Rev. Douglas Paul Evett

April 17, 1938-Aug. 24, 2012

Rev. Douglas Paul Evett, age 74, died Friday, August 24, 2012 at home in Ypsilanti Township after a long illness. Doug was the rector of St. Clare's Episcopal Church in Ann Arbor from 1972-2001. He was instrumental in establishing Genesis of Ann Arbor.
Born in Greeley, Colorado on April 17, 1938, he was the second of four children to Paul and Mary Louise Evett. He grew up in Mt. Pleasant where his father was an english professor at Central Michigan University and his mother was the librarian at Mt. Pleasant High School. He sang in the famous Boys Choir at St. John's Episcopal Church and graduated from Mt. Pleasant High School in 1956. He received a B.A. from the University of the South in Sewanee, TN in 1960. He met his first wife, Deborah Wilson, while at Sewanee, and they were married in 1960. Doug then attended the Episcopal Theological Seminary in Cambridge, MA, graduating with a Masters in Divinity in 1962.
Doug's first clerical assignment was at St. James Episcopal Church, Pentwater, MI in 1962. From 1965 to 1972, he was the assistant rector at Grace Episcopal Church in Grand Rapids, MI. In 1972, the Evett family moved to Ann Arbor where Doug served as the second rector of St. Clare of Assisi's Episcopal Church until 2001. Doug felt that his greatest accomplishment during his 27 year tenure at St. Clare's was the creation of Genesis of Ann Arbor in 1975, which allows St. Clare's and Temple Beth Emeth to share their building and grounds on Packard Road. Doug married Emily Meuleman in 2003, and they resided in Ypsilanti Township.
Other than his family, Doug's great loves included fly-fishing, reading everything, the Detroit Tigers, the Michigan Football team, Civil War history, and the dry martini.
Doug is survived by his wife, Emily; brother, Stuart (Hope) Evett of Boise, Idaho; sister, Paula (David) Shirley of Mt. Pleasant; four children, Matt Evett of Ann Arbor, Peter Evett of Dallas, and Sarah Rothleder and Anne Bartolomeo both of Fairfax, Va. He is also survived by two step-children, Brady Worden of Ypsilanti and Sarah Roth of Chicago, as well as six grandchildren and four step-grandchildren; also surviving is his former wife, Deborah Evett of Ann Arbor.
A Memorial Service will be held at St. Clare's at 1 p.m. on Friday, September 7. Doug's ashes will be interred at St. Francis's Chapel on the grounds of the church at a later date. Donations may be made to either the Douglas Evett Memorial Fund at St. Clare's Episcopal Church
www.saintclareschurch.org
2277 Packard Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48104 or to The Civil War Trust
www.civilwar.org