| Service:  
							A graveside service for Evelyn will be held at 1:00 
							p.m. on Thursday, September 15, 2022, at New Union 
							Cemetery in Lincoln. 
							Funeral home:
							Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln    
							 
							Obituary  
							 
							Evelyn L. Last, 87, of Lincoln, 
							passed away on Tuesday, August 30, 2022, at 
							Springfield Memorial Hospital.
 Evelyn was born on September 26, 1934, the daughter 
							of Carroll W. Merriett and Helen M. Miller. She 
							married Leslie August Last on January 16, 1955, in 
							Springfield, at the West Side Christian Church. He 
							preceded her in death on April 27, 2015.
 
 She is survived by two daughters, Leanna (Anthony) 
							Culp of Lincoln and Lavonna (Robert) Boyd of Sachse, 
							TX; grandchildren Kane Blaum of Silverton, CO, 
							Shasta (Brian) Thomson of Lincoln, Luke (Betsy) Boyd 
							of Lincoln, and Karley (Chanse) Hoagland of Lincoln; 
							and six great-grandchildren.
 
 Evelyn was preceded in death by her parents; 
							husband; and sister, Carolyn Karnes.
 
 
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							Evelyn was a Girl Scout Leader for 
							eight years in Lincoln. She was also a very active 
							member at Lincoln Christian Church especially with 
							Harvest of Talents and Vacation Bible School. Evelyn 
							was an accomplished seamstress. She made clothes for 
							her children, dresses for her granddaughters, and 
							outfits for her grandchildren’s dolls.
 A graveside service for Evelyn will be held at 1:00 
							p.m. on Thursday, September 15, 2022, at New Union 
							Cemetery in Lincoln. Memorials may be made in her 
							name to Little Galilee Camp or Harvest of Talents at 
							Lincoln Christian Church.
 
 Services have been entrusted to 
							Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.
 
            
            				
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