William M Evers

William M. Evers, age 74, of Butler passed away peacefully on Sunday April 14, 2019 while holding the hand of his beloved wife Cheryl of fifty-one years at Morristown Medical Center.

Bill was born in the Bronx, NY.  He and his family moved to Wayne, NJ when Bill was about five years old.  Growing up in Wayne, Bill attended Wayne High School and graduated with the class of 1963.  Upon graduating, he found work quickly at Bogue Electric in Paterson where he worked as an Expeditor.

Bill worked there for about two years when he heard the call to serve his country an enlisted in the NJ Army National Guard in 1965.  Bill was a career veteran and served our country in the US Army National Guard from 1965 until 1992. During his military career he attended the Sea Girt Military Academy where he earned the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in 1967 and continued working his way up the ranks and was promoted to the rank of Colonel in 1993 while being assigned to the US Army Reserve.  Bill ultimately retired from the military when he was sixty years old in 2005.

Bill was a member of the Military Officer’s Association, Northern NJ Chapter, where he was also the Chairman of the Membership Committee.  He was also a Master Mason of the Lessing-Passaic Masonic Lodge #67.  In 1974, Bill joined the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office in Morristown as a Detective/Sargeant.  Bill worked at the Prosecutor’s office for twenty years before retiring.

On September 23, 1967, Bill married his high school sweetheart Cheryl Cobell.  After getting married, the couple settled in Wayne where they welcomed their first child, their daughter Brittney.  In 1974, Bill and Cheryl moved to Butler where they then welcomed their second child, their son Doug.  The couple remained in Butler for the rest of their lives together and raised their family.  Bill and Cheryl cherished fifty-one years of loving and loyal marriage together.

Bill enjoyed collecting and working on antique Lionel Trains.  He was also fond of antique automobiles.  Two of his most prized possessions were his 1950 Ford F1 truck, and his 1962 Willy’s Pickup Truck.  He enjoyed going to car shows with his wife and his vehicles.  And over the years, Bill was awarded multiple trophies for his cars.

Bill was devout patriot to his country which he truly loved.  He was a fountain of knowledge when it came to history and loved to tell stories and explain history to people.  Once Bill got started telling his stories it was difficult to stop him.  Above all, Bill’s greatest passion was for his family, nothing meant more to Bill than providing for, and spending time with his wife, children, and grandchildren.  Bill touched the lives of many people and will be sincerely missed by everyone that knew him.

Bill is survived by his wife Cheryl Evers (nee Cobell) of Butler, one daughter Brittney Burnworth and her husband Terrill of Blacklick, OH, one son Doug Evers and his wife Tammy of Castalian Springs, TN, and four grandchildren; Maddox and Andrew Burnworth, and Mason and Sloane Evers.  He was predeceased by his mother Elsa Uhlmann and his father William Jacob Evers, both of Wayne.