Evelyn "Betsy" Elizabeth Buck Garmen

Evelyn Elizabeth “Betsy” Buck Garmen, 77, formerly of North Sewickley Township, went home to her Lord and Savior on March 14, 2026. She has longed to be reunited with her husband John Clark Garmen, who passed away on August 14, 2024.

She was born June 21, 1948, in Germantown, PA, to the late Lucien and Flora E. Veiock Buck.

Betsy was a 1966 graduate of Beaver Falls Area Senior High School and attended Beaver County Community College. She retired in 2007 from the Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center, Butler, PA, after 20 years of service. She enjoyed her family, gardening, and listening to birds.

Betsy is survived by her sister Gertrude “Trudy” (Mark) Hutchinson of Altamont, NY, and her daughters Patricia (James) Schaffer of West Sunbury and Terri Brown (Josh Winschel) of Ellwood City. She was proud of her six grandchildren: Brian (Ashley) Schaffer of Slippery Rock, Joanna (Layne) Kreibel of Petrolia, Curtis (Leanne) Brown of North Sewickley Township, Nickolas (Aubree) Brown of Morgantown, WV, Alexander (Maria) Brown of Franklin Township, and Emma Brown of New Castle. She enjoyed telling people about her 15 great-grandchildren: Lilly and Carter Schaffer; Nolan, Myah, and Sydnee Kreibel; Ryan and Aubrey Klein; Abeni, Curtis JR, Avery and Colton Brown; Scott and Nathan Brown; Bearett and Berkley Brown; and one great great-grandson Atlas Hoffman. Many nieces, nephews, and cousins made her family complete.

Family and friends may gather on Saturday, March 21 at 3pm in the Seaman Chapel (second floor, main building) at Lutheran SeniorLife – Passavant Community, 105 Burgess Drive, Zelienople. Service will begin at 3:30, with the Rev. Freda Snyder officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in memory of Evelyn Garmen to the Lutheran SeniorLife Foundation, 300 West Beaver St., Zelienople, PA, 16063.

Interment will be in Grove Cemetery, New Brighton. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to J & J Spratt Funeral Home, New Brighton.