The Hendee Family Tree

Bessie Evelyn Knisley

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Additional Names

Additional Names Name
Stage/Pen Name B. Evelyn Hendee

Parents

Father Date of Birth Mother Date of Birth
Thomas C. Knisley 06 May 1901 Bessie Mae Burton 20 Feb 1899

Partners

Partner Date of Birth Children
Robert Stanley Hendee 12 Mar 1918 Robert Lee Hendee

Person Events

Event Type Date Place Description
Birth 10 Nov 1923 Lynchburg, Highland County, Ohio, United States
Marriage 11 Dec 1949 Wilmington MM, Clinton, Ohio, United States
Death 16 May 2019 Wilmington, Clinton, Ohio Y
Burial Martinsville (Clinton), Clinton, Ohio, United States of America

Notes

Obituary:
Evelyn Hendee, 95, of Wilmington, passed away Thursday, May 16, 2019.

Her husband, Robert S. Hendee, preceded her in death on April 16, 2000. They were married December 11, 1949.

Mrs. Hendee was born November 10, 1923 in Lynchburg, daughter of the late Thomas and Bessie Knisley. She was a graduate of Wilmington College.

Mrs. Hendee was a retired music teacher, having taught at Greeneview and Martinsville schools. She was a member of the Wilmington Church of Christ where she played the organ for many years. She was also extremely active in numerous community organizationsover the years.

Survivors include her daughter-in-law, Anna L. Hendee; four grandchildren, Robert Hendee Jr., Thomas Hendee, Brian (Kristina) Hendee, and Rachel Hendee; and six great-grandchildren, William Hendee, Robbie Hendee, Ethan Hendee, Arika Hendee, Desiree Williams, and Areonia Russo.

In addition to her husband and parents, a son, Robert Lee Hendee, and a sister, Jean Zurface, are preceded in death.

The family will receive friends from 10 a.m.-noon Wednesday, May 22 at the Wilmington Church of Christ, 909 W. Locust St., Wilmington. A funeral service at the church will follow at noon. Burial will be in Martinsville I.O.O.F. Cemetery.

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