Obit of Lucille Evans (e152) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Wanda Purcell   <wpurc25758@aol.com>  8 Oct 2001
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Surnames: Evans, Kendall, Blockolski, Young, Lindsey, Bradford, 
Simpson, Hyer 

An auto accident occurred last Saturday morning a few miles north of 
Enid, in which Lucille Evans, a former resident of Cheyenne was 
killed.

Mrs. Evans and her son, Bill Tom, were enroute to Alva to attending 
a home coming of the northwestern Teachers College when the Evans 
car collided with another car driven by Mrs. Christine Winifred 
Blockcolski. Ohter occupants of the Blockloski car injured were Mrs. 
Guffey, who received a broken leg and pelvis, and has been reported 
as dieng from the injuries, she received and twin sons, Donny and 
Danny, together with Mrs. Bockolski and Bill Tom Evans. 

A patrolman who was called to the scene stated that the accident 
occurred when Mrs. Blockolski attemped to pass a truck on an 
incline, meeting the Evans car. Not having time to pull to the right 
of the road, she pulled to the left in an effort to avoid the 
accident, colliding with the Evan car.

Lucille Evans was well known in this community, having frown to 
womanhood in this and Strong City community, being the daughter of 
the late Uncle Bill Kendall who served this county as treasurer for 
a number of years. She was employed in the Cheyenne schools for a 
number of years as an instructor. Later she was employed in 
Extension work by the A.& M. College and for the past two years has 
been connected with the Oklahoma Tuberculosis Association. Last June 
she transferred to become executive director for Grant and Garfield 
counties.

Mrs. Evans was a widow, being survived by a son, Bill Tom, who was 
the driver of the Evans car and is a student at A.& M. and a 
daughter, Martha Ann, a sophmore at the University of Oklahoma, two 
brothers, Ed Kendall of Anadarko and Tom Kendall of Glazier, Texas, 
and five sisters: Mrs. Abbie Young of Elk City, Frnkie Lindsey, 
Oklahoma City; Bird Bradford of Anadarko; Maggie Simpson of the 
state of Oregon; Dave Hyer of Guymon. All of the above attended the 
funeral except Mrs. Simpson.

R.H. Kendall, Doug Kendall and Vivian Kendall of this city are 
cousins of the deceased.

Funeral services were conducted in Enid Monday morning and a 
graveside service was conducted at Strong City where her body was 
laid to rest in the family plot at Strong City cemetery, Strong 
City, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma.  
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