Evelyn A. Deering, 78 of Mission Viejo, CA, died of natural causes Thursday, Oct. 21 in her home. Her Memorial Service is 10:00 AM, Friday Oct. 29, at O?Connor Mortuary in Laguna Hills, followed by an interment ceremony at El Toro Memorial Park.

Survivors include daughters Elizabeth Keith Glazer of Anchorage, AK and Kathryn George Bloomfield of Mission Viejo, CA, and one grandchild, Steven Martin Cylinda of Tokyo, Japan.

Evelyn was born in 1932 in MacIntosh, SD where she was raised and later moved to Kremlin, MT. She graduated from Kremlin High School in 1951. She went on to the College of Nursing in Havre, MT. After graduation she met and married Benedict J. Kraft in 1952 and later divorced in 1972.

Evelyn resided in Great Falls, MT, where she worked at Benefis Medical Center then called the Deaconess from 1968 to 1993. She was very active in ESA Sorority, the Easter Seals Telethon, numerous charities and enjoyed dancing, RV?ing and hiking.

In 2001 she moved to Mission Viejo, CA, where she enjoyed babysitting, volunteering at the senior center, boating, sightseeing, lots of sunny weather and time with friends and family. She was loved and will be missed by many.

She was preceded in death by her sister Kathleen Taffy Jones and her mother Florence E. Munyer.