My friendship with Justine was a gift. She loved her people deeply and I'm so grateful for the many years we got to spend together. I'll remember driving around aimlessly as teenagers while singing at the top of our lungs, treating Shark Week like an annual holiday, always ordering crab dip to share, afternoons spent poolside, being camp counselors together... the list of memories is endless. Our time together was far too short but it was a blessing. I miss you and love you, Justine.

Every time I talked with Justine she was excited about something new! She always had a new scheme or adventure to explain!

I remember she was so excited to give a toast at our wedding and workshopped it for weeks ahead of time. Here was her big sister getting married, and she had something to say about that! It was really wonderful she was part of the celebration with the wider family.

So many plans cut short - we miss her!

Justine, the Bean, Uncle Conan and I will always love you. So many fun times together at Carolina Beach and having "attitude adjustments." So much fun when we went sledding in NJ and swimming here in our pool in NC. Keep smiling girl. Love and miss you so much. 
Aunt Gi and Uncle Conman (as you liked to call him). ❤️

Justine sparkled brightly, so much so that it’s hard to believe she’s gone.  So many memories.  As a girl: talking in her Brooklyn accent, adopting an imaginary dog named Lance, putting the star on our Christmas tree because she was the “littlest child.”  As a young woman: teaching me how to straighten my hair properly (”slowly, in sections”), celebrating our shared love of Jiffy muffins, running the show with verve at her job wooing foreign investors in DC.  In later years: sending everyone birthday cards coated in a half-pound of glitter, making us tie-dye shirts to wear on our road trip through Kansas, caring for her beloved cat of many years Tayshaun through everything.  I miss you, and I’ll miss knowing the person you would have grown to be in years to come.
Love always.

Always with the sheepish grin (probably up to no good some of the time and I was in cahoots)  or at least a delicate smile even when she wasn't feeling well. Justine was such a pleasure to spend time with, no matter what the occasion. I will truly miss your genuine kindness and fun loving attitude the most Sweetheart.
Love Uncle  Keith

Words cannot express how the sadness and heartbreak of losing Justine will leave a hole in our family, but I truly believe we will all be together again someday. 

Justine was beautiful (on the inside, as well as the outside), silly (she was quite the foot artist...picture to follow) and sweet. Her smile and laughter were contagious, and she was always full of joy and optimism when we spoke.  I have so many wonderful memories of her, especially thinking about Easter time at Nana and Pops right now ...decorating Easter eggs, Easter egg hunts and of course our Easter feast Nana would make. It was such a happy time. 

Justine was and always will be a blessing in our lives.

We miss you terribly Justine!!! Love you to the moon and back!!!!
Christy

Hello all, my name is Amanda and I am one of Justine's many cousins. I'm finding I can't truly convey with mere words on how deeply saddened I am by the tragic loss our family is enduring in the sudden passing of Justine. Sadly, Justine and I had lost touch over the last few years, as life got hectic and took us down our separate paths. But as children, we were inseparable during family holidays and vacations. Many of my cherished childhood memories (glimmer moments) were of her and I playing in the pool, having an ice pop or cheese fries down in LBI together, searching for Easter eggs at our Grandma Mortenson's house, playing with makeup that she was gifted on Christmas (and doing a pretty rough job of applying it on our faces), just to name a few. It's simply unfair the fact that she should be celebrating more of life special moments, all for it to be taken away. So please, when you're experiencing a "glimmer" moment in your own lives, don't take it for granted. Cherish it. And maybe think of her, so she can cherish it too, through you 💜

I am so sorry to hear about Justine's untimely death.  My own son, Will Moorhead (STA), died this year as well.  The heartbreak, sorrow and   longing is so palpable and deep.  There are so many paths of grieving and   healing.  I hope you find one that is a source of comfort and   keeps alive the enduring love and   memory of your darling daughter.  Love and   Blessings, GILLIAN MOORHEAD (mother of Eleony Moorhead (NCS)

Dear Gail, Evans, and Mortenson families: 

I’m heartbroken to have learned of Justine’s   sudden passing, I didn’t know her well, but I’ll always remember how lovely and intelligent she was. She had so much potential. 

With my deepest condolences,
  Arlene

Arlene Goldberg-Gist

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Justine Mortenson Evans

December 12, 1988 – March 23, 2025

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