Everett Checker Finds Help in Time of Need
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:54am |
Edie Evans has been a long standing Lake Stevens resident. She is not merely a checker but a mother to 6 children, a grandmother to 10, and wife to 1. One thing for sure about Edie is that she is a go getter and always has a smile on her face. We are proud to know you! ~
Safeway employee’s fans rally as disease forces retirement
She’s one of those people — so chipper at work no one would guess she has problems of her own.
No matter what, Edie Evans has been behind a checkout counter at the Safeway store on Everett’s Broadway. Always diligent, smiling and curious about customers’ lives, Evans has been a grocery checker there since 1976.
She’s been there since before checkers used scanners, when each item was punched in by hand. It couldn’t have been easy, working and raising six children, including a daughter with special needs. Evans did it, along with her husband, George.
At 62, Evans will work her last shift Saturday. It’s not by choice that she is retiring. Evans has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Read more from the Everett Herald article.
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