Leonora Lewis Watkins Evans was one of Birda's older sisters.
(She was commonly referred to as "Nonie", and her given name has mutated into many different variations: Lenore, Lenora, Leonara, Noni, etc. Not sure exactly WHICH way is the correct way to spell it.)
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| Photo from the personal albums of Bryce Merkley Photo cropped from original larger group shot. |
According to these documents the following dates apply:
BIRTH: 16 Aug 1876- Holliday, Salt Lake, Utah
DEATH: 8 Jan 1948- Palo Alto, Santa Clara, California
She was 71 years old when she died following a major operation.
Obituary:
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| SOURCE: SL Trib 1948, Jan 10, p.24 |
Obituary transcribed:
Lenora L.W. Evans
VERNAL, Jan 9- Lenora Lewis Watkins Evans, 71, wife of E.W. Evans, Vernal, died Thursday at 5 a.m. at Palo Alto, Cal of complications following an operation.
She was born Aug 16, 1876 at Holladay, Salt Lake County, a daughter of Siney and Elizabeth Coleman Lewis.
Mrs. Evans came to Vernal in 1895, where she married Alfred Watkins, who died three years later. She them married Mrs. Evans at Vernal.
She had been active in LDS church activities in the Relief Society and Daughters of the Utah Pioneers.
Survivors include her husband, Vernal, two daughters, Hazel Domney Evans, Palo Alto; and Mrs. George Foster, Columbia, Carbon County; three stepchildren, Bert Evans, Provo; Mrs. Lillie Murdock, Heber, and Mrs. Jean Scandian, Palo Alto; and the following brothers and sisters, Mrs. Annie Wiest, Mrs. Charles Hatch, Mrs. Jennie Hullinger, Frank Lewis, and Mrs. Birda Merkley, Vernal; Mrs. Georgia McClelland, San Francisco; Charles P. Lewis and Siney Lewis, Los Angeles.
Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday noon in the Vernal Second LDS ward chapel, by Phil Watkins, bishop. Burial will be in Vernal Memorial cemetery.
Friends may call at the family home Tuesday from 10 a.m. until time of services.
*Spelling and punctuation corrected wherein I was aware.
Local Obituary:
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| SOURCE: Vernal Express 1948, Jan 8, p.1 |
Mrs. E.W. Evans Dies On Coast After Operation
Mrs. Leonora Lewis Watkins Evans, 71, died this morning (Thursday) at Palo Alto, Calif., following a major operation.
Mrs. Evans was born at Holliday in Salt Lake County, August 16, 1876, the daughter of Siney Lewis, Sr., and Elizabeth Coleman Lewis. She lived the early part of her life at Midway.
She and Alfred Watkins, and rancher, were married at Vernal. The couple settled at Midway. They had one child, who survives. Mr. Watkins died three years following their marriage.
She later married E.W. Evans, a harness maker, at Vernal. The couple had three children, one of whom survives. Mr. and Mrs. Evans have since resided at Vernal. Mrs. Evans went to the coast for her health in early December.
Mrs. Evans was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was a member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers and was an active Relief Society worker.
She is survived by her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Hazel Dominy, San Francisco, and Mrs. Ephia Foster, Columbia; three stepchildren, Bert Evans, Provo; Mrs. Lily Murdock, Heber; Mrs. Jane Scalen, San Francisco; three brothers, Siney Lewis, Jr., Los Angeles, Calif.; Frank and Charles Lewis, Vernal; five sisters, Mrs. John Wise, Mrs. Charles Hatch, Mrs. Asher Merkley, Mrs. Harold Hullinger, Vernal; Mrs. Lynn McClelland, San Francisco, Calif. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
*Spelling and punctuation corrected by me wherein I was aware.
Funeral notice:
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| SOURCE: Vernal Express 1948, Jan 15, p.1 |
Funeral notice transcribed:
Final Rites Held For Mrs. E.W. Evans
Funeral services for Mrs. Leonora Lewis Watkins Evans, 71, long time resident of Uintah County, who died January 8 at Palo Alto, Calif., following a major operation, were held at the Vernal Second Ward Chapel, Tuesday, at noon, under the direction of Bishop Philip Watkins.
Prayer at the home was offered by Bishop Orion R. Jones. Harold Hullinger gave the invocation at the services and Charles Hatch, the benediction. Speakers were Bishop Watkins and President Archie Johnson. Musical selections included: prelude and postlude, organ, Elaine Evans; "Have I Done any Good in the World Today?," vocal duet, Thressa Hadlock and Frank Walker, "Calvary", vocal solo, Avard Rigby; "One Fleeting Hour," vocal solo Virginia Hacking; "End of A Perfect Day", violin solo, Gilbert Childs; E.J. Winder dedicated the grave.
Pallbearers were Evans Smith, B.G. Simpson, M.B. Lawson, Rex A. Murdock, M.E. Murdock, M.B. Murdock.
Mrs. Evans was born at Holliday, August 16, 1876, a daughter of Siney Lewis, Sr., and Elizabeth Coleman Lewis.
She and Alfred Watkins were married November 25, 1895 at Vernal. The couple settled at Midway. Mr. Watkins died November 10, 1896.
She and E.W. Evans were later married at Vernal. The couple have since lived at Vernal until early December when Mrs. Evans went to California for her health.
A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mrs. Evans was an active Relief Society worker.
She is survived by her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Hazel Dominy, San Francisco and Mrs. Ephia Foster, Columbia; three stepchildren, Bert Evans, Provo; Mrs. Lily Murdock, Heber; Mrs. Jane Scalen, San Francisco; three brothers, Siney Lewis, Jr., Los Angeles, Calif., Frank and Charles Lewis, Vernal; fives sisters Mrs. John Wise, Mrs. Charles Hatch, Mrs. Asher Merkley, Mrs. Harold Hullinger, all of Vernal; Mrs. Lynn McClelland, San Francisco.
*Spelling and punctuation corrected by me wherein I was aware.
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| Photo from the personal albums of Bryce Merkley Cropped from larger family group sheet |
*I just noticed there are some discrepancies in the dates that she and Alfred Watkins were married- I shall have to investigate this further and post my findings on their marriage post.