Carolyn Evaleen Evel, 74, went home to her Lord and Savior on Wed. Aug. 27, 2014. She passed at the home of her daughter and son-in-law Polly and Brent Foust in Colwich, KS. She was surrounded by her five children.
She was born in Parsons, KS on Dec. 20, 1939. She was raised in Erie, KS and graduated from Erie High School in 1957. She graduated from Baker University in 1961. On Oct. 13, 1962 she married Dale Roy Evel in Erie, KS. They farmed in Arnold, KS where they chose to adopt six children. After retiring from the farm in 1988, they made their home in Hutchinson. Carolyn was a Medical Technician in Ness City and Hutchinson. Her husband Dale passed away March 9, 2006 and she moved to Erie in 2010.
She is survived by her children; Polly (Brent) Foust, Colwich, KS, Keith (Karla) Evel, La Crosse, KS, Robert Evel, Bazine, KS, Jenny (Steve) Masterson, Wichita, Nathan Evel, Hutchinson, four sisters; Marilyn Barker, Ft. Scott, KS, Jackie Sexton, Parsons, KS, Edwina Brennan, Erie, KS, Betty Collins, Parsons, KS, eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, her son, Patrick Dale Evel, her brother, David Tarvin and two grandchildren.
Funeral service will be 11:00am Sat. at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home with Bishop Quintin Moore presiding. Burial will follow in Penwell-Gabel Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9:00am to 9:00pm Friday with the family present from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. Memorials may be given to Friends of Tri-Valley, PO Box 15, Chanute, KS, 66720.