Althea Spangler Evarts

Althea Spangler Evarts, a long time resident of the Peninsula, died on June 10, 2001 in Seattle. She was 93. Born in Oakland in 1907, she moved to South San Francisco in 1916, when her father, Martin Luper Spangler joined the new E.H. Edwards Wire Rope Company as mechanical engineer. Martin and Myra, along with their children, Raymond (d. 1997), Althea and Edna (d. Feb. 2001), moved into a new home on Eucalyptus Ave. in South San Francisco. Althea attended local schools in So. San Francisco, went on to San Mateo Junior College, and then University of California, Berkeley, where she received a B.A. degree in Fine Arts in 1929. In 1932, she married Palmer H. Evarts (d. 1978) who owned San Bruno Realty and Insurance. They raised their family in San Bruno, where their three sons attended school. All three graduated from Capuchino High School, and went on to campuses of the University of California. Bob Evarts died in 1975 and Jack Evarts in 1996. Althea is survived by her son Don, who resides in Newport Beach, CA with his wife, Karen. Grandchildren include Eric and Chris Evarts, who live with their families in the Boston and Washington, D.C. areas respectively, and Genevieve, Graham, and Kitty Evarts, who are working/attending university in San Francisco, Chicago and Washington, D.C. Althea is survived by a daughter-in-law, Lanny Evarts of Boston, a sister-in-law, Nita Spangler of Redwood City and leaves two nephews, Jon Spangler of Alameda and Thor Spangler of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and a niece, Mary Spangler of Redwood City. Althea was active in many school and community-related activities and organizations in the San Bruno, Millbrae, Burlingame and South San Francisco area. She was a member of local Christian Science Churches, the Burlingame Music Club, and she served in many school-related groups, including the Boy Scouts.