Evaline P. Heap Obituary (1927 - 2020)

Evaline P. Heap, 92, of Le Roy, Illinois, passed away at 9:39 P.M. Thursday, January 2, 2020, at The Loft Nursing Home, Normal, Illinois. Visitation for Evaline will be held from 5:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M. Monday, January 6, 2020, at Calvert-Belangee-Bruce Funeral Home, Le Roy, Illinois. Her funeral service will be held at 10:00 A.M. Tuesday, January 7, 2020, at Living Hope Christian Church, Downs, Illinois. Burial will follow in East Lawn Memorial Gardens, Bloomington, Illinois. Memorial donations may be made to Living Hope Christian Church. Evaline was born April 17, 1927, in Bloomington, Illinois, to James Wayne and Helen V. Miller Phillips. She married Oren A. Heap on September 30, 1945, in Le Roy, Illinois. He passed away February 7, 1985. She is survived by her three sons, Richard (Billie) Heap of Morrow, Ohio, John (Candi) Heap of Clinton, Illinois, and James (Kimberly) Heap of Bloomington, Illinois; her two daughters, Mary (Daniel) Dawson of Heyworth, Illinois, and Betty (Gregory) Pilchard of Bloomington, Illinois; her nineteen grandchildren; her thirty-seven great-grandchildren; her two brothers, Craig (Eileen) Guthrie of Elkhorn, Wisconsin, and James Guthrie of Bloomingdale, Illinois; and her one daughter-in-law, Mary Heap of Clinton, Illinois. She was preceded in death by her son, Charles Heap, sister, Patricia Rauch and brother, David Guthrie. Evaline was a homemaker who loved caring for her grandchildren. She taught Sunday School and collected teddy bears. Evaline loved being outside in her garden. She was very creative and enjoyed all kinds of arts and crafts.