Ed McEvoy: A True Friend of Children and Teens

   Ed McEvoy found success in the Navy, in his landscaping business and in music. According to his good friend Thad McCarty, Ed was a leader, entrepreneur, faithful friend, good husband, but a modest man. Ed died on September 2, 2002. As a widower with no children, he spent a good amount of time making his estate plans. He toured Father Joe’s Villages® and met with the estate planning staff to discuss his plans.

   Ed’s estate plans included a generous large gift to fund two programs that he had a special interest in–the children’s program and the Toussaint Teen Center.

   Ed had good reason to use his resources to create an endowment for the children and the teen programs. When Ed’s mother was unable to care for him, he was raised in a Catholic orphanage in Northern California. For Ed the orphanage was an opportunity to learn discipline, excel in academics and develop musical talent. Those abilities aided him throughout his personal and professional life. Even in the last year of his life, he lived in a retirement home where he showed great kindness to others and shared his musical talent with other residents. Ed wanted the children and teens of Father Joe’s Villages® to have the same opportunities to improve themselves and to become productive and morally upright citizens.

   Thank you Ed for your gift. Thank you for including Father Joe’s Villages® in your estate plan. Thank you for doing estate planning!

Michael Wall
Director of Planned Giving