Laporte County Indiana obit. LAPORTE , IN- . Evilsizer, Don L-76, of 6036 W County Road 370 N., died at 4 P.M. Saturday in LaPorte Hospital. Mr. Evilsizer was retired from the Michigan City School Corp. and was former owner of Don's Truck Stop in The Pines and of the Petroleum and Equipment Co. He was born March 17, 1911 in Garrett, Ind. On Feb. 20, 1943, in Fort Lewis, Wash., he married Ethel Stearns. She survives along with two sons, James Robert of Dubuque, Iowa, and Garry Lee of Fort Madision, Iowa; several grandchildren; two sisters, Maxine Smith of Lafayette, Ind., and Ellen Mae Gerbrick of LaPorte; and a brother, Mirwood Francis of LaPorte. He was a member of the First Church of God and the LaPorte Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was an Army veteran of World War II. Services will be 1 P.M. Tuesday in Haverstock Funeral Home, where friends may call from 5 to 9 P.M. Monday and until the time of services Tuesday. Burial will be in Pine Lake Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the church building fund. This is the father of Garry Evilsizer who spent 20 years in the Oklahoms State Prison.  I have been corresponding with Garry in prison for the last ten years. He fell in love with his attorney, he was paroled in December of 1998 and we hope is living "happily ever after" This is not a descendant of "Ol Jacob", as his ancestor Jacob Evilsizer (ironic, huh?)b 1808 came from Germany after 1859 and settled in Cass Co, Indiana. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Sandi Evilsizer Koscak (© 2000 Sandi Evilsizer Koscak)