Dear Evelyn,
You were one of the old school nurses!
A "Call the Midwife" midwife!

You were a very dedicated and passionate midwife in every way.
You always champed for 'researched best care' for both mothers and babies, for their short and long term health.

As a team member you were the best!
A shift with you meant that all care was given to mothers, babies and families thoroughly and beautifully.
You were a great team member and a true joy to work with as you worked collaboratively and easily with all.

In true Evelyn fashion, you brought your own brand of humour to the job, and often said the things we were all thinking, which had us all in fits of laughter, often! You were a joy to work with!

The busiest of shifts were made that much easier and lighter by having you on the team.
Your true sense compassion was not limited to the mothers, babies and families, but generously to us midwives as well.
You always had time to listen even in the busiest of moments, whether it was on the ward running, or in the tea room with us all rushing through our meals, or on the way to the car, all late off shift as usual.

Your take on the world was always refreshing, insightful and humous, and left us all feeling that just little bit better!

It's a special midwife and nurse who has done so much for so many, and yet so humbly.
"Sister Evelyn" you have left the world in better place with not only your nursing care, but also to the colleagues who call you a friend, and we are all richer for having known you.

You will be dearly missed, and warmly remembered, always.

Much love to you Evelyn.
Robyn xx

Ev and I met in 2002 when I started working as a midwife at Calvary Hospital,Canberra.She was definitely a mentor to me, me coming from a small country hospital with about 30 births a year to a big city hospital.Ev worked on the postnatal( mums and bubs) ward and was a lactation consultant, a role she excelled in.She was wonderful with the new mums, with her wicked sense of humour and her passion for the very best for her babies, she was one of the very best midwives that I had the pleasure to work with.I left Calvary to work at Winnunga Aboriginal Health Service at Narrabundah.Ev followed me there to work with the nurses as a community nurse.During that time in the late 2000's, Winnunga was recognised nationally as having the highest rates of vaccinations in young children in Australia.Ev was there and shared the credit.
She worked at Queanbeyan as a community nurse for a while and ended her career as a carer for a private nursing agency.
Ev was the fittest person of our age that I knew (I did see her row once!!).
We often walked the dogs on the ridge.She collected Clarice Cliff crockery.We always shared a teabag (she drank ridiculously weak white tea!!)
We stayed in regular contact over the years,she was my closest midwife friend and I miss her dearly.

The Rowing ACT board were incredibly saddened to hear of the passing of Evelyn and extend our sympathy to her family. Evelyn's accomplishments as a rower are extraordinary and will not be forgotten.

Ev and I worked together helping mothers and babies and Ev always had a smile on her face!! She was one in a billion!!
She had a great sense of humour and she was always life if the party. Such a beautiful person in so many ways!! You are definitely missed Ev!! Fly high Ev. My thoughts are with Ev’s family at this sad time. ❤️