Evelyn M. (Desmond) Desjarlais, 71, of Pomona, Calif., formerly of Sioux City, died unexpectedly Wednesday, June 24,1998, at her residence.
Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church in Claremont, Calif. Burial was in Holy Cross Cemetery at Pomona. Draper Mortuary of Ontario, Calif., is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Desjarlais was born Jan. 1, 1927, in Sioux City, the daughter of Martin and Orise (LaFleur) Desmond.
She married William J. Desjarlais on July 30, 1945. He died Aug. 6, 1985.
She was a retired associate financial director for Claremont McKenna College. She had been a resident of Pomona for 42 years.
She was a member of Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Alice Smith of Pomona and Mary Baldwin of Sierra Madre, Calif.; five sisters, Ellen and her husband, Sam Craig of Independence, MO, Theresa and her husband, Jim Irelan of Rockford, IL., Marian and her husband, Cecil Harrison, and Sharon Monroe, all of Sioux City, and Elaine and her husband, Richard Holzer, of Spokane, Wash.; three brothers and their wives, Martin and Barbara of Adelanto, Calif., Jim and Jeannie of Sioux City and Dan and Earlynne of Rockford, Ill.; five grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son, Robert Desjarlais; her parents; two brothers, George and John; and a brother-in-law, Steve Monroe.
Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church in Claremont, Calif. Burial was in Holy Cross Cemetery at Pomona. Draper Mortuary of Ontario, Calif., is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Desjarlais was born Jan. 1, 1927, in Sioux City, the daughter of Martin and Orise (LaFleur) Desmond.
She married William J. Desjarlais on July 30, 1945. He died Aug. 6, 1985.
She was a retired associate financial director for Claremont McKenna College. She had been a resident of Pomona for 42 years.
She was a member of Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Alice Smith of Pomona and Mary Baldwin of Sierra Madre, Calif.; five sisters, Ellen and her husband, Sam Craig of Independence, MO, Theresa and her husband, Jim Irelan of Rockford, IL., Marian and her husband, Cecil Harrison, and Sharon Monroe, all of Sioux City, and Elaine and her husband, Richard Holzer, of Spokane, Wash.; three brothers and their wives, Martin and Barbara of Adelanto, Calif., Jim and Jeannie of Sioux City and Dan and Earlynne of Rockford, Ill.; five grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son, Robert Desjarlais; her parents; two brothers, George and John; and a brother-in-law, Steve Monroe.
Evelyn M. (Desmond) Desjarlais, 71, of Pomona, Calif., formerly of Sioux City, died unexpectedly Wednesday, June 24,1998, at her residence.
Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church in Claremont, Calif. Burial was in Holy Cross Cemetery at Pomona. Draper Mortuary of Ontario, Calif., is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Desjarlais was born Jan. 1, 1927, in Sioux City, the daughter of Martin and Orise (LaFleur) Desmond.
She married William J. Desjarlais on July 30, 1945. He died Aug. 6, 1985.
She was a retired associate financial director for Claremont McKenna College. She had been a resident of Pomona for 42 years.
She was a member of Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Alice Smith of Pomona and Mary Baldwin of Sierra Madre, Calif.; five sisters, Ellen and her husband, Sam Craig of Independence, MO, Theresa and her husband, Jim Irelan of Rockford, IL., Marian and her husband, Cecil Harrison, and Sharon Monroe, all of Sioux City, and Elaine and her husband, Richard Holzer, of Spokane, Wash.; three brothers and their wives, Martin and Barbara of Adelanto, Calif., Jim and Jeannie of Sioux City and Dan and Earlynne of Rockford, Ill.; five grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son, Robert Desjarlais; her parents; two brothers, George and John; and a brother-in-law, Steve Monroe.
Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church in Claremont, Calif. Burial was in Holy Cross Cemetery at Pomona. Draper Mortuary of Ontario, Calif., is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Desjarlais was born Jan. 1, 1927, in Sioux City, the daughter of Martin and Orise (LaFleur) Desmond.
She married William J. Desjarlais on July 30, 1945. He died Aug. 6, 1985.
She was a retired associate financial director for Claremont McKenna College. She had been a resident of Pomona for 42 years.
She was a member of Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Alice Smith of Pomona and Mary Baldwin of Sierra Madre, Calif.; five sisters, Ellen and her husband, Sam Craig of Independence, MO, Theresa and her husband, Jim Irelan of Rockford, IL., Marian and her husband, Cecil Harrison, and Sharon Monroe, all of Sioux City, and Elaine and her husband, Richard Holzer, of Spokane, Wash.; three brothers and their wives, Martin and Barbara of Adelanto, Calif., Jim and Jeannie of Sioux City and Dan and Earlynne of Rockford, Ill.; five grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son, Robert Desjarlais; her parents; two brothers, George and John; and a brother-in-law, Steve Monroe.
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