Evelyn Traylor - Obituary

velyn L. Traylor, 92, of Davidsonville, died on July 12, 2011 at Rutherford Manor Assisted Living Home in Davidsonville. She was born in 1919 in Enosburg Falls, VT and graduated from Enosburg Falls High School in 1935. She then received a certificate from Becker Business College. Evelyn worked as a legal secretary in St. Albans, VT, and for the U.S. State Department from 1942-47 as a World War II "government girl". In 1945, she attended a conference with the U.S. delegation in San Francisco, CA for the creation of the United Nations. She was also employed with the U.S. Department of Labor from 1966-85. Evelyn was a 30-year attendee of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church in Cottage City, a volunteer in the Girl Scouts of America for over 10 years - as a Brownie leader, and as a teacher of basketry and other crafts made of natural materials and was active in the Young at Heart senior citizens club for over 20 years. She was an expert seamstress, doll-maker, and baker. Because of her initials, claimed to be the original "ET" Evelyn was predeceased by her husband of 62 years, George E. Traylor, Jr., whom she married in Buffalo, NY in 1943. She is survived by one daughter, Jane M. Hauser and her husband, John Hauser of Upper Marlboro; two granddaughters, Eleanor Cossa and Leanne Hauser; she is also survived by a host of nieces, nephews, grand-nieces, grand-nephews and friends. Friends are invited to Evelyn's Life Celebration at the George P. Kalas Funeral Home, 2973 Solomons Island Rd., Edgewater, MD on Saturday, July 23 from 10:00AM until her funeral service begins at 11:00AM. Interment Lakemont Memorial Gardens.