Evelyn Sartor

Nellie “Evelyn” (Wood) Sartor, daughter of the late Carl Elmer and Ethel Evelyn (Wisdom) Wood, was born September 8, 1928, in Pittsburg, Kansas, and passed away October 9, 2020, at Cox Health in Springfield, Missouri. She was 92 years, 1 month, and 1 day of age.

When Evelyn was born, her brother, Joe, lovingly nicknamed her “Snooky”. The name stuck and she was known in her family by her nickname from then on. Evelyn graduated high school in Pittsburg, Kansas. She married Homer McClellan and one child, Marilyn was born to this union. When Homer passed away, Evelyn married Andy Sartor and they made their home in Vanzant, Missouri.

Evelyn was a homemaker and greatly enjoyed buying new furniture and redecorating her home. In her spare time, she enjoyed camping with Andy throughout Missouri and Arkansas. She greatly loved spending time with family and friends.

Besides her parents and her first husband, Evelyn was preceded in death by eleven siblings, Dean, Carl, Alice, Alpha Mae, Lee, Lonzo, George, Juanita, Harold, Quincy, and Joe, and a special niece, Nancy Jo Thomas.

She is survived by her husband of their home, Andy Sartor, her daughter, Marilyn Brooks and her husband, Brian, her granddaughter, Amber, two siblings, James and Ethel, step-children, Beverly Halliday and her husband, Mike, Gerald Sartor and his wife, Mary, Don Sartor and his wife, Beth, Missy McIntosh and her husband, Mark, numerous step-grandchildren and great-grandchildren, a special great-great niece, DeeDee Bloomer, and other family, friends, and neighbors who will dearly miss her.