Evelyn Louise (Crouse) Price was born on June 4, 1934 to George and Duffy (Good) Crouse in Lobilia, West Virginia.
She exited this world on February 21, 2025 at 4:06 pm at Calvin Community in Des Moines and joyfully was reunited with her family members who were waiting at Heaven’s Gate to welcome her.
Evelyn was the oldest of five girls, so she was her dad’s assistant and definitely a daddy’s girl. Evelyn spent her childhood in Maryland and was the graduate of North Hartford County High School in June, 1952. After high school, Evelyn started nursing school but met the love of her life, James Price, and chose him over school. Evelyn met James on a blind date while he was stationed in the Army on the East Coast, and they married 6 months later on May 9, 1953. Their love was like the one you read about in books and strive to have. Evelyn followed James to Iowa, where they made their home for most of their 63-year marriage. To this marriage five children were born – Dale, Kay, Amy, Kelly, and Jay. Evelyn had the opportunity to be a stay-at-home mom until Jay started kindergarten, She began work at Twin Cedars Consolidated School District as a cook and remained there until her retirement. She was always a hard worker – from helping her dad on the farm, canning vegetables and fruit, to raising 200 chickens every summer while raising her children.
During the summers she would volunteer as a cook at Winsome Bible Camp in Chariton, Iowa. After her retirement, James and she enjoyed fishing, camping, visiting Rutledge Flea Market, and traveling via Amtrak. Evelyn was an amazing cook and was well known for her apple dumplings. Besides being a great cook, she was also an amazing seamstress; her sewing machine never accumulated dust until her Alzheimer’s Disease progressed.
She was a devoted Christian and loved like Jesus did.
Evelyn was preceded in death by her loving husband and best friend, James; her parents, George and Duffy Crouse; James’ parents, Lloyd and Mary (Chilcote) Price; her sister, Norma Matthews; her brothers-in-law, Carroll Hartlove and Paul Price; and her sisters-in-law, Wilma Allison and Connie Price. She is survived by her children, Dale (Carol) Price of Crete, Illinois; Kay Price of Coralville, IA; Amy Price of Adel, IA; Kelly (Susan) Price of Denver, CO; and Jay (Diana) Price of Wichita, KS. She is also survived by her sisters, Carol Lee Hartlove, Mary Marsh, and Georgie (John) Lucky, her brother-in-law John Price along with 10 grandchildren,11 great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be at 11:00 a.m., on Saturday, March 1, 2025 with the service following at 12:00 p.m., led by Pastor Andy Tuttle. Burial will be in Bluff Creek Cemetery where she will be laid to rest next to James.
Memorial gifts can be directed to Calvin Community (4210 Hickman Rd., Des Moines, IA 50310, Attn Administrator), where she has received excellent care since 2018, or Everystep Hospice at www.everystep.org under donation tab, who has provided end-of-life care.
