Evelyn Swann Fraser was known for her kind, loving, generous spirit and her devotion to her family and friends.

When her sister, Lillian, fell ill at an early age, she cared for her until her death at age 38.

When her husband, Ivan, a Richmond dentist, succumbed at age 54 in 1970, Mrs. Fraser was lovingly by his side.

“I think she was rewarded for all the good things she did in taking care of family members and others,” her daughter, Jackie Fraser, said. “She lived a good and long life.”

She is being remembered following her death Monday, Jan. 26, 2015, in Richmond. She was 97.

A visitation is scheduled from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, at Scott’s Funeral Home, 115 E. Brookland Park Blvd., on North Side. Her life will be celebrated at a funeral noon Friday, Jan. 30, 2015, at Scott’s Funeral Home.

Mrs. Fraser was born Dec. 22, 1917, in Richmond.

She graduated from Armstrong High School and attended Virginia Union University, where she met her future husband.

They were married in 1942 and raised two daughters, Ms. Fraser and Carol F. Boone.

“She was very caring and had a strong sense of family,” Mrs. Boone said. “She enjoyed her friends and entertaining them. Our friends became her friends.”

She was a secretary at the former Elba and Randolph elementary schools in Rich- mond for many years.

Mrs. Fraser also was a charter member of the Richmond Chapter of Jack and Jill of America and belonged to The Girl Friends.

She is survived by her daughters, two grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends.