeral to be held on January 2, 2019 at 1 p.m. at the Silverton United Methodist Church.

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death notice Eva Mae Fields July 17, 1921 — December 25, 2018

obituary notice Eva Mae Fields July 17, 1921 — December 25, 2018

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