Mrs. William Evans
Mrs. Myrtle Bloomfield
Evans,
62, of 5544 Wilson Ave., Scioto-
ville, died at 10:15 p.m. Wednes-
day at Mercy Hospital.
Mrs. Evans had suffered a
se-
verely injured back in a fall Fri-
patient at the hospital since that
time. She apparently was im-
proving and in good spirits when
relatives were at her bedside
Wednesday night. The final sum-
mons came suddenly.
Born April 22, 1899, in Lewis
County, Ky., she was a daughter
of William and Leona Angel
Bloomfield. She was married
Feb. 19, 1916, to William Roscoe
Evans.
Surviving
are the husband,
William; four daughters, Mrs.
Helen Strickland of
Sciotoville Rt.
4, Mrs. Alma Payton, 520
Bloom
St., Sciotoville, Mrs. Peggy
White-
house of Minford Rt. 2, Mrs. Pa-
tricia Allard of Wheelersburg Rt.
2, two sons, Clarence of
Wheel-
ersburg Rt. 2, David of Scioto-
ville; three sisters, Mrs.
Bertha
Bradford, 1651 11th St., Mrs.
Clara Troyer of Ashland, Ky.,
Mrs. Loula Evans of Maysville,
Ky.; a half-brother, A. C. Angel
of South Shore and 18 grandchil-
dren.
Mrs. Evans
was preceded in
death by her parents and a daugh-
ter.
Funeral
services are to be at
2 p.m. Saturday at Berean Bap-
tist Church with Rev. Paul Hat-
macher officiating. Burial is
to
be in Memorial Burial Park un-
der direction of Gill
Funeral
Home.
Friends may call at the
funeral
home after 7 tonight.
"The Portsmouth Times"
August 17, 1961
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