Evans
Lore Antonia Marie Evans died peacefully in the arms of her Lord Jesus on Aug. 17, 2018 at Brightmoor Nursing Center, Salisbury, N.C. where she had been a beloved and well cared for resident since Aug. 2014.
She was born in Kehl am Rhine Germany Jan. 7, 1923 to Eduard and Maria Josephine Guttenstein (nee Sroka). While working for the American Army as a secretary in 1945 she met and married CWO Joseph J. Hennessey. Joe brought Lore and their two children to America in June of 1952 but soon after Joe was sent for a tour of duty in Korea. In 1956 after returning to the USA Joe moved Lore and their now four children to Dover to work at the AirMod at DAFB. A 5th child was born to them in Milford. Lore and Joe divorced in 1969.
Lore met and married her second husband Frederick Hoover Evans, a Waterman, in 1972 and they lived at Tilghman Island, Md. and later moved to Arizona where Hoover died in 1986. Lore moved back to Dover until 1990 when she went back to live in her home town in Germany for a few years before returning to Dover again for a few years and eventually moved to North Carolina.
In addition to her parents and her two husbands she was predeceased by a set of twins in 1950 and two sons, Mark Hennessey of Mocksville, N.C. and John J. Hennessey of Smyrna; and by a grandson, David Edward Pritchett of Felton.
Lore is survived by a sister, Gisa Wetzel and two nieces in Germany, daughter, Rose (Bobby) Pritchett of Felton; sons, James J. (Siglinda) Hennessey of Clemmons, N.C. and Brian (Marsha) Hennessey of Ripley, Miss.; two daughters-in-law, Deborah Hennessey of Mocksville, N.C. and Joyce Hennessey of Smyrna; along with two step children, Ken Evans of Tennessee and Robin Evans of Maryland; and fourteen grandchildren: Robert and Marvin Pritchett of Felton, Michael Hennessey of Arizona, Joshua and Christopher Hennessey of Maryland, Stephan, Christopher, Mark and Jeremy Hennessey of North Carolina, Lindsey and Leslie Hennessey of Smyrna, Michael Millman of Seaford and Richard Millman of Japan; as well as five great grandchildren: Patricia Erickson of Dover, David T. and Samantha Pritchett of Felton, and two Millman great grandchildren of Seaford.
Graveside services will be held at Mt. Olive Cemetery Sandtown on Sept. 8, 2018 at 11 a.m. Monsignor Daniel McGlynn of The Church of the Holy Cross Church, 631 S. State St., Dover, DE 19901 will preside over the services. Donations to Holy Cross Church in Dover or Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 375 Lumen Christi Lane, Salisbury, N.C. 28147 can be made in Lore's name.
Online condolences may be made via www.pippinfuneralhome.com