Obit. Evans, William #2 (1870 - 1961)

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Surnames: Evans, Lane, Bires, Anderegg, Olstinske, Bassett

----Source: The Loyal Tribune (Loyal, Clark County, WI) 30 Mar 1961

Evans, William (23 June 1870-March 1961)

Williams Evans, 90, died Saturday evening at 9:30 at the Bethel Convalescent Home in Arpin where he had been living for the past 3 ½ years.

Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Myre Funeral Home. Rev. Paul Doering, pastor of the Loyal Methodist Church officiated and burial was made in the Loyal cemetery.

Pallbearers were Henry Boe, Elwin Cook, Alfred Gray, H. E. Catlin, Vern Kauffman and Ray Prior.

The soloist was James Colby and he sang “one Sweetly Solemn Thought” and “Beyond the Sunset.” Mrs. Byron Zepplin was the organist.

Mr. Evans was born on June 23, 1870 in Cardias, Wales and came to the United States with his parents at the age of 18. They settled on a farm in Nebraska and a few years later moved to a farm near Mauston in Juneau County.

On July 14, 1896 he was married to the former Eva Lane at Mauston and in 1907 they came to Clark County and purchased 80 acres of timber in the town of Loyal. They cleared that land and farmed there until 1942 when they moved into the city of Loyal. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on July 14, 1946. His wife preceded him in death.

William Evans is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Herman (Jennie) Bires, Eugene, Oredon, Mrs. Henry (Cecelia) Anderegg, Loyal, Mrs. Carl (Rosetta) Olstinske, Racine, Mrs. Clayton (Irene) Bassett, Fort Wayne, Indiana; one son, Wm., Jr. of Marshfield; twenty grandchildren and thirty-two great-grandchildren.

One sister and one brother also preceded him in death.

Those from out of town attending the services were Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Bassett and Duane Bassett of Fort Wayne, Indiana; Mr. and Mrs. Otho Mohler and daughter Kimberly of Haddonfield, New Jersey; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Olstinske, Carl Olstinske, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Dale Olstinske, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Olstinske, Racine; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Leonard, Twilia and Sharon Evans, Marshfield; Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Smith and son, Mrs. William Evans, Arpin.