She was Ada's Welcome Wagon hostess
The March Vancrest resident spotlight is on a familiar Ada resident, Evelyn “Myrtle” Krofft.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s she was Ada’s Welcome Wagon hostess.
Born in Detroit, she and her husband, Robert, moved to Ada after they were married in 1947.
Evelyn was a stay at home mom until her youngest child was 5. She soon went to work as the produce manager at the Ada IGA Food liner, now known as Community Market.
Evelyn says that she loved to travel with her family, going on many vacations to different states, either tent camping at state parks, sight-seeing, museums, zoos, and even caving.
Her favorite vacations included an Alaskan cruise, various casino trips, and motorcycle road trips with her husband to Florida and Seattle. She found out later in life that she loved roller coasters, discovering them in her late 50s.
She says that her favorite season is fall because she loves to see the leaves change color and it's football time.
Her favorite foods are watermelon and cantaloupe - with salt. Her favorite holiday is her own birthday. And, people who know her well know about her huge elephant collection.
Evelyn has four living children, 10 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren and spent many years going to all her grandchildren's sporting events, meanwhile spending her "spare" time working on crafting projects, which included knitting, crocheting, gardening and painting.
She enjoys her home at Vancrest where she is often found playing Bingo, making friends and playing cards.
Stories Posted This Week
Thursday, May 1, 2025
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
- Bulldog softball upset by Delphos Jefferson
- Bulldog baseball edged by Jefferson
- Bulldog boys and girls 2nd at Bloomdale track tri-meet
- ONU classed as "lower access, higher earnings" institution
- Field reports from NW Ohio wildlife officers
- Ohio High School All-State Honors Band and the ONU Symphonic Band perform May 4
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
- William Douglas Burris worked for Rockwell International
- Beatitudes style show proves thrift can be fashionable
- Bulldog softball rallies for win vs. Falcons
- Bulldog baseball loss vs. Falcons
- Bulldogs compete in Ada JH track invitational
- Bulldog tennis loss vs. Bluffton
- Letter: The benefits of vaccinating newborns and children
Monday, April 28, 2025
- Anabel R. McBride worked for Ada Exempted Village Schools
- Trash to Treasure STEAM program on May 3
- Student entrepreneurs compete in 2025 Polar Innovation Exchange
- Lifesaving AED installed at One More gym on E. Buckeye
- St. Mark Community Meal is April 30
- Alfes wins Medalist honors at OAC golf championships
- Wilma A. Willeke worked at Ohio Northern