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Visitation:
Sunday, March 20, 2016, from 1:30 p.m. until 2:30
p.m. at the Atlanta Christian Church.
Service:
Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the church
Funeral home: Quiram Peasley Funeral Home,
Atlanta
Obituary
Thomas Evans, 92, of Atlanta, passed away at 10:57
p.m. on Thursday, March 17, 2016, at the LaSalle
Veterans' Home in LaSalle.
Visitation will be held on Sunday, March 20, 2016,
from 1:30 p.m. until 2:30 p.m. at the Atlanta
Christian Church.
Funeral services will follow the visitation on
Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the church. Mr. Doug Maris
will officiate.
Burial will be on Monday, March 21, 2016, at 10:00
a.m. in the Atlanta Cemetery. Military Rites to be
accorded.
Thomas Evans was born on April 7, 1923, the son of
Samuel Thomas and Matty Smith Evans. He married
Janette Cox on July 28, 1946, in Bloomington. She
preceded him in death on March 2, 2000.
Tom is survived by one daughter, Diane (Tom) Winkler
of Bloomington; one daughter-in-law, Linda Evans of
Atlanta; six grandchildren: Tim (Tonya) Evans, Cindy
(Keith) Eimer, Sarah (Chad Boitnott) Evans, Jennifer
(Coley) Vahey, David (Kristine) Winkler, and Aaron
(Stacy) Winkler; and twelve great-grandchildren.
Tom was preceded in death by his wife, Janette; one
son, David Evans; six sisters and seven brothers. |
Tom was a farmer, started and ran Evans Heating and Cooling, and
then opened Evans Implement in 1978 with his son, until he
retired in 1985. Tom served in the United States Marine Corp.,
spending three years in the South Pacific during World War II.
He was a member of the Atlanta Christian Church, Atlanta
American Legion Post #341, 40 EN 8 in Lincoln, Elks Lodge #914
in Lincoln, and Bloomington VFW #454.
One of the greatest joys of his life was his grandchildren. He
was deeply loved and will be dearly missed.
Memorials may be made to Atlanta Christian Church, Atlanta
Rescue Squad, or LaSalle Veterans' Home .
Funeral arrangements have been entrusted with Quiram-Peasley
Funeral Home in Atlanta.
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