Evelyn M. Blank

April 11, 1942 - July 29, 2015

Evelyn Marie Blank, 73, of Covel, passed away on Wednesday, July 29, 2015 in a Beckley hospital. Born April 11, 1942 in Oklahoma, she was the daughter of the late James Franklin Stewart and Ollie Marie Mills. She was a 1960 graduate of Selma Union Senior High School, California. Following high school, Evelyn lived in Circle Pines, Minnesota, Mesa, Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and resided in Covel, WV where she found the church she had been searching for her whole life which is known as Intercontinental Church of God. In her leisure she enjoyed sewing, crafts, and canning her vegetables. In addition to her parents she is also preceded in death by her daughter, Lonetta Marie Hoffman; one granddaughter, Candy Bruzek; one sister, Virginia Stewart; and one brother, Richard Jefferson Stewart. Those left to cherish her memory include her husband, David Paul Blank of Covel; three daughters, Sandra Denise Haugen and her husband, Ron of Covel, Suzette Schliemann of Minnesota, and Kari Appenzeller and her husband, Erik of Minnesota; one son, Myron A. Schliemann, Jr. of Minnesota; 12 grandchildren, David Johnson, Tatiana Appenzeller, Anthony Bruzek, Ashley Bruzek, Jacob Voeltner, Charity Hughes, Alisha Olson, Michael Olson, Aaron Kehoe, Vincent Schliemann all of Minnesota, Kimberly Grace Ketterman of Virginia, and Joseph Bruzek of Covel; and one sister, Petty Sue Wheeler of Maine. Graveside service and burial will be 2:00 P.M., Sunday, August 2, 2015 at Sunset Memorial Park, Beckley with Pastor Kelly Pierson of the Intercontinental Church of God officiating. Visitation will be 1:30 P.M. to 2:00 P.M. at the cemetery. Those wishing to attend the graveside are asked to meet at the cemetery. Pallbearers will be Joseph Bruzek, Jacob Voeltner, Myron Schliemann, Jr., Richard Ketterman, Daniel Schultheis, III and Ron Haugen. Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.tankersleyfh.com The family of Evelyn Blank is being cared for by Tankersley Funeral Home, Mullens.