Wendy Pfeifer Evans

Wendy Pfeifer Evans, 56, of Knoxville, Tenn., died Saturday at her home surrounded by her family following a four-year, 10-month courageous battle with inflammatory breast cancer.

Born Feb. 7, 1956, in Ellwood City, she was the daughter of Doris Hilliard Pfeifer of Portersville and the late Richard Ardelle Pfeifer.

A 1974 graduate of Slippery Rock High School, Wendy lived in Virginia Beach, Va., for 20 years where she worked for Priority Health Care and later received her bachelor’s in business administration from Virginia Wesleyan University in 1993.

Moving to Greeneville, Tenn., with her family in 2001, Wendy and her husband, Russell, worked with the Tennessee Baptist Children’s Home and were active members of the First Baptist Church of Greeneville. In 2006, the family moved to Knoxville where she worked with Sun Trust Bank prior to her illness, and she was a member of the Grace Baptist Church.

Even though the past four years and 10 months have been difficult, Wendy persevered. She had great faith in her Lord, loved her boys, enjoyed family vacations and had a passion for taking care of children. “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith,” 2 Timothy 4:7.

Surviving, in addition to her mother, are her husband of 16 years, Russell Alan Evans, and their sons, Seth Alan Evans and Simon Douglas Evans, all of Knoxville; her brother, Douglas Wayne Pfeifer of Portersville; her father-in-law and mother-in-law, Robert F. and Mary Helen Sharp Evans of Kingsport, Tenn.; a sister-in-law, Sharon Evans Ervin, her husband, Michael, and their children, Bradley, Shelby and Emily, all of Kingsport, Tenn.; and a brother-in-law, Michael Evans, his wife, Karen, and their daughters, Katie and Taylor, all of St. Augustine, Fla. Two aunts, Marjorie Hilliard Stephenson and Lois Hilliard Bauder; and three cousins, Tammy Bauder, Zane Stephenson and Lorraine Schumacher, also survive.

EVANS — Wendy Pfeifer Evans died Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012. A celebration of Wendy's life was at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Grace Baptist Church with the Revs. Michael Thomas and Larry Sharp officiating. The family received friends at the Grace Baptist Church. Committal services were at 11 a.m. today at the Oak Ridge Memorial Park.In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests memorial contributions to the Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Mary Brown Stevenson Scholarship Fund in memory of Wendy Evans, 10109 E. 79th St., Tulsa, Okla. 74133, or to the Grace Christian Academy, 5914 Beaver Ridge Road, Knoxville, Tenn. 37931-2705.Online condolences may be made to the Evans family at www.rosemortuary.com. Rose Mortuary Mann Heritage Chapel is in charge of arrangements.