Funeral services for Evelyn Juliana Gaubatz Freund, 96, formerly of West Columbia, TX, are set for 11 AM Thursday, September 17, 2020, at Garmany & Carden Funeral Directors Chapel, 1201 Fourth Street, Rosenberg, TX 77471 , with Rev. Brent Pittman officiating. Burial will follow in Needville Public Cemetery, Needville, TX 77461.

Visitation will be 10 - 11 AM Thursday at the Funeral Home Chapel, for one hour preceding the funeral service.

Serving as Pallbearers will be Eric Tarver, Bradley Tarver, Kevin Wunstel, Chance Boyd, Casey Boyd,  and James Wilson.

Evelyn was born July 25, 1924, in Needville, TX, to Michel Gaubatz and Bertha Ida Christ Gaubatz. She died September 14, 2020, in Lake Jackson, TX. She served as City Clerk for the City of West Columbia, TX, for 15 years, and she served as Municipal Judge for the City of West Columbia, TX, for 8 years. For 20 years she was a tour guide at the Varner-Hogg State Park in West Columbia, TX. Evelyn was a member of First Baptist Church, West Columbia, for 20 years and then a member of Jones Creek Baptist Church. Volunteering was extremely important to her, serving on the following boards: President of CCAP/Boling, TX, for 2 terms, on the State Board of Texas Court Clerks Association, the Needville Cemetery Association Board, the Needville Harvest Festival, and on the board of a state environmental group. She enjoyed writing and talking. Evelyn will be greatly missed by family and friends who knew and loved her.

Evelyn was preceded in death by her parents, her sister, Dorothy Tompkins, and her brother, Wilmer Gaubatz. Survivors include 3 daughters, Doris Freund Lindley and husband, William, of Jones Creek, TX, Judith Marie Harvey of Houston, TX, and Bettye Carol Tarver and husband, Danny, of Montgomery, TX; grandchildren, Eddye Carol Powell of West Columbia, TX, James Wilson of Dallas, TX, Juliana Boyd of Hockley, TX, Kevin Wunstel of Houston, TX, Eric Layne Tarver of Montgomery, TX, John Bradley Tarver of Montgomery, TX, and Zach Villegas of Freeport, TX; 8 great grandchildren; and two brothers, Clifton Gaubatz of La Porte, TX, and Dennis Gaubatz of West Columbia, TX.

Memorials may be given in her memory to Needville Public Cemetery Fund or to the West Columbia Senior Citizen Group.

Condolence messages may be written for the Freund family at www. garmanycarden.com.

Services are under the direction of Garmany & Carden Funeral Directors, 1201 Fourth Street, Rosenberg, TX 77471 (281)342-4671.