Doyal Evans

JACKSON, Mo. -- Funeral for Doyal A. Evans of Denver, Colo., will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. James R. Boring will officiate. Burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery.

Friends may call after 9:30 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

Evans, 86, died Friday, May 31, 2002, at Porter's Memorial Hospital in Denver.

He was born Jan. 23, 1916, son of Charles and Malinda Lehmann Evans. He and Lillie Ruth Stearns were married Sept. 30, 1945. She died Feb. 26, 1986.

Evans worked at International Shoe Co. and later was a self-employed watch repairman. He attended Cherry Hills Community Church in Denver.

He served with the Seabees of the U.S. Navy during World War II.

Survivors include a son, David Evans of Littleton, Colo.; a daughter, Nancy Evans of Denver; three sisters, Jessie Kamp and Marie Haupt of Jackson, Genevieve Bordato of Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich.; and two grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two brothers and a sister.