William Evans

William “Bill” Evans, 82, passed away on Sunday, February 19, 2023 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset. He was born on February 22, 1940 in Pottsville, PA, the son of the late Evan and Ruth Evans. Bill lived in St. Clair, PA as an infant and then moved to Bound Brook, NJ where he grew up. He graduated from Bound Brook High School where he was a member of the wrestling team. He then served his country honorably in the United States Army. Shortly after his marriage and the birth of his first two children, Bill and his family moved to Manville, NJ, and have resided there for over fifty years. Bill worked in many different professions, spending the longest as a warehouse supervisor for ChemMark – a textile chemical company – in Middlesex, NJ. He finished his career working in the archives department at Johnson & Johnson in Raritan, NJ. Bill was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and uncle. He was an avid bowler and a member and past president of the Somerset Hunterdon Bowling Association and was inducted into their Hall of Fame. Bill loved sports – attending all of his children’s youth sporting events - and was involved in running summer baseball organizations and dance competitions. He was a lifelong New York Yankees fan, although his favorite player was Mike Schmidt of the Philadelphia Phillies. He also enjoyed going to the casinos in Atlantic City, Las Vegas, and others in the NJ area where he would be at the craps tables for hours on end. Later in life, Bill loved working with his hands doing different woodworking and metal working projects. He was a collector of baseball memorabilia and would buy and sell different artifacts at flea markets across the state. He was predeceased by his brother Samuel Evans. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Theresa Evans, and his children Kimberly Bias of Manville NJ, William Evans and his wife Judy Taylor of Piscataway NJ, Craig Evans of Lakeland, FL, and Brad Evans and his wife Andrea Evans of Neshanic Station, NJ. He is also survived by his grandchildren Amanda, Christina, Adrianne, Madylin, Michael, Evan, and Marlaena, and his great-grandchildren Kieran, Ashling, and Zoe. The viewing will be on Monday, February 27, 2023 from 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM at the Ketusky Funeral Home, 1310 Brooks Blvd., Manville, NJ 08835. Burial will follow at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Hillsborough, NJ. In lieu of flowers, the family kindly ask donations be made in Bill’s memory to Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, PA (https://www.foxchase.org/giving/how-to-give) or St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, TN (https://www.stjude.org/give/memorials-and-dedications.html?sc_icid=wtg-mm-memorial-giving).

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William Evans

February 22, 1940 - February 19, 2023