Gosper County NeArchives Obituaries.....Evans, Iris I. McKenzie January 18, 2009
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Lexington Clipper-Herald Jan. 21, 2009
Iris I. Evans, 82 of Elwood died Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009 at the Elwood Care 
Center.

Funeral services will be Friday, Jan. 23, at 2 p.m. at the First Christian 
Church in Elwood with Pastor Linda Newman, officiating.

Viewing and visitation will be Thursday, Jan. 22, from 2 p.m. until 8 p.m. at 
First Christian Church, in Elwood, with the family present from 5 p.m. until 7 
p.m. 

Interment will be at the Elwood Cemetery in Elwood.

Survivors include a daughter, Beverly (Mike) Dyer of Crawford; sons, Dennis 
(Kay) Evans and Norman (Cynthia) Evans, both of Elwood; Terry (Marlene) Evans 
of Smithfield; Kelly (Mary) Evans of Sublette, Kan.; 11 grandchildren; 
Samantha Dyer, Kelly Dyer, Amber Beam, Jamie Evans, Melissa Franzen, Melinda 
Riedel, Christopher Evans, Anthony Evans, Nick Evans, Bethany Evans, McKenzie 
Evans, seven great-grandchildren and a sister, Gail Willson, of Kearney
She was preceded in death by her husband, an infant daughter and two brothers, 
Jack and Dale McKenzie.

She was born Nov. 21, 1926 in rural Gosper County to Oren & Inez (Whisler) 
McKenzie.

She attended rural grade school north of Elwood, then attended and graduated 
from Elwood High School in 1944. After graduating from High School, she taught 
school for one year, and then worked as a telephone operator in Lexington 
until she married in 1949.

On Jan. 16, 1949 she married Bill Evans at the First Christian Church in 
Elwood. To this union six children were born Dennis, Beverly, Terry, Norman, 
Harriet and Kelly. Infant daughter Harriet died on Sept. 25, 1962 at the age 
of 15 months after a yearlong battle with cancer.  

Iris was a life long member of the First Christian Church of Elwood, and was 
active in the Christian Women’s Fellowship; she also was a volunteer for the 
American Cancer Society for many years. She worked at home raising her family 
and enjoyed calling in the Brace news for the Elwood Bulletin. 

On Jan. 16, 1999, Iris and Bill celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Her 
husband Bill died on Feb. 20, 1999.  


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