Donald DeWitt EVANS
EVANS, SCHMITZ, MORRIS, VARGAS
Posted By: Sharon R. Becker (email)
Date: 4/19/2011 at 16:48:15
Obituary - Donald DeWitt Evans
The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
December 10, 1996MASON CITY -- Donald DeWitt EVANS, 67, of 631 Seventh St. N.E., died Sunday (Dec. 8, 1996) at North Iowa Mercy Health Center due to complications from heart disease.
No services are planned. The body was cremated. [Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City, Iowa.
Hogan-Bremer Colonial Chapel, 126 Third St. N.E., is in charge of arrangements.
Donald EVANS was born in Syracuse, N.Y., on Aug. 8, 1929. He was educated in New York and California schools, and was a 35 year resident of Anaheim, Calif., before moving to Mason City in 1992.
He entered the Marine Corps after graduation from high school and served for two years. He was recalled into the Marine Corps in 1951 during the Korean War.
He was married to Joyce Marion (SCHMITZ) EVANS on Aug. 8, 1949, in Redondo Beach, Calif.
Don was employed with Wells Fargo Bank of California for 25 years as an assistant vice president and manager. He started his banking career at the United Home Bank in Mason City in 1952. He retired from banking in 1984.
Don enjoyed golf, traveling, camping and singing. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends.
He was active in the Kiwanis Club, Chamber of Commerce and many other civic activities.
He is survived by his wife, Joyce EVANS; and three children, Candy EVANS (MORRIS) of Mason City; Christine EVANS (VARGAS) of Fullerton, Calif., and Donald DeWitt EVANS Jr. and his wife, Patti, of Fullerton, Calif.; grandchildren, Kevin, Kimberly and Kelly MORRIS, John and Jennifer VARGAS, and Joanna, Joel and Danielle EVANS; one brother, Kenneth EVANS of Live Oak, Calif., his wife and their three children; and many in-laws, nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Howard V. and Lesley EVANS, of Sun City, Ariz.
Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, April of 2011
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