Sarah Marie Atlanta (Mikkelson) EVANS

MICHELSON, MIKKELSON, MIKKELSEN, EVANS, HEGINGER, TOFT, HAAGENSDATTER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 3/30/2011 at 19:21:01

May 19, 1870 -- December 8, 1944

Mrs. Severt Evans' Rites Held at Zion Lutheran Church

CLEAR LAKE, IA - Funeral services for Mrs. Severt Evans, 74, who died Friday [December 8, 1944] at her home near Burchinal, were held at the Zion Lutheran church Monday afternoon with the Rev. Ruben Mostrom, pastor, in charge. Ward's funeral home made the arrangements and burial was in Clear Lake cemetery. A prayer service at the home preceded the church service. The Rev. O. M. Severskike, Belmond, pastor of St. Olaf's church of which Mrs. Evans was a member 41 years, brought messages from his church to the relatives here. Memorial gifts amounting to more than $150 were received. Waldorf college, Forest City, from which all 8 of the Evans children have been graduated, received a number of the gifts and other purposes. Relatives and friends were present from Belmond, Clarion, Kanawha, Forest City, Garner and Mason City. Friends and neighbors in Burchinal and Clear Lake served lunch in the church parlors after the funeral to those from a distance. Pallbearers were Claus and Alfred Carstens, Carl Bartlett, Walter Conn, E. Rosberg and W. E. Nelson. Mmes. Alfred Carstens, Bartlett and Rosberg arranged the flowers. Glen and Irvin Erickson sang "Be Still and Know." Torger Froiland sang "The Great White Host" and the 3 sang "Abide With Me." Mrs. Irving R. Morgan accompanied at the organ.

Mason City Globe Gazette -- Iowa
December 12, 1944

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MRS. S. EVANS' RITES MONDAY
Funeral to Be Held at Lake Church, 2 p. m.

Clear Lake—Funeral services for Mrs. Severt Evans, 74, who died at Mason City Thursday afternoon following an illness of several weeks, will be held at the Zion Lutheran church Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. A prayer service will be held at the home near Burchinal. Rites and burial will be in Clear Lake cemetery. Ward's funeral home is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Evans was born on the Atlantic ocean May 19, 1870, and was christened Sarah Marie Atlanta Michelson by the ship's captain. She grew to womanhood in the vicinity of Kankakee, Ill., and was married to Mr. Evans there Jan. 26, 1898. That same year they moved to Wright county, Iowa, where they lived 42 years before moving to the present home in 1940. Mrs. Evans was a member of St. Olaf's congregation in Wright county 41 years and affiliated with the Zion Lutheran church upon moving to this locality.

Mrs. Evans is survived by her husband, 7 children, Mrs. Herman Heginger, Goodell; Arden Evans, Des Moines; Harry and Melvin Evans and Mrs. Iver Toft, Clear Lake, and Miss Gladys, Russell and Lester, at home, and 6 grandchildren.
A daughter, Lila, died in infancy.

Mason City Globe-Gazette -- Iowa
December 9, 1944