Dorothy Marquerite Evans (1920-2018)
EVANS, NELSON
Posted By: Mark Christian
Date: 5/17/2021 at 16:53:14
Obituary From Mitchell Funeral Home, Marshalltown, Marshall County, Iowa.
Dorothy Marquerite Evans, daughter of Charles E. and Edith V. (Nelson) Evans, was born December 20, 1920, at her parents’ home in Audubon, Iowa. She died September 2, 2018, at Rolling Green Village in Nevada, Iowa, at the age of 97.
Dorothy was baptized and confirmed on March 29, 1931, at the First Presbyterian Church in Audubon. She graduated from Audubon High School in 1938 as class valedictorian. While in school she was active in orchestra, chorus and basketball. She worked as a legal secretary for Charles S. White in Audubon until 1942 when she moved to Washington, D.C. to work for the Federal Housing Administration. She enlisted in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps in 1942 and served as a court reporter in Cairo, Egypt, in the African Middle East Theater. During this time she was also taking part in an experimental Army Auxiliary battery where she and her team were being trained to shoot down enemy aircraft if necessary. She returned to the United States in 1945 and continued her legal career in Washington, D.C. In 1951, she transferred to the California law office of Nixon A. Lange. She moved to Honolulu in 1958 to work for the law firm of Andersen, Wren and Jenks until she retired in 1991. Dorothy loved music and travel. She was an active member of the First Presbyterian Church in Honolulu, where she sang in the choir. She lived in Honolulu until moving to Nevada, Iowa in March, 2015, due to health concerns.
Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents, Charles (“Hype”) and Edith, and her three younger brothers, Charles Jr., Richard, Robert and her sister-in-law Margaret M. Evans. She is survived by her sister-in-law Margaret J. Evans of Audubon, Iowa, five nieces and a nephew.
Mitchell Family Funeral Home is caring for Dorothy. A private family service will be held at a later date. Dorothy’s ashes will be interred at Arlington Heights Cemetery in Audubon, Iowa.
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