Harry B. Evans
Born: November 3, 1888 1 in Paris, Linn Co., Iowa
Died: March 23,1974 in Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa 2
Buried: Lot 33, plot 2
Lot Owner: Mrs. Grover Evans, purchased in 1935
Married: Eva M. Brackney
Children: Esther, Evelyn, Freddie, Charles, Joe, Betty Jean, Doris June, and Phyllis Louise
Parents: Minard and Mary Long Evans2
Harry B. Evans
Services for Harry B. Evans, 85, of Americana Health Care Center, 300 Laurel St., will be at noon Tuesday at Hamilton's Funeral Home, with burial in Sugar Grove Cemetery at Newton.
Mr. Evans died of emphysema Saturday at Veterans Hospital.
A retired factory laborer, he was born in the Linn County community of Paris and lived in Newton before moving to Des Moines 35 years ago.
Surviving are three sons, Fred of Des Moines, Charles of Atalissa and Joe of San Diego, Calif.; five daughters, Mrs. Esther Nelson of Wichita, Kan., Mrs. Mae Morgan of Clinton, Mrs. Betty Berneau of Grinnell, Mrs. Doris Pagliai of Charleston, Ill., and Mrs. Phyllis Ammeter of Central City, Ia., 23 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. ~ Des Moines Tribune, March 25, 1974
Eva May (Brackney) Evans
Born: 29 Sept 19045 in Montezuma, Poweshiek Co., Iowa
Died: September 22, 1936 in Newton, Jasper Co. Iowa
Buried: Lot 33, plot 1
Lot Owner: Mrs. Grover Evans, purchased in 1935
Married: Harry B. Evans
Children: Esther, Evelyn, Freddie, Charles, Joe, Betty Jean, Doris June, and Phyllis Louise
Parents: Charles Clifford and Gertrude Hildebrand Brackney4
Funeral Today
Funeral services [for Eva Evans] will be conducted today at 2:30 p.m. from the Morgan funeral home by Rev. H. LeRoy Kinser, pastor of the First Christian church. Interment will be in the Sugar Grove cemetery at Metz.
Mrs. Eva Brackney Evans was born at Montezuma in 1904, and came to Newton to live 20 years ago.
She was the mother of eight children, the oldest of whom is 15 years of age. They are Esther, Evelyn, Freddie, Charles, Joe, Betty Jean, Doris June, and Phyllis Louise.
Besides her husband, she is survived by her mother, Mrs. Gertrude Gossen of Rock Island, Ill., four sisters, two brothers, one half sister, and two half-brothers. ~ Jasper County Record, September 24, 1936, page 1.
Grover C. Evans
Born: November 3,1888 in Paris, Linn County, Iowa
Died: October 12, 1935 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 33
Lot Owner: Mrs. Grover Evans, purchased in 1935
Married: Myrtle P. Wall
Children: Mary
Parents: Minard and Mary Long Evans
Veteran: World War I
Evans Dies of Accident Injury
Grover C. Evans, 46, died at Skiff Memorial hospital Sunday night, of injuries received when he was struck by an automobile Friday night.
Russell B. Wellman, of Des Moines, was driving the car which struck Evans down as he was crossing the street in the 700 block of First Avenue West.
Immediately following the accident, which occurred at about 11 p.m. Wellman took Evans to the hospital and then reported the mishap to the police.
Evans suffered fractures of both legs, a broken left arm and internal injuries. He died at 10:40 p.m.
Inquest Not Scheduled
Acting Jasper county Coroner J. H. Faust said today that an inquest probably will not be held, although he said he had not completed the investigation.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. in the Congregational church of which he was a member. Burial was in the Sugar Grove cemetery near Metz. Dr. J. Irvine Walker, pastor of the Congregational church, will be in charge of the services.
Full military rites were held for Evans who was a member of Newton post No. 111 of the American Legion. Members of the post are to meet in the clubrooms Tuesday at 3 p.m. and go in the funeral as a body.
Army Record
When he was 25, Grover came to Newton and was employed at the Maytag company factory for two years. He then enlisted in the United States army and was a corporal at Camp Pike, Ark., until the end of the World War.
After his discharge from the army, Grover returned to Newton and been employed with the Maytag company for 17 years.
Surviving besides his widow and 11-year old daughter, Mary, are Harry Evans, a twin-brother living in Newton; an older brother William Evans of Springfield, Ill., a sister, Mrs. Gladys Capellan of Dows, Ia., and his father Minner Evans of Newton. ~ the Jasper County Record, October 17, 1935.
Myrtle P. (Wall) Evans
Born: July 16, 1893 3 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa
Died: December 28, 1980 in Pleasant Hill, Polk Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 33, plot 8
Lot Owner: Mrs. Grover Evans, purchased in 1935
Married: Grover C. Evans
Children: Mary Vance
Parents: Shelby and Minnie Thompson Wall
Myrtle Pearl Evans
Myrtle Pearl Evans, 88, of Pleasant Hill died Sunday of a heart attack at Parkridge Manor of Pleasant Hill.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Norwoodville Open Bible Church, with burial in Metz Cemetery near Newton.
Born in Newton, Mrs. Evans had lived in Des Moines for 30 years. She was a retired practical nurse and a member of the Norwoodville Open Bible Church.
She is survived by a daughter, Mary Vance of Des Moines; three grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Friends may call this evening at Hamilton's Funeral Home. ~ Des Moines Tribune, Des Moines, Iowa, Monday, December 29, 1980.
1. On-line Social Security Death Index
2. Certificate of Death
3. On- line social security death index
4. World Connect entry on www.rootsweb.com submitted by Jerry Zollars at
jzollars@fastmail.com
5. Morgan Funeral Home Book 6 at iagenweb.org/jasper