CARTHAGE – Evelyn Lucille Lindsey Reu, 94, of Sterling, formerly of Carthage, passed away at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, at Good Samaritan Center – Prophets Riverview in Prophetstown.

Evelyn was born July 26, 1918, in East St. Louis, the daughter of Caleb Edgar Lindsey and Hallena (Grammar) Lindsey. She graduated from Granite City Community High School in 1937, and then attended business school in St. Louis. She worked as a secretary in a Granite City insurance office.

She married Melvin Thompson Reu on July 4, 1942, in Granite City. In 1943, Melvin and Evelyn moved to Wheaton. In 1946, they returned to Melvin’s hometown of Carthage, where they raised their family and lived until Melvin’s death in 1994.