Evelyn Shuffield

Evelyn L. Shuffield passed to her home in heaven on Wednesday, October 10, 2018.

Evelyn L. Foster was born on the ranch at Alzada, MT on June 30, 1922 to Merle and Alice (Morgan) Foster. She attended Five Mile School during her elementary school years and graduated from Belle Fourche High School in 1941. She furthered her education at Black Hills Normal and then went to work in a defense plant in California during the war years. She married Edward Shuffield on June 22, 1946 at Broadus, MT. For the first few years of their marriage, they made their home in the Capital, MT area, until moving back to Alzada. It was there that she and Eddie raised three children and she served as Postmaster for 27 years. In 1983, they moved to Belle Fourche because of health concerns for Eddie.

After Eddie passed away in 1987, Evelyn moved to Spearfish, where she enjoyed being near family and friends and being able to volunteer at Fort Meade. In 1990, she was awarded the State Volunteer Award for the Women's VFW Auxiliary at Fort Meade for a 1,000 hours of volunteer service. Many days you could find her at auction sales or visiting and helping friends before she moved back to Belle Fourche in 2012. She helped daily, assisting and giving care to the "elderly." Evelyn had many friends and family that loved her, and she enjoyed spending time with them. If you wanted to see her smile, you just had to mention her grandchildren.

Evelyn is survived by her son, Gary (Viola) Shuffield of Belle Fourche and daughter Mary (Ed) Lawrence of Alzada; four grandchildren, Brad (Crystal) Shuffield of Rapid City, Sheri Wall of Belle Fourche, Nancy (Doug) Thorson of Quinn and Justin (Kelcie) Lawrence of Alzada; nine great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; her niece, Judee Wilson of Belle Fourche and nephew, Jack Foster of Florida.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Eddie; her son, Larry; her parents, Merle and Alice Foster; her two grandson-in-laws, Wade Schnabel and DeWayne Wall and her brother and sister-in-law, Merton and Joyce Foster.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the charity of your choice.

A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, October 25, 2018 at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis.

Arrangements are under the care of Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapels and Crematory Service of Spearfish. Online condolences may be written at http://www.fidler-isburgfuneralchapels.com.