Sept.
28, 1926 - April 7, 2010MISHAWAKA - Evelyon Irene (Carr) McClain, 83, of Mishawaka, passed away on April 7th in the Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born on September 28, 1926, in Cordova, AL, to John Milford Carr and Bertha Clarke Carr. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Inez Carr Hooten and Virginia Carr Hanus. Evelyon is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, John and Kathleen McClain of Osceola; her brother and sister-in-law, John and Stella Carr of Birmingham AL; her grandchildren, Daniel McClain and Kelly McClain of Osceola; and two nephews, John Michael Carr (Birmingham, AL) and Jerry Crawford (Hueytown, AL). She spent most of her adult life in Cleveland, Ohio. She worked as a Cleveland public school crossing guard for a number of years and later as a nurse's aide at St. Augustine Manor in Cleveland. She moved to Birmingham after retirement to be closer to her brother and sister-in-law. There she was a member of Beachwood Baptist Church in Mt. Olive, AL. She moved back to Cleveland after awhile and then, later, she moved to Mishawaka in 2005 to be closer to her son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren. Most recently she lived at the 100 Center Apartment Complex in Mishawaka where she had a number of friends. Visitation will be in the Hahn Funeral Home, 505 W. 8th St., Mishawaka, on Friday, April 9th, from noon to 2 p.m. Services will also be in the Hahn Funeral Home on Friday at 2 p.m. Her final resting place will be at Fairview Cemetery in Mishawaka. To leave the family an online condolence, please visit our website at www.hahnfuneralhomes.com.