Winifred Louise Evans Van Cleave

Winifred Louise Evans Van Cleave transitioned peacefully from this life on Mothers Day, May 14, 2017, at Brookdale The Heights, a senior assisted living and Alzheimers care facility in Houston, Texas. She is survived by her three children: Kent (Fran), Kathy V.C. Parris (Dan), and Lorna V.C. Joyce (Mark); her sister Katharine Evans Smith; her two grandchildren: Evan Joyce and Athena Van Cleave; numerous nieces and nephews and their families; and her beloved adopted family of care-takers at Brookdale The Heights. She was preceded by her husband, Philip F. Van Cleave (Chief Naturalist and Acting Superintendent at Carlsbad Caverns National Park); her two brothers, Arthur C. Evans, Jr., and F. Bowen Evans; her grandson Daniel Lane Van Cleave; her niece Elizabeth Dutton Smith; and her dear friend Jay Nolan Murphy.