Evelyn Estelle (Dodson) Bahn

Evelyn Estelle Dodson Bahn passed from this life May 30, 2016, She was born on September 24, 1923, she had lived in Cape Girardeau for more than 60 years. She had been an active and outgoing resident of Saxony Village for the past decade. She now rests in peace with Jesus. Faith in Jesus Christ was clearly of vital importance to her. She was a member of First Baptist Church for many years, and then of First General Baptist Church more recently. She was the daughter of G.R. Dodson, a Baptist minister and Leone Owens. She sang in the choir, taught Sunday School, and served on a number of church committees and circles. She was also active in civic and social clubs and provided a list of 17 such memberships from teaching associations to garden club, and Motel associations to service organizations. "Lynne" was a driving force in the family. She encouraged, urged, cheered-on, and continually sought to see the Sands motel and other family business endeavors succeed. She did not give up easily, and after her husband, Louis William, died she sold Sands Motel, which they had started in 1953, seeing it grow through the years from the ground up. She was also a teacher - having been thrust into even administrative responsibilities in Lutesville, Missouri, when during WW II, she served as a principal, actually signing the high school diploma for one of her younger brothers. She taught in Illinois and southeast Missouri for a number of years, and would regularly have former students express their love and appreciation to her in the later years of her life. She is survived by a son, David Bahn, and his wife Diane in Cypress, Texas, and a daughter, Carolyn Suzanne Bahn Hancock, and her husband Stanley in Sheridan, Arkansas, eight grandchildren, and nine great grandchildren. One of nine children, she is also survived by three brothers, George Dodson, Schuyler Dodson, Maures Dodson, and a sister, Joyce Ann Trower. She was preceded in death by her husband, Louis William Bahn, two daughters, Kathryn Bahn, and Barbara Lorhmann. A memorial service will be Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Funeral Home with Pastor Sam Ramdial officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Burial will follow at Lormier Cemetery. Memorials may be given to the Lutheran Home Hospice or American Cancer Society.

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Evelyn Estelle (Dodson) Bahn

September 24, 1923 - May 30, 2016