Anna Evans

Anna Katherine (Nuss) Evans, 95, of Wayne, formerly of Paterson and Clifton, passed away peacefully on April 12, 2023. The youngest of three children, Anna was born to William and Katherine (Werthmann) Nuss on May 28, 1927 in Brooklyn, NY. She graduated from East New York Vocational High School in 1945. Anna was the beloved wife of the late Howard F. Evans, whom she married on September 28, 1946.

From 1946 to 1948, Anna worked as a Construction News Reporter for F.W. Dodge, a division of McGraw-Hill, before leaving to raise a family. She returned to F.W. Dodge eighteen years later in 1966 once her youngest child reached school age and worked there until she retired in 1993. Anna proudly called herself an “A.C.E” reporter, a play on her initials. It wasn’t until later in life that she learned her middle initial was the letter K, not C.

For many years, Anna spent almost every Wednesday night bowling at Parkway Lanes in Elmwood Park. She was part of a league with her husband and her father, who drove all the way from Staten Island to bowl with her. She also loved watching the New York Mets, scratching lottery tickets, playing the slot machines in Atlantic City, going to bingo, playing cards (and beating everyone at rummy well into her 90s), listening to Frank Sinatra, and enjoying a French Cruller with coffee. Anna had many pets throughout her life and was especially fond of miniature schnauzers, Siamese cats, and most recently, her rescue cat named “Kitty Cat” whom she affectionately referred to as “my girl.”

Anna is survived by her four children: Noreen Evans, Janice Rapp and fiancé Edward Petrosky, Eric Evans and wife Emily Evans, Todd Evans and wife Patricia Evans; her eight grandchildren: Kenneth Gayda Jr., Laura Villanueva and husband Joseph Villanueva, Lisa Gayda, Erica Evans and husband James Schleppenbach, Jason Evans and wife Kristin Evans, Ariana Evans, Christopher Evans and fiancée Nathaly Cabrera, Kristina Rappaport and husband Jason Rappaport; and one great grandson, Vincent Evans. She is predeceased by her brothers, William and Arthur Nuss.

 In lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy in Anna’s name are asked to consider:

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Memorial Processing

501 St. Jude Place

Memphis, TN 38105-9959