Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....Evans, Melissa March 2, 2006 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ila L. Wakley iwakley@msn.com April 21, 2006, 1:19 pm The Dalles Chronicle, March 15, 2006 Eric Evans and his sister-in-law, Melissa Evans, were killed in an early morning traffic accident east of Rockford, Mich. on March 2. The vehicle they were in hit a patch of slush and veered into the oncoming traffic and was struck near the passenger door by an approaching car. Both died at the scene. He is survived by his parents, Dave and Eileen (Johnson), Rockford; a brother, Matthew Evan; a niece, Morgan Evans; grandparents, Bill and Virginia Johnson, The Dalles; Nancy Evans, Three Lakes, Wis.; aunts and uncles, Elizabeth and Kevin Windsor, Renton, Wash.; Carolyn and Mauricio Calderon, Everett, Wash.; and numerous cousins; great aunts and uncles, Lina Haug, Bob and Delores Haug and Betty Johnson, all of The Dalles; Kirk Roberts, McMinnville; Tom and Helen Evans, Ohio, and Bob Frazier, Michigan. She is survived by her husband, Matthew Evans; daughter, Morgan, Rockford; and parents, Jim and Bev Ross; brothers, Joseph and Eddie Ross; and sister, Sue Ann Sexton, all of Carmi, Ill. A memorial service was held March 6 at the Bostwick Lake Congregational Church. Memorials in his memory may be made to Bostwick Lake Congregational Church, 7979 Belding Road, Rockford,MI 49341. Memorials in her memory may be made to DeVos Children’s Hospital, 100 Michigan St. NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49502. Additional Comments: Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006). File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/wasco/obits/e/evans1334gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb