Vivian A Evans

Vivian Johnson Evans

Retired Library Administrator

Vivian A. (Johnson) Evans, age 101, of Hermitage, PA, passed away on Sunday, March 20, 2022, in Garden Way Senior Living Center.

She was born to the late Marion (Lee) Johnson and David B. Johnson in Sharon, PA on Dec. 17, 1920.

She was a member of Christ Lutheran Church.

Mrs. Evans graduated from Sharon High School in 1938 and was a cum laude

graduate of Youngstown State University where she majored in English

and was elected to membership in the Gould Society.  She received a Master

of Science in Library Science from Western Reserve University (now Case

Western Reserve University.)

In the early years of her career, after receiving a Secretarial Diploma

from the Shenango Valley Commercial Institute, she worked at the Wheatland

Tube Company, the office of Scientific Research and Development in Washington, D.C.,

and worked as a Secretary in the Power Engineering Department at Westinghouse.

She then became administrator of the Buhl-Henderson Community Library (now called the Community Library of the Shenango Valley) from which position she retired in April, 1984.

She enjoyed golf, bridge and reading, having belonged to a number of groups

involved in these activities.  She loved animals and enjoyed the companionship of

a number of beloved cats whom she had adopted as strays over many years. She was treasurer

of the Shenango Valley Humane Society from 1947 to 1974.

She was a member of the Sharon College Club and served as President in 1976.

She was a member of the Hermitage Woman's Club and the Mercer County League of Women

Voters, having served as a board member of both of these organizations.

Her husband, William T. Evans, whom she married in December of 1984, passed

away in December of 2010.  She is survived by four step-children, Suzy Evans and Richard Evans, Fort Worth, Texas, David Evans and his wife Brenda, Midland Michigan, Clifford Evans and wife, Ann, Marion, Ohio, three step-grandchildren, Michael David Evans, Cincinnati, Ohio,

Samantha Joanna Evans, Gilman, Illinois, Christopher Evans and his wife Jessica, Beal AFB, CA and step great-grandsons, William Thomas Evans and Daniel Lee Evans, also Beal AFB, CA

She also leaves cousins Margie Lee Petroski and her husband Ronald, Hermitage,

Ann Kotyk and her husband Michael, Sharon, and Connie Parsons Hall and her

husband Dan, Boswell, PA, and Larry Stadtmiller, Sedalia, MO.

She was also predeceased by her parents Mr. & Mrs. David Johnson

and a step daughter, Elizabeth Anna Evans.

There will be no visitation and a private funeral service will be held at the convenience of the family. Burial will be in Hillcrest Memorial Park.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Community Library of

the Shenango Valley, 11 N. Sharpsville Ave., Sharon, or the Buhl Park Foundation,

715 Hazen Road, Hermitage, or a charity of donor's choice.

Arrangements are being handled by the Harold W. Stevenson Funeral Home LLC, 264 E. State Street, Sharon, Pa. 16146. On-line condolences may be offered by visiting stevensonfuneralhome.net.