Evink, Tony - 1920-2001

EVINK, SCHULLER, BROUWER

Posted By: Linda Vander Linden-Volunteer (email)
Date: 10/5/2011 at 14:51:05

Northwest Iowa Review, October 20, 2001

Bellflower-CA - Tony Evink, 81, Bellflower, CA, formerly of Sheldon, died Wednesday, Oct. 3. He had been suffering from throat cancer the last seven months. Services and burial were in California.

Tony Evink, son of Raymond & Eunice (Brouwer) Evink, was born Dec. 18, 1920 in Sheldon. He was raised in Sheldon and lived in Sheldon and the Heron Lake, MN area before moving to California. He served in the Armed Forces 1942-45 and was mainly stationed in Guam.

He married Adeline Schuller of Alton on April 21, 1947. Mr. Evink died Feb. 24, 2001 (this may mean Mrs.)

Survivors include two sons, Kendall Evink and Darwin Evink of Bellflower, CA; five grandchildren; six sisters, Angeline Vander Wolde of Spirit Lake; Jeanette Mastbergen of Sanborn; Marie Mastbergen of Sheldon; Johanna and Jake Wagenaar of Sheldon, Henrietta Evink of Sheldon, and Eunice & Merle Dagel of Orange City; and a brother, Jake Evink of Bellflower, CA.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Adeline Evink; a sister, Alice Van Kekerix; and a brother, Wilbert Evink.