Evelyn Jane Barreca
May 2, 1920 - June 17, 2009
Obituary
Evelyn J. Barreca entered this life May 2, 1920. She entered eternal life on June 17, 2009. A Vigil Service will be held Friday, June 26, 2009 at 7:00 PM at Bonney-Watson Parker Chapel. Refreshments will be served at 6:00 PM. A Mass of the Resurrection and Reception to celebrate her life will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Saturday, June 27th, 2009 at St. Francis of Assisi, 15236 21st Ave SW, Burien, Washington, followed by burial at Gethsemane Cemetery, 37600 Pacific Highway S., Federal Way., WA 98003
Evelyn Jane Jones was born to Daniel and Matilda Jones, the seventh of seven children in Eagle Valley just outside of Richland, Oregon. She moved to Portland and became a ‘Rosie the Riveter’ after WWII started, but soon enlisted in the Coast Guard and was stationed in Florida where she met her husband Joseph A. Barreca. They became engaged on New Years’ Day, 1944 and were married in Missouri on March 2, 1946. The couple moved to Seattle later that year and she attended Seattle Pacific while Joseph completed law school at UW.
They moved from Holy Family to St. Francis in 1958 and were faithful members of that parish for Forty-five years until 2002 when they moved to DayStar Retirement Home in White Center and returned to Holy Family. Evelyn was a member of St Michael’s Circle at St. Francis for many years and has many good friends there still.
She is survived by her husband of sixty-three years, Joseph A. Barreca and her children, Joe Jr. Cheryl, John Marilyn, Jeff Kathy Kroening, Anita Roger Ellison, Marc Leigh, Jeannette Bill Yake, and Rosalie Tom Howarth and her grandchildren, Bina Joe Brock, April, Emily, Nick, Bjorn Ellison Ethel, and great-grandchildren, Iliana and Lenora Ellison and Ovid Duke Brock. She also leaves behind a sister, Ruth Young, and many, many nieces and nephews.
Evelyn was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. She wanted everyone to remember that there is a God in heaven, who loves us. She shared her love of flowers, animals, rocks and all of nature with her children. She cherished her memories of growing up on a farm in Eagle Valley and we will cherish our memories of her. You may view a photojournal of her life at: http://home.comcast.net/~yake/Evelyn%20Barreca%20HTML/data/index.html.
Donations in her name can be sent to Group Health Hospice: Group Health Foundation, Dept. 4194, P.O. Box 34936, Seattle, WA 98124
Please send floral arrangements to Bonney-Watson Parker Chapel 900 SW 146th Street Burien, WA 98166 Phone: 206-244-2320.
Dear Evelyn By Sol Birulin
Dear Evelyn.
My Evelyn.
I want to hold you in my arms.
I want to press you close to me.
I want to touch and feel your charms
Now tantalizing me.
Dear Evelyn.
My Evelyn.
I love you more than you may know.
I love you more than you may care.
I want to kiss your lips, your brow,
Your cheeks, your golden hair.
Dear Evelyn.
My Evelyn.
The very thought of you inspires
My loving heart to cry and shout,
And to proclaim my love`s desires
Without restraint and doubt.
Dear Evelyn.
My Evelyn.
If ever true love loved as much
It could not love as I love you.
I love you very, very much,
More than you`ll want me to.
Dear Evelyn.
My Evelyn.
My thoughts are whirling in my head.
There is no more that I can say.
Let me just add – I am so glad
I said what I just had to say.
It was with great sadness when my Dad told me that Mrs. Barreca had passed away last week. You are all in my thoughts and prayers during this time; but find comfort in knowing she will be with you all always.
~ Michele Goodman goddaughter and daughter of Len Faucher.
A good and Great Lady. A true wife who loved and was loved by all who knew her. Heaven has been improved.
I’m so sorry to hear about your loss, Joe and your family’s loss, though I have not met any of them. Evelyn was a kind woman and looks kindly upon her family still.
My love and blessings to your mom and to you and your family ~ ultimately there is no separation.
Dear Jeannette and family, while we hadn’t met your mother, we know that she must have been a wonderful woman to have a daughter like Jeannette. Our thoughts and prayers go out to you all, and we are just down the road if you need anything.
Love, Tim, Terry, and Natalie Mei.