Evelyn French

Evelyn French ROCK HILL, SC - Evelyn Leeds French, 95, of Westminster Towers, Rock Hill, SC, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on March 11, 2017. She was born on March 9, 1922, in Springlake, New Jersey. Evelyn graduated from Moorestown Friends School, Moorestown, NJ in 1940. She received her BS in Food & Nutrition at Maryville College, Maryville, Tennessee in 1944. She received an A.D.A. (American Dietetic Association) membership from University of Maryland in 1945. She studied in Institutional Management at Columbia University from 1947-1952. Evelyn worked for 25 years in airline catering for American Airlines and Marriott Corporation and retired in 1984. Evelyn moved to Charlotte in 1991 and became an active member of Christ Covenant Church in Matthews, NC. She moved to Westminster Towers in Rock Hill, SC in 2003 and joined Westminster Presbyterian Church. Evelyn's hobbies were traveling, reading, music, volunteering. She traveled extensively for pleasure and visiting missionaries. Evelyn was preceded in death by her father, Joseph R. French, her mother, Helen H. French and her brother, J. Russell French. She is survived by her sister-in-law, Mary French, two nephews, Dr. Donald R. French, D.O. and David French, two nieces, Lois Hennessy and Mary Ellen Nogami. Survived also by her family in Christ, Tim and Barbie Kusserow and children David, Beth and Hannah. Memorial service will be held on Friday, March 24, at 3:00pm in Heritage Hall of Westminster Towers, 1330 India Hook Road, Rock Hill, South Carolina 29732. Memorial gifts should be given to Westminster Towers Endowment Fund.