Melvin A. EVANS

EVANS, MIKELSON, STOMNE, CASTLE, WALSH

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 7/6/2007 at 09:56:10

Melvin A. Evans, 96, of 220 23rd St. S.W., Mason City, died Monday (Jan. 12, 1998) at the Good Shepherd Health Care Center, Mason City. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Zion Lutheran Church, 112 N. Fourth, Clear Lake, with the Rev. Kermit Roisen officiating. Burial will be in the Clear Lake Cemetery. Friends may call from 3 until 6 p.m. today at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. Fourth St., Clear Lake. The family will greet friends one hour prior to services on Thursday at the church. Memorials may be directed to the Zion Lutheran Church Youth Fund or Building Fund in memory of Melvin A. Evans.

Melvin A. Evans was born May 13, 1901, in rural Wright County, the son of Severt and Atlantic (Mikelson) Evans. He was baptized and confirmed at the St. Olaf Lutheran Church, in rural Wright County. Melvin attended Waldorf Academy, where he was a cheerleader, graduating in 1926. On June 26, 1935, Melvin was united in marriage to Ida Stomne at St. Peter's Lutheran Church, at Sioux City. He and Ida farmed south of Burchinal for one year and then moved to a farm two miles south of Central Heights, Mason City. In 1979, upon retirement, the couple moved into Mason City. Melvin loved all aspects of farming and always took great pleasure in his work. He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Clear Lake, since 1939. He also was a member of the Clear Lake Noon Lions Club and the Farm Bureau.

Those left to cherish his memory are his wife, Ida Evans, Mason City; one son, Bob Evans and his wife, Judy, Mason City; two grandchildren, Lance Evans and his wife, Jana, Ames; and Carisa Evans, Cedar Rapids; two stepgrandchildren, Jon Castle and his wife, Gina, Glenview, Ill.; and Tammi Walsh and her husband, Tony, Blaine, Minn.; two great-grandchildren, Steffanie Evans and Allyson Evans; two stepgreat-grandchildren, Hannah Walsh and Leah Walsh; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Russell, Arden and Lester; four sisters, Mabel, Gladys, Sadie and one sister in infancy.

January 14, 1998
Mason City (Iowa) Globe Gazette