Evelyn Mae Crabtree Obituary

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Evelyn Mae Crabtree of Ankeny, Iowa, who passed away on October 9, 2025, at the age of 91, leaving to mourn family and friends. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.

As we bid Evelyn farewell, let us not mourn the absence of her physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of her spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Evelyn is not truly gone, but merely transformed, her energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.

She was predeceased by: her parents, Russell Nehring and Beulah Nehring; her husband Bill Crabtree; and her brother Elden. She is survived by: her children, Lynn Bork (Sia) of Des Moines, IA and Holly Tiernan (Brian) of Clear Lake, IA; her grandchildren, Benjamin Tiernan of Garner, IA and Angela Byrnes (Collin) of Osage, IA; and her former husband Larry Bork (Loretta).