BONNY LAKE, Wash. - Lolah Mae "Puss" Evjen, 86, died of natural causes on July 20, 2006, in Bonny Lake, Wash., at her daughter Marta's home.
She was born on June 12, 1920, in Weed, Mont., to Robert Bruce and Diane Leibel Pritchard. She graduated from Sacred Heart.
On Aug. 26, 1939, she married Homer Evjen. He passed away on Aug. 7, 1962. On Feb. 22, 1965, she married Arnold Mann. They divorced in 1977.
Lolah worked in the dry cleaning business many years. She loved children and she loved to sew.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands; and five brothers, Bob, Sherman, Richard, Jerry and Thomas.
Survivors include her children, Sylvia "Sandy" Fuchs (Skip) of Missoula, George "Pete" of Clinton, Debbie Woods (Ray) of Boulder, Tammy Nelson of Sprague, Wash., Bruce Evjen, Jan Bonnet and Marta Gonzales, all of Bonny Lake; 14 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; sisters Sandra Hinson (Bill) of Deer Lodge, Diane Wyatt of Anaconda; brothers Ronald of Helena, Fritz (Milly) and John "Bingo" (Carleen) of Missoula; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 3, at Faith Evangelical Church on the corner of 10th and Schilling. Cremation has taken place with burial next to Homer at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
The family suggests memorials to Montana Hope Project, P.O. Box 5927 Helena, MT 59604.
She was born on June 12, 1920, in Weed, Mont., to Robert Bruce and Diane Leibel Pritchard. She graduated from Sacred Heart.
On Aug. 26, 1939, she married Homer Evjen. He passed away on Aug. 7, 1962. On Feb. 22, 1965, she married Arnold Mann. They divorced in 1977.
Lolah worked in the dry cleaning business many years. She loved children and she loved to sew.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands; and five brothers, Bob, Sherman, Richard, Jerry and Thomas.
Survivors include her children, Sylvia "Sandy" Fuchs (Skip) of Missoula, George "Pete" of Clinton, Debbie Woods (Ray) of Boulder, Tammy Nelson of Sprague, Wash., Bruce Evjen, Jan Bonnet and Marta Gonzales, all of Bonny Lake; 14 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; sisters Sandra Hinson (Bill) of Deer Lodge, Diane Wyatt of Anaconda; brothers Ronald of Helena, Fritz (Milly) and John "Bingo" (Carleen) of Missoula; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 3, at Faith Evangelical Church on the corner of 10th and Schilling. Cremation has taken place with burial next to Homer at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
The family suggests memorials to Montana Hope Project, P.O. Box 5927 Helena, MT 59604.
BONNY LAKE, Wash. - Lolah Mae "Puss" Evjen, 86, died of natural causes on July 20, 2006, in Bonny Lake, Wash., at her daughter Marta's home.
She was born on June 12, 1920, in Weed, Mont., to Robert Bruce and Diane Leibel Pritchard. She graduated from Sacred Heart.
On Aug. 26, 1939, she married Homer Evjen. He passed away on Aug. 7, 1962. On Feb. 22, 1965, she married Arnold Mann. They divorced in 1977.
Lolah worked in the dry cleaning business many years. She loved children and she loved to sew.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands; and five brothers, Bob, Sherman, Richard, Jerry and Thomas.
Survivors include her children, Sylvia "Sandy" Fuchs (Skip) of Missoula, George "Pete" of Clinton, Debbie Woods (Ray) of Boulder, Tammy Nelson of Sprague, Wash., Bruce Evjen, Jan Bonnet and Marta Gonzales, all of Bonny Lake; 14 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; sisters Sandra Hinson (Bill) of Deer Lodge, Diane Wyatt of Anaconda; brothers Ronald of Helena, Fritz (Milly) and John "Bingo" (Carleen) of Missoula; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 3, at Faith Evangelical Church on the corner of 10th and Schilling. Cremation has taken place with burial next to Homer at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
The family suggests memorials to Montana Hope Project, P.O. Box 5927 Helena, MT 59604.
She was born on June 12, 1920, in Weed, Mont., to Robert Bruce and Diane Leibel Pritchard. She graduated from Sacred Heart.
On Aug. 26, 1939, she married Homer Evjen. He passed away on Aug. 7, 1962. On Feb. 22, 1965, she married Arnold Mann. They divorced in 1977.
Lolah worked in the dry cleaning business many years. She loved children and she loved to sew.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands; and five brothers, Bob, Sherman, Richard, Jerry and Thomas.
Survivors include her children, Sylvia "Sandy" Fuchs (Skip) of Missoula, George "Pete" of Clinton, Debbie Woods (Ray) of Boulder, Tammy Nelson of Sprague, Wash., Bruce Evjen, Jan Bonnet and Marta Gonzales, all of Bonny Lake; 14 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; sisters Sandra Hinson (Bill) of Deer Lodge, Diane Wyatt of Anaconda; brothers Ronald of Helena, Fritz (Milly) and John "Bingo" (Carleen) of Missoula; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 3, at Faith Evangelical Church on the corner of 10th and Schilling. Cremation has taken place with burial next to Homer at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
The family suggests memorials to Montana Hope Project, P.O. Box 5927 Helena, MT 59604.
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