Evelyn Anne Stevenson, May 29, 1929 — February 06, 2019

Evelyn Anne Stevenson had lived nearly 90 years when she passed peacefully on February 6th, 2019. Born in Philadelphia May 29th, 1929 just before the Great Depression, she moved to Washington, D.C as a teenager with her parents, Ed and Violet Mohler. Evelyn worked on Capitol Hill and later met her husband Ray.

They shared 52 years together until his passing in 2001, making Maryland their home in Silver Spring, Gaithersburg and Worton. Both were only children, and are survived by their only child James, Granddaughters Kimberly and Shannon, and Great-Granddaughter Brynn. Evelyn was an artist.

She always drew, painted, knitted, photographed and created objects from wood and fabric. At age 15, she won a national drawing contest. Her art was signed simply as “Eve”, sometimes within the outline of an apple.

Her works adorned family birthday and holiday cards, decorated Christmas trees, hung on the walls and were shared for many other occasions. Art extended to food, and its presentation for family gatherings. Elaborately decorated cakes were plentiful.

Evelyn loved to be outdoors, cultivating plants and flowers in the yard while communing with the deer, rabbits, geese, fox, and groundhogs that shared her property. Elephants and ladybugs were her favorite creatures, featured prominently in her art and belongings. An Episcopalian by faith, Evelyn taught Sunday school as a young adult.

She appreciated history and was a member of Chestertown’s New Yarmouth chapter of Questers, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the study, conservation and preservation of historical objects. She also enjoyed sailing, bowling and won a women’s division golf trophy at an event in 1973. Evelyn and Ray traveled throughout the country, often to Florida, and abroad to Japan, Mexico, Canada, the Caribbean and several stops in Europe.

Every day presented new experiences which Evelyn wanted to save in some manner for their artistic qualities, to remember the interest they sparked in her, and to share that joy with others.

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