Eve C. Trowbridge

 Eve C. Trowbridge, 81, of Atglen, passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 24, 2016 at her home.  She was the beloved wife of Robert T. Trowbridge, with whom she shared 12 1/2 years of marriage.  Eve was the widow of the late William E. Riley, with whom she shared 40 years of marriage.

Raised in the Florida Park area of Newtown Square, Eve was the daughter of the late Eleanor (nee Teesdale) and John J. Coan.  She was a graduate of Marple Newtown High School and earned her Bachelor's Degree from Drexel University where she was a proud member of Kappa Delta Sorority!  She taught school in Georgia until  the fall of 1961 and was later a teaching assistant at Russell School in Broomall,  Delaware County. 

Eve lived very happily in Broomall from 1965 until 1998 where she raised her family and was a member of the Marple Presbyterian Church and its choir.  She was President of the Marple Junior Women’s Club; a member of  Marple Historical Society; Calico Cutters Quilt Guild and a volunteer for Newtown Square Presbyterian Thrift Store, where she enjoyed the company of many friends.  She was a member of the Clara M. Morrow Chapter Order of the Eastern Star, and with her late husband assisted in admissions counseling for the Masonic Homes of Pennsylvania in Elizabethtown. 

In 1998 Eve and her late husband built a home and retired to Atglen, Pa.  where she became a member of the Penningtonville Presbyterian Church,  the Quilt Club of Chester County and The Pearls Sewing Group. She was an avid quilter and worked at Miller’s Quilt Shop in Lancaster, PA until 2004.

In September of 2003 Eve married Robert, at the Penningtonville Presbyterian Church in Atglen, PA.  He was by her side when she passed.

Eve is survived, in addition to her husband, by her two daughters, Evette Shaffer, wife of Michael J. of Lincoln University and Leigh Nilsson, wife of Mark A. of Broomall and by her five dearly loved  grandchildren: Mark Nilsson; Jennifer Shaffer; Michael Shaffer; Alyssa Nilsson and Nicholas Shaffer.     

A Memorial Service will be held on Friday, May 6, 2016 at Faith Community United Methodist Church, 332 Chester Street, Atglen, PA  at 11:00 a.m.  Interment will be private. 

Donations in lieu of flowers may be made to the Brandywine Valley SPCA, 1212 Phoenixville Pike, West Chester, Pa, 19380.