Sargent Bevan 1873-1949

BEVAN, YOUNG, SPICER, FIKE, EGELAND

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 7/2/2010 at 22:06:10

Sargent Bevan Passed Away Friday
Sargent Bevan, retired lawyer, passed away Friday evening March (must be February) 4, at 9:00 at the Marcus Snyder Memorial Hospital. He had been in ill health for about three years. At the time of his death Mr. Bevan and his wife were living at the home of their daughter and husband Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Young. The Bevan’s occupied an upstairs apartment. Had Mr. Bevan lived until May 15 he would have reached the age of 75.

Sargent Bevan, son of Rev. and Mrs. M. D. Bevan was born May 15, 1873 in Greenville, Ill. When a child he moved with his family to Atlantic, Iowa and then moved to Estherville in 1893. After receiving a law degree from the University of Iowa in 1896, he practiced at Estherville. He was married August 6, 1902 to Genie Bemis at Estherville.

Shortly after their marriage the Bevan’s moved to South Dakota and took up a homestead claim. In 1909 Mr. and Mrs. Bevan moved to Omaha, Neb. where he was employed by the street railway. They returned to Estherville in 1916 and then took up residence in Spirit Lake in 1937, where they have lived since.

Mr. Bevan is survived by his widow, four daughters, Mrs. Anne Spicer of Denver, Mrs. Margaret Egeland of Estherville, Mrs. Imogene Fike of Lake Park, and Mrs. Hazel Young of Spirit Lake and two sons, Jack of Highland Park, Ill., and Robert of Seward, Alaska.

Funeral services were held Monday at the Harpole Funeral Home in Spirit Lake. Rev. J. A. Riggs of Wesley, Iowa officiated. Interment was made in Oak Hill Cemetery in Estherville. Pall bearers were Paul Weir, Sim L. Bemis, Lynn Weir, and Gene Weir. Special music was furnished by Mrs. V. V. Kidd and Mrs. Iva Slagle, Mrs. M. A. Norton pianist. (Spirit Lake Beacon, Spirit Lake, IA, February 10, 1949)