Sonja Jean Whitehead Everts

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Sonja Jean Whitehead Everts, 74, dearly loved wife and mother, went to be with the Lord peacefully at her home on Friday, Feb. 22, 2013.

She was born on May 2, 1938 in Elkhart to George Grover and Evelyn (Eger) Whitehead.

She graduated from Elkhart High School in 1956, received her Bachelor's Degree from Ball State University, and her Master's in Education from Saint Francis College.

She was a member of the Alpha Chi Omega Sorority and taught at Muncie and North Webster elementary schools for several years.

She married David L. Everts on Aug. 14, 1960, and he survives.

Also surviving are two daughters, Jama (Stacy) Hostetler and Krista (Ross) Dahlstrom, both of Coatesville; one son, Chad (Carley) Everts of Indianapolis; nine grandchildren, Mischon Dahlstrom, Heidi (Ryan) Meyer (Ryan), Brian Shear, Trent (Whitney) Dahlstrom, Brayden (Fran) Dahlstrom), Griffen Dahlstrom, Samuel Everts, Lilli Everts and Henry Evert; four great-grandchildren; and a sister, Shelbie (Carl) Hemphill of Zephyrhills, Fla.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Sharon Whitehead, and a brother, Randall Whitehead.

Along with being a devoted wife, mother and grandmother, she enjoyed scrapbooking, decorating and playing the piano. She loved supporting her grandchildren in their sporting and school activities and was their biggest fan. She will be very much missed until we see her again one day in heaven.

Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday, March 1 at Bittles and Hurt Funeral Home, 602 E. Washington St., Greencastle, IN. Interment will follow at Forest Hill Cemetery.

The family will receive friends on Friday from 11 a.m. until time of services at the funeral home.