EVANS, EDWARD S., April 13, 1898 – April, 1959

INKOM – Edward S. Evans, 60, was killed here Friday night when a tractor he was driving tipped over and pinned him as he was going up a steep hill.

Evans’ daughter, Florence, 23, found him about 8:15 p.m. about a quarter of a mile from their home on Rapid Creek Road. Investigating officers said he apparently died of suffocation shortly after the accident.

Evans’ death was the second farm fatality near Inkom in less than two days. Two year old Howard Shawn Munee was killed Thursday morning when he was struck by a fertilizer spreader being pulled behind a tractor.

The accident Friday night was investigated by Deputy Sheriff Carl Croft and State patrolman jack Lancaster.

Evans left his home about 6:00 p.m. to feed stock and to pull a homemade land leveler to a field for work later. Lancaster said that the wooden leveler, also known as a float apparently caught in some rocks in a narrow passage between the lower and upper levels.

The steepness of the grade caused the tractor to flip over, Lancaster said. Evans was pinned between the tractor and the leveler with his left arm under the leveler, the officer reported.

Efforts by a wrecker to lift the tractor from Evans’ body at first were hampered by the narrowness of the rock passage. Lancaster said the wrecker was forced to drive several miles and approach the scene by a different road.

In addition to farming, Mr. Evans was employed by the Union Pacific Railroad as a machinist’s helper. He was also a cattleman and a horseman and had worked with the U.S. Forest Service for more than 26 years.

He was an elder and a member of the Inkom Ward Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and had served as a ward teacher.

Mr. Evans was born April 13, 1898 in Malad, a son of Edward E. and Hephzipah Stubbs Evans. He married Geneva Fern Jensen at Ogden, UT September 7, 1933. They received their temple endowments in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple, July 3, 1958. They lived in Malad until 1943, then moved to Pocatello and in April, 1946, moved to Inkom.

Mr. Evans is survived by his wife, three sons, Dean Evans, Pocatello; Edward Stephen Evans, Inkom; and Charles S. Evans, Woods Cross, UT; five daughters, Florence of Inkom; Mrs. Perry Briscoe, Mrs. Tom Fenwick and Mrs. Raymond King, all of Pocatello; and Mrs. Darrell Whitworth, Provo, UT. Also surviving are a brother Floyd S. Evans, Pocatello; a sister, Mrs. Sarah Lewis, Blackfoot, and 18 grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Tuesday in the Inkom LDS Ward Chapel with Bishop Burl McNabb officiating. Burial was in the Malad Cemetery under the direction of the Manning Funeral Chapel, Pocatello.