EVANS, EMMA WILLIAMS, May 26, 1879 – April 23, 1954

Funeral services were held Monday at the Third Ward chapel for Mrs. Emma Williams Evans, 74, who died April 23, 1954 after a long illness. Bishop Hubert Gleed was in charge of the services.

Prayer at the home was offered by Josiah Price; invocation by Bishop Carl A. Evans; benediction, Lynn Williams; dedicatory prayer at the cemetery, L.R. Budge. Speakers were Howell Williams, Ralph Harding, Darrell Swartz and Bishop Gleed. Musical numbers consisted of the prelude and postlude music by Karen Hartley; vocal solos, Dean Williams, Eldon Corgridge and Margaret E. Jones.

Mrs. Evans was born at Cherry Creek, ,May 26, 1879, a daughter of Jenkin and Rachel Vaughan Williams. Reared and educated at Malad, she was married in October, 1898 to James J. Evans, who died in 1934. She was a member of the LDS Church and the Native Daughters of Idaho Pioneers.

Surviving are two sons and two daughters: Jay V. Evans, Blackfoot, ID; Mrs. Barbara Rohwer, Bountiful, UT; Vaughan W. Evans, Reno, NV; Mrs. Rachel Hughes, Malad; one sister, Mrs. Stella Layland, Independence, MO.

Those from out of town attending were: Mr. and Mrs. Wen Rohwer, Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Rohwer, Bountiful; Mr. and Mrs. Vaughan Evans and daughter, Barbara, Reno; Mr. and Mrs. Jay Evans and family, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hughes, Blackfoot; Mrs. J.V. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Jones, Logan; Keith Williams, Filmore, UT.

Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Williams, Salt lake City; Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Williams and family, Boise; Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Williams, Montpelier; George Evans, Bountiful; Ralph Evans, Sandy; Mrs. Pearl Stuart, Mrs. Rachel Moon, Mrs. Margaret Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Williams, Ogden; Mrs. Mary Daniels, Arco; Mrs. Margaretta Jones, Provo.

Mr. and Mrs. Herb Bowles, Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Evans, Pocatello; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Nelson, Weston; Mrs. C. Legrande Horsley and son, Brent, Brigham City; Mr. and Mrs. Orson Layton, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Stone, Downey; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Tripp, Inkom Mrs. Rachel Lowe, Willard; Mr. and Mrs. Rex Hickman, McCammon.