Mrs. Evelyn Ann Stanford, better known as “Evie” age 81, of Winfield passed away on Tuesday, November 26, 2024 in the Northwest Medical Center. Evie was born in Chicago, Illinois on December 6, 1942 to Aloysius Thomas and Anna Frances Bogusz Guzowski. She attended Mount Pisgah United Methodist Church and was a graduate of Schurz High School in Chicago, Illinois. Evie spent much of her life as a seamstress and sewed for many years with Jan’s Fabric. In her spare time, she enjoyed cooking, baking, playing scrabble, doing crossword puzzles, listening to music, and spending time with her grandchildren.

Evie is survived by her daughter, Cindy Crump (Robbie), grandchildren, Erica Krell (Dan), Hannah Crump, Katie Hallman (Wesley), and Allie Thorn (Seth), her great grandchildren, Anna Sellers, Everly Hallman, Grayer Hallman, Raylan Davis, Brock Thorn, and Elijah Thorn, her brothers, Kenneth Guzowski (Darlene), Christopher Guzowski (Linda), her sister, Annette Ambrus (Jeff), nieces and nephews, Dawn Puckhaber, Amy Topor, Julie Bayer, Kurt Guzowski, Christopher Guzowski, Kimberly Bruton, Pamela Lundberg, Greg Guzowski, Erik Ambrus, and Dana Ambrus.

Evie was preceded in death by her husband, Carl “Bud” Stanford and her parents.

Funeral services for Evie will be held on Tuesday, December 3, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. from the Bowen Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in the Goldmine Church of Christ Cemetery. The visitation will be held on Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. service time at the funeral home.

Bowen Funeral Home serving the Stanford family.