Charlevoix County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Evans, Blanche Melhorn Smith ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn King msmarly@yahoo.com May 31, 2016, 4:59 pm Cemetery: Brookside Cemetery Name: Blanche Melhorn Smith Evans Date Of Photograph: May 29, 2012 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/charlevoix/photos/tombstones/brookside/evans187258gph.jpg Image file size: 115.9 Kb Blanche Smith Evans 1892 - 1971 Birth: Nov. 3, 1892, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Death: Feb. 19, 1971, Charlevoix County Michigan Parents: Daniel and Hattie Melhorn OBITUARY Mrs. Evans Funeral for Mrs. Charles Evans, 78, was held Monday, Feb. 22, at the Winchester Funeral Home, the Rev. Elmer Faust officiating. Burial was in Brookside Cemetery. Mrs. Evans died Feb. 19 at the Grandvue Medical Care Facility where she had been a patient for five weeks. The former Blanche Melhorn was born in Chicago Nov. 3,1892. She married Otto Smith in 1912 and they made their home in Charlevoix. Mr. Smith died in 1951. She later married Mr. Charles Evans who died in 1955. Mrs. Evans operated a millinery shop in Charlevoix and later was a fitter at Sarah Weinstock stores in Petoskey and Palm Beach, Fla. She was a member of the United Methodist Church, the WSCS, Rebekah Lodge No. 293, the Past Noble Grand Club and the Charlevoix Senior Citizens Club. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Ray (Florence) Pedersen of Punta Gorda, Fla., and Mrs. Harold (Dorothy) Grattan of Waterford, Mich.; a son, Frank W. Smith of Charlevoix; 10 grandchildren; 26 great grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Mayme Hermansen of Las Vegas, Nev., and two brothers, Arthur Melhorn of Oregon and Charles Melhorn of Mercer, Wisc. Michigan, Divorce Records, 1897-1952 Name: Blanche Smith Marriage Date: 14 Sep 1912 Marriage Place: Jackson, Michigan Decree Date: 22 Apr 1946 Decree Place: Michigan, USA Spouse Name: Otto R Smith Divorce Status: Granted United States Social Security Death Index Given Name: Blanche Surname: Evans Birth Date: 3 November 1892 State: Michigan Last Place of Residence: Charlevoix, Charlevoix, Michigan Previous Residence Postal Code: 49720 Event Date: February 1971 Age: 79 Spouses: Otto Richard Smith (1887 - 1951) Charles Evans (1884 - 1955) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/charlevoix/photos/tombstones/brookside/evans187258gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 2.7 Kb