Evalou Dillin

August 8, 1930 - April 7, 2016

Funeral services for EVALOU DILLIN, 85, will be held at 11am Thursday, April 14, 2016 at North Hills Baptist Church in Lingle, Wyoming with Pastor David Anderson officiating. Burial will be in the Valley View Cemetery in Torrington, Wyoming. Ev died on April 7, 2016 at Community Hospital. Memorials may be given to North Hills Baptist Church. Visitation will be Wednesday from 4:30pm to 7pm at the funeral home and the casket will be closed at the service. Arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends may send condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com. Ev was born August 8, 1930 in Friend, Nebraska the daughter of Ben and Bess (Radford) Dillin. She graduated high school in Friend and with a passion for physical education she graduated from Taylor University in 1953. She received her Masters Degree at Michigan State and did work on her doctorate at New York University. Always open for new challenges she embarked on several other pursuits after retiring from teaching. Including working for the home shopping network, starting businesses like Gem City Gutter Cutters, a wind shield repair business, and a hydro-seeding business. She was an accomplished athlete, winning numerous racquetball championships. She loved new adventures like climbing the Grand Teton with a few friends later in life. To her family and friends she was an endless source of wise counsel and spiritual wisdom, because her life was marked by a passionate pursuit of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. She loved her only sister with steadfast devotion right up to the time Darleen died three weeks ago. Ev is survived by her nephews Steven Ronne of Cody, Wyoming and David and Debbie Ronne of Dacula, Georgia; great nieces and nephews Chelsey (Aaron) Steinberg, Darcy Ronne, Caitlin Ronne, Taylor Ronne, and Morgan Ronne; and great-great nieces and nephews Adalyn Wilson, Kaden Steinberg, and Callum Steinberg. She was preceded in death by her parents; and her sister Darleen Maxwell.