David Louis Evans, brother, father, grandfather, and teacher, passed peacefully with dignity from this life on Thursday, April 15, 2010 following a massive stroke and pneumonia. He goes from this life to a better place, to join his late wife, Ramona, and to find the eternal progress in which he placed his abiding faith. He resided at 1154 Holly Circle in Provo, Utah at the time of his death.
David was born June 13, 1925 in Billings, Montana, the third child of Thomas and Lulu Evans.
He spent his childhood in Toledo, Ohio and Pocatello, Idaho. The Evans were great fans of the newfangled automobile, and lived frugally during the Depression to provide for regular outings in their treasured Chevrolet. David knew that he wanted to be a teacher from a young age, and lined up his friends and neighbors in front of his mother's chalkboard for reading lessons.
He graduated early from high school during World War II to enlist in the military, and served in Patton's Army as a battalion scout, reconnoitering across enemy lines in France with a radio strapped onto his back. He was seriously wounded in a shelling near Nantes toward the end of the war, for which he received the Purple Heart.
David was greatly impressed by the religious faith of one of his war buddies; following the war, he visited the family of his late friend, and determined that he would be baptized in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. That religious faith sustained him throughout his life.
David married Ramona Bergeson, who was then a high school English teacher, in the Salt Lake Temple following a whirlwind courtship in 1952. After completing graduate work at the University of Utah, he joined the English Department faculty at Brigham Young University, where he became a Professor. David was known for his unusual combination of erudition and warmth, for the breadth and the accessibility of his knowledge, and for his generosity of intellect and spirit. He was also known for his satiric humor, which ranged from the wry to the Swiftean and was directed with particular efficiency at administration and policy. He collaborated for many years with Profs. Eugene England and John Gardner on the very popular honors colloquium, and was honored with the Karl G. Maeser Award in 1989. David retired reluctantly in 1993 due to his increasing difficulties with mobility and the health problems of his dear wife, Ramona, to whom he gave round-the-clock devoted care until her passing in 2004. He has mourned her steadily since that time, and those who cared for him know that he is happier now in her presence than he could ever have been here without her.
David is survived by one brother, Thomas Clarence Evans, of Fort Collins, Colorado; two cousins, with whom he was very close, Mary Bee Jensen, of Saint George, Utah, and James Bee, of Lawrence, Kansas; his son, Brent David Evans, of Vacaville, California; daughter, Pamela Evans Stanford, of Las Cruces, New Mexico; grandchildren, James (and Rebekah) Evans (Orinda, California), Wendy Evans (San Diego, California), Katherine Harlan (Dixon, California), Pamela Evans (Busan, Korea), Matthew Evans (Dixon, California), Christopher Evans (Dixon, California), and Griffin and Emeline Stanford (Las Cruces, New Mexico); and three great-grandchildren.
Family, friends, former colleagues, and students are invited to attend David's Funeral Services to be held at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 18, 2010 in the Oak Hills First Ward North Chapel, 1080 North 1200 East, Provo. Friends may call at the Ward Chapel on Sunday one hour prior to the services.
David will be buried at the Logan Cemetery, next to Ramona, at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, April 19, 2010.
Published in the Daily Herald on April 18, 2010.
David was born June 13, 1925 in Billings, Montana, the third child of Thomas and Lulu Evans.
He spent his childhood in Toledo, Ohio and Pocatello, Idaho. The Evans were great fans of the newfangled automobile, and lived frugally during the Depression to provide for regular outings in their treasured Chevrolet. David knew that he wanted to be a teacher from a young age, and lined up his friends and neighbors in front of his mother's chalkboard for reading lessons.
He graduated early from high school during World War II to enlist in the military, and served in Patton's Army as a battalion scout, reconnoitering across enemy lines in France with a radio strapped onto his back. He was seriously wounded in a shelling near Nantes toward the end of the war, for which he received the Purple Heart.
David was greatly impressed by the religious faith of one of his war buddies; following the war, he visited the family of his late friend, and determined that he would be baptized in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. That religious faith sustained him throughout his life.
David married Ramona Bergeson, who was then a high school English teacher, in the Salt Lake Temple following a whirlwind courtship in 1952. After completing graduate work at the University of Utah, he joined the English Department faculty at Brigham Young University, where he became a Professor. David was known for his unusual combination of erudition and warmth, for the breadth and the accessibility of his knowledge, and for his generosity of intellect and spirit. He was also known for his satiric humor, which ranged from the wry to the Swiftean and was directed with particular efficiency at administration and policy. He collaborated for many years with Profs. Eugene England and John Gardner on the very popular honors colloquium, and was honored with the Karl G. Maeser Award in 1989. David retired reluctantly in 1993 due to his increasing difficulties with mobility and the health problems of his dear wife, Ramona, to whom he gave round-the-clock devoted care until her passing in 2004. He has mourned her steadily since that time, and those who cared for him know that he is happier now in her presence than he could ever have been here without her.
David is survived by one brother, Thomas Clarence Evans, of Fort Collins, Colorado; two cousins, with whom he was very close, Mary Bee Jensen, of Saint George, Utah, and James Bee, of Lawrence, Kansas; his son, Brent David Evans, of Vacaville, California; daughter, Pamela Evans Stanford, of Las Cruces, New Mexico; grandchildren, James (and Rebekah) Evans (Orinda, California), Wendy Evans (San Diego, California), Katherine Harlan (Dixon, California), Pamela Evans (Busan, Korea), Matthew Evans (Dixon, California), Christopher Evans (Dixon, California), and Griffin and Emeline Stanford (Las Cruces, New Mexico); and three great-grandchildren.
