Mary Evonne Siemer's Obituary
Mary ‘Evonne’ Toland Siemer went to meet Jesus on Christmas Day 2018 while at Methodist Hospice Residence. She was born December 25, 1934 in Woodland Mills, Tennessee. She was preceded by her husband G. Donald Siemer, who passed away on June 13, 2013, her parents Ernest Aubrey Toland and Annie Petty Toland, and brothers Aubrey Toland and Darris Toland. She is survived by great nieces Dawn Slominski (Omaha, Nebraska), Holly Allen (Nebraska) and great nephew Miles Ruch Jr. (Aurora, Nebraska) as well as 11 great great nieces and nephews. Evonne was a faithful Christian and member of Redeemer Baptist Fellowship (formally Cherokee Baptist Church) from 1965 to 2018 where she served in many areas including church clerk. She was a member of the Memphis Crime Stoppers, treasurer of the Memphis Optimist club, member of the Germantown Community Theater guild, Women Missionary Union member, Mid-South Baptist Association committee member, Memphis City Beautiful commission, Executive Women International of Memphis member, and she assisted in yearly graduation of the Police Academy. She was a graduate of Bethel College and held an MBA from Vanderbilt University. She was a high school teacher for 10 years then worked at United Way for an additional 10 years. Evonne worked at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital for 10 years as an executive assistant to the director until 1996. She had her own business doing fundraising for organizations. She may not have a lot of “blood family”, but she had a lot of family through her friends. Visitation will begin at 10 am at Redeemer Baptist Fellowship on Saturday, January 5, 2019 followed by funeral services at noon. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, any donations may be sent to Redeemer Baptist Fellowship or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.Arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery, 5668 Poplar Ave., Memphis TN 38119. (901) 767-8930. “Celebrating Life….Behind the Stone Wall.”
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