Evelyn M. Devine

Evelyn M. Devine, 94 of Rochester, MN passed away on April 8, 2014 at Charter House.Memorial services will be at a later date. Evelyn Marcella Nawrocki was born on April 20, 1919 in Rochester, NY to Casimir and Magdalene (Gorzadzielski) Nawrocki.She graduated from the Highland Hospital School of Nursing in Rochester, NY and worked as a RN for Highland Hospital.On June 15, 1942, she married Kenneth Devine.The couple moved to Rochester, MN in 1943 where Evelyn worked as a private duty nurse and later was a housewife.In later years she returned to nursing at Assissi Heights.Upon retirement they spent 10 years traveling by boat on the Mississippi River, inter coastal waterway and the Great Lakes. Evelyn was a charter member of St. Mary's Hospital Auxiliary.She volunteered at St. Mary's and the used book store at the Public Library.She enjoyed reading, sewing and hand crafts. Survivors include her three daughters, Margaret Peggy (David) Mohrman of Duluth, MN; Irene Colvin of Rochester, MN and Kathleen Aug of Zumbrota, MN; her two sons, Daniel (Marlene) Devine of Savage, MN and Dr. Richard (Betty) Devine of Rochester, MN; ten grandchildren and seven great grandchildren and two sisters, Irene Lipinski of Penfield, NY and Dorothy Knapp of Ft. Meyers, FL.She was preceded in death by her parents and her spouse, Kenneth in 2003. Memorials can be directed to the donor's choice.