Margaret C. Evans, 99
Margaret May Clements Evans, 99, of Grangeville and formerly of Riggins, died Sunday, February 10, 2008, at Syringa General Hospital in Grangeville.
She was born December 19, 1908, in Riverside, Carbon County, Wyoming. She was the second of eight children born to Willa Mae Cox and James Wellington Clements. She went to school in Encampment, Wyoming, finishing the 10th grade (the highest grade available) at age 14. At this age, her mother became ill, so she helped on the ranch, took care of her younger siblings, and went to work for a photographer who taught her to type. Her mother passed away when Margaret was 17.
As a young woman, Margaret took a job with the Internal Revenue Service in Cheyenne, Wyoming to help support her younger brothers and sisters who were in a boarding school.
She married George Hall Evans on March 29, 1931, in Laramie, Wyoming. They moved wherever there was a job available. While in Missouri, their only child, Mary, was born.
Margaret spent two summers on fire lookout towers in Wyoming; ran a hotel/boarding house and drove the school bus in Zuni, New Mexico, and also owned and managed a small grocery store in Denver, Colorado.
After moving to Idaho in the 1940’s, Margaret was a homemaker and didn’t work outside of the home until 1950. She then worked as a medical assistant until retiring. In 1969, she and her husband moved to Riggins, Idaho, where she then worked for the Forest Service at Riggins and Slate Creek.
Margaret was an avid reader, gardener, and baker. She was a fantastic cook and preserved all the family’s fruits and vegetables.
She is survived by daughter, Mary and son-in-law Bill Carter; granddaughter Cindy and her husband, John Sangster; grandson Jim Vaughn and his wife, Vonnie; grandson Dan Vaughn and his wife, Paula; six great grandchildren; three great-great grandchildren; and her brother-in-law, Gene Arrant.
Margaret was preceded in death by her husband, George; sisters Sophia Swanson, Isabel Ross, and Mae Arrant; and her brothers Charles, James, George, and Eugene.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, February 15, 2008, at 11:00 a.m. PST, at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Grangeville. Graveside services will follow at the Riggins Cemetery, at 3:00 p.m. MST.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in Margaret’s name to the Shriners Hospital, c/o Calam Temple, 855 Main Street, Lewiston, Idaho 83501, or to Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 311 S. Hall Street, Grangeville, Idaho 83530.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Blackmer Funeral Home in Grangeville.
Send condolences to the family at www.blackmerfuneralhome.com.
She was born December 19, 1908, in Riverside, Carbon County, Wyoming. She was the second of eight children born to Willa Mae Cox and James Wellington Clements. She went to school in Encampment, Wyoming, finishing the 10th grade (the highest grade available) at age 14. At this age, her mother became ill, so she helped on the ranch, took care of her younger siblings, and went to work for a photographer who taught her to type. Her mother passed away when Margaret was 17.
As a young woman, Margaret took a job with the Internal Revenue Service in Cheyenne, Wyoming to help support her younger brothers and sisters who were in a boarding school.
She married George Hall Evans on March 29, 1931, in Laramie, Wyoming. They moved wherever there was a job available. While in Missouri, their only child, Mary, was born.
Margaret spent two summers on fire lookout towers in Wyoming; ran a hotel/boarding house and drove the school bus in Zuni, New Mexico, and also owned and managed a small grocery store in Denver, Colorado.
After moving to Idaho in the 1940’s, Margaret was a homemaker and didn’t work outside of the home until 1950. She then worked as a medical assistant until retiring. In 1969, she and her husband moved to Riggins, Idaho, where she then worked for the Forest Service at Riggins and Slate Creek.
Margaret was an avid reader, gardener, and baker. She was a fantastic cook and preserved all the family’s fruits and vegetables.
She is survived by daughter, Mary and son-in-law Bill Carter; granddaughter Cindy and her husband, John Sangster; grandson Jim Vaughn and his wife, Vonnie; grandson Dan Vaughn and his wife, Paula; six great grandchildren; three great-great grandchildren; and her brother-in-law, Gene Arrant.
Margaret was preceded in death by her husband, George; sisters Sophia Swanson, Isabel Ross, and Mae Arrant; and her brothers Charles, James, George, and Eugene.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, February 15, 2008, at 11:00 a.m. PST, at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Grangeville. Graveside services will follow at the Riggins Cemetery, at 3:00 p.m. MST.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in Margaret’s name to the Shriners Hospital, c/o Calam Temple, 855 Main Street, Lewiston, Idaho 83501, or to Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 311 S. Hall Street, Grangeville, Idaho 83530.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Blackmer Funeral Home in Grangeville.
Send condolences to the family at www.blackmerfuneralhome.com.
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