Eva Mae Rush, daughter of Thomas and Emma Rush was born at Carbondale, Illinois, February 1, 1871 and departed this life at her home 222 W. First, Eureka, Kans., on February 4, 1946, at the age of 75 years and 4 days.
At the age of seven, she came to Kansas with her father and step-mother, her own mother having passed away when she was a year and a half old. On May 29, 1890, at Eureka, Kans., she was united in marriage to Aleck Evenson, chariman of the Democrate State 1927. To this union were born eleven children, two of whom preceded her in death--Benny in infancy and Mrs. Emma Eaton in 1941.
She is survived by nine children; Mrs. Hannah Breton, Mrs. Grace Bland, Arthur Evenson, Mrs. Violet Dimick, Mrs. Viola Call, Mrs. Gladys Bush, all of Eureka, and Mrs. Alice Ives of Wichita, Mrs. Ethel Fisher of Phillips, Texas, and Tom Evenson of Pocatello, Idaho; also many other relatives and friends.
She was a faithful member of the First Christian Church of Eureka for many years.
The funeral was conducted from the Baird Funeral Home on February 7, 1946, by Mr. J. Fred Bayless, minister of the Christian Church with burial in Greenwood cemetery.
From Eureka Herald February 1946.
At the age of seven, she came to Kansas with her father and step-mother, her own mother having passed away when she was a year and a half old. On May 29, 1890, at Eureka, Kans., she was united in marriage to Aleck Evenson, chariman of the Democrate State 1927. To this union were born eleven children, two of whom preceded her in death--Benny in infancy and Mrs. Emma Eaton in 1941.
She is survived by nine children; Mrs. Hannah Breton, Mrs. Grace Bland, Arthur Evenson, Mrs. Violet Dimick, Mrs. Viola Call, Mrs. Gladys Bush, all of Eureka, and Mrs. Alice Ives of Wichita, Mrs. Ethel Fisher of Phillips, Texas, and Tom Evenson of Pocatello, Idaho; also many other relatives and friends.
She was a faithful member of the First Christian Church of Eureka for many years.
The funeral was conducted from the Baird Funeral Home on February 7, 1946, by Mr. J. Fred Bayless, minister of the Christian Church with burial in Greenwood cemetery.
From Eureka Herald February 1946.
Eva Mae Rush, daughter of Thomas and Emma Rush was born at Carbondale, Illinois, February 1, 1871 and departed this life at her home 222 W. First, Eureka, Kans., on February 4, 1946, at the age of 75 years and 4 days.
At the age of seven, she came to Kansas with her father and step-mother, her own mother having passed away when she was a year and a half old. On May 29, 1890, at Eureka, Kans., she was united in marriage to Aleck Evenson, chariman of the Democrate State 1927. To this union were born eleven children, two of whom preceded her in death--Benny in infancy and Mrs. Emma Eaton in 1941.
She is survived by nine children; Mrs. Hannah Breton, Mrs. Grace Bland, Arthur Evenson, Mrs. Violet Dimick, Mrs. Viola Call, Mrs. Gladys Bush, all of Eureka, and Mrs. Alice Ives of Wichita, Mrs. Ethel Fisher of Phillips, Texas, and Tom Evenson of Pocatello, Idaho; also many other relatives and friends.
She was a faithful member of the First Christian Church of Eureka for many years.
The funeral was conducted from the Baird Funeral Home on February 7, 1946, by Mr. J. Fred Bayless, minister of the Christian Church with burial in Greenwood cemetery.
From Eureka Herald February 1946.
At the age of seven, she came to Kansas with her father and step-mother, her own mother having passed away when she was a year and a half old. On May 29, 1890, at Eureka, Kans., she was united in marriage to Aleck Evenson, chariman of the Democrate State 1927. To this union were born eleven children, two of whom preceded her in death--Benny in infancy and Mrs. Emma Eaton in 1941.
She is survived by nine children; Mrs. Hannah Breton, Mrs. Grace Bland, Arthur Evenson, Mrs. Violet Dimick, Mrs. Viola Call, Mrs. Gladys Bush, all of Eureka, and Mrs. Alice Ives of Wichita, Mrs. Ethel Fisher of Phillips, Texas, and Tom Evenson of Pocatello, Idaho; also many other relatives and friends.
She was a faithful member of the First Christian Church of Eureka for many years.
The funeral was conducted from the Baird Funeral Home on February 7, 1946, by Mr. J. Fred Bayless, minister of the Christian Church with burial in Greenwood cemetery.
From Eureka Herald February 1946.
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