Charles F. Evans, 71, 116 North Highland, died in the Veterans' Hospital, Wadsworth, Kansas, at 5:05 o'clock Monday afternoon. He had been ill fifteen years and had been in the hospital one month.
A retired carpenter, Evans was born December 19, 1874, in Clark County, Illinois. He came to Pittsburg in 1921 from Columbus.
He served with the Twenty-second Kansas Regiment in the Spanish-American War. Membership was held with the Spanish-American War Veterans in Pittsburg.
Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Sarah May Evans of the home; four daughters, Mrs. Thelma Scroggins, Girard; Mrs. Pauline Davis, Kansas City; Mrs. Susan Ports, ___ North Highland; and Mrs. Dorothy Davidson, 1501 South Elm; five sons, Michael Evans, 709 West Sixth; Glenn Evans, Sacramento, California; Harold Evans, 116 North Highland; Willard Evans, 101 West Twenty-fourth and Joseph Evans, Cambridge, Massachusetts; one sister, Mrs. R. D. Elliott, Topeka; one brother, William Evans, Kanopolis, Kansas; thirteen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete. The body was to be brought to the Brenner Chapel sometime today.
Charles F. Evans, 71, 116 North Highland, died in the Veterans' Hospital, Wadsworth, Kansas, at 5:05 o'clock Monday afternoon. He had been ill fifteen years and had been in the hospital one month.
A retired carpenter, Evans was born December 19, 1874, in Clark County, Illinois. He came to Pittsburg in 1921 from Columbus.
He served with the Twenty-second Kansas Regiment in the Spanish-American War. Membership was held with the Spanish-American War Veterans in Pittsburg.
Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Sarah May Evans of the home; four daughters, Mrs. Thelma Scroggins, Girard; Mrs. Pauline Davis, Kansas City; Mrs. Susan Ports, ___ North Highland; and Mrs. Dorothy Davidson, 1501 South Elm; five sons, Michael Evans, 709 West Sixth; Glenn Evans, Sacramento, California; Harold Evans, 116 North Highland; Willard Evans, 101 West Twenty-fourth and Joseph Evans, Cambridge, Massachusetts; one sister, Mrs. R. D. Elliott, Topeka; one brother, William Evans, Kanopolis, Kansas; thirteen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete. The body was to be brought to the Brenner Chapel sometime today.
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Co F, 22 Kans Inf, Sp Am War