John Evans (Dr.)

EVANS, CRISE

Posted By: Treva Patterson (email)
Date: 6/7/2006 at 19:41:19

Winterset Madisonian
February 9, 1983

Services for Dr. John Evans, 69, of Des Moines and former Winterset resident who died Sunday, Feb. 6 at the Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, were held Tuesday night, Feb. 8 at Grace United Methodist Church in Des Moines. Officiating were the Rev. John Wilkin and the Rev. Newton Coughenour.

Born in Sioux City July 25, 1913, he grew up there and attended Morningside College. He attended the University of Iowa and received his medical training at Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.

He practiced in Winterset for 23 years and spent the last 7-1/2 years in active practice at the Veterans Hospital in Des Moines.

Survivors include his wife, Hazel; a son, Dr. John M. Evans of Eau Claire, Wis.; a daughter, Jane Crise of Milwaukee, Wis.; two grandsons; and brothers, Charles F. Evans of Flint, Mich., and R. Ted Evans of Des Moines.

The body is being donated to the College of Osteopathic Medicine in Des Moines. A memorial fund has been established at Grace United Methodist Church.