ELIZABETH SPANGLER EVANS

CAMDEN – Elizabeth Spangler Evans died Friday, April 4, 2008, in Camden, after a long and healthy life, beautifully lived. Betty Evans was born Elizabeth Anderson Spangler Nov. 7, 1911, in Bangor, the first child of Edward Webster Spangler and Lillian Fellows Spangler. Betty grew up in Bangor and spent her summers on her parents’ salt-water farm in Winterport. After graduation from Bangor High School, Betty attended Concord Academy, Concord, Mass., and went on to Wheaton College, Norton, Mass., graduating in 1933 with a Bachelor of Arts in botany. Betty’s early work was at Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory in the summers of 1932 through 1934, where she was the first female collector of marine specimens. She continued her love of the laboratory, visiting every summer and learning all the new happenings. Betty also worked for the Pathology Department of Columbia Medical School, until her marriage in 1938 to Theodore Evans of Lansdowne, Pa. Betty and Ted were married Dec. 28, 1938, and raised their three children in Media, Moylan and Wallingford, Pa. Betty was involved with Family Service of Delaware County, United Way, Girl Scouts of America, a Troop 131 leader for several years and she was an American Red Cross Gray Lady at the Philadelphia Veterans’ Hospital. Betty became a real estate sales woman for Margaret G. Pine Real Estate after her children were in high school. Ted and Betty retired early; he and Betty bought a VW camper in Germany and spent a year traveling through Europe. A few years later they took a trip around the world on a freighter. After these adventures they moved to Maine and built a home on Western Bay at Oak Point, from which they enjoyed worldwide travels until Ted’s death in 1983. Betty then moved to Camden, where she was active in bridge groups, the Monday Club and volunteering at Penobscot Bay Medical Center when she wasn’t off traveling. When the Highlands of Topsham was built, Betty moved there and was a resident for many years, moving back to Camden when Quarry Hill was established in 2002. Betty enjoyed music and was a subscriber to the Philadelphia Orchestra, Bangor Symphony Orchestra, Portland Symphony Orchestra and Bay Chamber Concerts through the years. She was an excellent bridge player, a fine knitter, a great cook, from scratch, enjoyed skiing, hiking and any and every social event. Ever the optimist, one of her favorite sayings was, “I had a good time, and so did you!” Betty leaves her sister, Mary Frances Spangler Eddy and husband, Robert, of Camden; and was predeceased by her sister, Juliet Spangler Kellogg, a year ago. Betty is survived by her three children, William “Bill” Fellows Evans and his wife, Sarah Crosby, of Waldoboro, Elizabeth “Betsy” Spangler Evans and her husband, Dick Cleveland, of Newcastle and Katherine “Kit” Carhart Evans Pfeiffer of Camden; numerous nieces and nephews; four grandchildren, Edward Webster Seidel and his wife, Lisa Katz, of Damariscotta, Charles Walter Seidel of San Francisco, Sarah Spangler Pfeiffer McCarthy and her husband, Mitchell McCarthy, of Bangor, Katherine Valenti Pfei-ffer and her husband, Anders Engstrom, of Copenhagen, Den-mark.; three great-grand-children, Theodore Louis Katz Seidel and Tobias Evan Katz Seidel of Damariscotta and Maisie McCarthy of Bangor. There will be a celebration of Betty’s life at a later date. Those who wish to contribute in Betty’s memory may make gifts to Fields Pond Audubon Center, 216 Fields Pond Road, Holden, ME 04429 or Bay Chamber Concerts, 58 Bay View St., Camden, ME 04843.