Unity of the Keys became an official Unity Church on December 19, 1986, and was officially incorporated as a spiritual business in Florida on February 19, 1987. Rev. Evelyn Casper was ordained as the Unity Minister in 1988.
Unity of the Keys flourished for many years under the loving and radiant guidance of Reverend Evelyn as minister up until the year 2000. She remained an integral member, a source of guidance, and the prayer guardian for Unity of the Keys until her passing in 2022.
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Would you like a copy of Reverend Evelyn’s prayers in a beautiful hardbound book? Reverend Evelyn Casper had saved many of her beautiful prayers on a thumb drive.
In 2025, Lori Neilson edited her prayers into this sweet hardcover book, and she is offering them to us for FREE!
THANK YOU, LORI!
If you would like one mailed to you, please email church@unityofthekeys.org. They are available at our Sunday services, and e-books are available as well.
Any donations to Unity of the Keys are always appreciated.
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Minister Emeritus and founding member of Unity of the Keys, Reverend Evelyn Casper, passed away on Monday, May 2, 2022.
A Celebration of her Life was held in the Unity sanctuary on Saturday, June 4th, 2022, at 2 PM. The Celebration was guided by Reverend Daybree Thoms.
View a recording of Evelyn’s Celebration of Life.
Obituary of Evelyn Casper
October 30, 1923 – May 2, 2022
Big Pine Key, Florida
EVELYN VIRGINIA FAULKNER CASPER
Reverend Emeritus Evelyn Virginia Faulkner Casper met her death on May 2, 2022, at her home on Big Pine Key, Florida, surrounded by her family and friends. She was the founder of the Key West church, Unity of the Keys, in 1984 and served there until 2000. During her tenure, the church grew from a storefront church with a handful of attendees to its own beautiful church on Flagler Avenue with a thriving congregation.
She was born in Ft. Wayne, Indiana in 1923 to Dewey and Hazel Gillam Faulkner. She attended high school in Ft. Wayne, college in Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa where she received her BA degree cum laude. She married and moved to Miami, Florida. She and her husband resided on Key Biscayne for thirty years. She received an MS degree from Florida International University in 1978 and completed her seminary training at Unity Worldwide Ministries in Lee’s Summitt, Missouri in 1988.
In addition to Unity of the Keys, Reverend Casper also founded Unity Church of Marathon, in Marathon, Florida.
In Miami, Evelyn worked at the Miami Beach Public Library, where she served as the area’s first Bookmobile librarian. She later taught at the Key Biscayne Community Church Preschool. She worked for the Miami-Dade Public Schools, serving as a Reading Resource teacher for ten years before moving to the Florida Keys.
Reverend Casper was predeceased by her parents and her son, Erik Einar Casper. She is survived by her daughter, Corinne Casper Brown, and son-in-law, Will Brown, grandson, Christopher Brown and his wife, Christiana Brown, and great-grandchildren, Garrett Brown, Isaac Brown, and Will Brown Allison. Her sister, LaVerne Hiatt, nephews, Jeff Hiatt and his wife, Jane Hiatt, Greg Hiatt, Pat Hiatt, Chris Hiatt, and niece Kitty Green and her husband, James Green, also survive her.