Family, friends, former colleagues, and students are invited to attend David's Funeral Services to be held at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 18, 2010 in the Oak Hills First Ward North Chapel, 1080 North 1200 East, Provo. Friends may call at the Ward Chapel on Sunday one hour prior to the services.
David will be buried at the Logan Cemetery, next to Ramona, at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, April 19, 2010.
Published in the Daily Herald on April 18, 2010.
David Louis Evans, brother, father, grandfather, and teacher, passed peacefully with dignity from this life on Thursday, April 15, 2010 following a massive stroke and pneumonia. He goes from this life to a better place, to join his late wife, Ramona, and to find the eternal progress in which he placed his abiding faith. He resided at 1154 Holly Circle in Provo, Utah at the time of his death.
David was born June 13, 1925 in Billings, Montana, the third child of Thomas and Lulu Evans.
He spent his childhood in Toledo, Ohio and Pocatello, Idaho. The Evans were great fans of the newfangled automobile, and lived frugally during the Depression to provide for regular outings in their treasured Chevrolet. David knew that he wanted to be a teacher from a young age, and lined up his friends and neighbors in front of his mother's chalkboard for reading lessons.
He graduated early from high school during World War II to enlist in the military, and served in Patton's Army as a battalion scout, reconnoitering across enemy lines in France with a radio strapped onto his back. He was seriously wounded in a shelling near Nantes toward the end of the war, for which he received the Purple Heart.
David was greatly impressed by the religious faith of one of his war buddies; following the war, he visited the family of his late friend, and determined that he would be baptized in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. That religious faith sustained him throughout his life.
David married Ramona Bergeson, who was then a high school English teacher, in the Salt Lake Temple following a whirlwind courtship in 1952. After completing graduate work at the University of Utah, he joined the English Department faculty at Brigham Young University, where he became a Professor. David was known for his unusual combination of erudition and warmth, for the breadth and the accessibility of his knowledge, and for his generosity of intellect and spirit. He was also known for his satiric humor, which ranged from the wry to the Swiftean and was directed with particular efficiency at administration and policy. He collaborated for many years with Profs. Eugene England and John Gardner on the very popular honors colloquium, and was honored with the Karl G. Maeser Award in 1989. David retired reluctantly in 1993 due to his increasing difficulties with mobility and the health problems of his dear wife, Ramona, to whom he gave round-the-clock devoted care until her passing in 2004. He has mourned her steadily since that time, and those who cared for him know that he is happier now in her presence than he could ever have been here without her.
David is survived by one brother, Thomas Clarence Evans, of Fort Collins, Colorado; two cousins, with whom he was very close, Mary Bee Jensen, of Saint George, Utah, and James Bee, of Lawrence, Kansas; his son, Brent David Evans, of Vacaville, California; daughter, Pamela Evans Stanford, of Las Cruces, New Mexico; grandchildren, James (and Rebekah) Evans (Orinda, California), Wendy Evans (San Diego, California), Katherine Harlan (Dixon, California), Pamela Evans (Busan, Korea), Matthew Evans (Dixon, California), Christopher Evans (Dixon, California), and Griffin and Emeline Stanford (Las Cruces, New Mexico); and three great-grandchildren.
Family, friends, former colleagues, and students are invited to attend David's Funeral Services to be held at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 18, 2010 in the Oak Hills First Ward North Chapel, 1080 North 1200 East, Provo. Friends may call at the Ward Chapel on Sunday one hour prior to the services.
David will be buried at the Logan Cemetery, next to Ramona, at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, April 19, 2010.
Published in the Daily Herald on April 18, 2010.
David was born June 13, 1925 in Billings, Montana, the third child of Thomas and Lulu Evans.
He spent his childhood in Toledo, Ohio and Pocatello, Idaho. The Evans were great fans of the newfangled automobile, and lived frugally during the Depression to provide for regular outings in their treasured Chevrolet. David knew that he wanted to be a teacher from a young age, and lined up his friends and neighbors in front of his mother's chalkboard for reading lessons.
He graduated early from high school during World War II to enlist in the military, and served in Patton's Army as a battalion scout, reconnoitering across enemy lines in France with a radio strapped onto his back. He was seriously wounded in a shelling near Nantes toward the end of the war, for which he received the Purple Heart.
David was greatly impressed by the religious faith of one of his war buddies; following the war, he visited the family of his late friend, and determined that he would be baptized in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. That religious faith sustained him throughout his life.
David married Ramona Bergeson, who was then a high school English teacher, in the Salt Lake Temple following a whirlwind courtship in 1952. After completing graduate work at the University of Utah, he joined the English Department faculty at Brigham Young University, where he became a Professor. David was known for his unusual combination of erudition and warmth, for the breadth and the accessibility of his knowledge, and for his generosity of intellect and spirit. He was also known for his satiric humor, which ranged from the wry to the Swiftean and was directed with particular efficiency at administration and policy. He collaborated for many years with Profs. Eugene England and John Gardner on the very popular honors colloquium, and was honored with the Karl G. Maeser Award in 1989. David retired reluctantly in 1993 due to his increasing difficulties with mobility and the health problems of his dear wife, Ramona, to whom he gave round-the-clock devoted care until her passing in 2004. He has mourned her steadily since that time, and those who cared for him know that he is happier now in her presence than he could ever have been here without her.
David is survived by one brother, Thomas Clarence Evans, of Fort Collins, Colorado; two cousins, with whom he was very close, Mary Bee Jensen, of Saint George, Utah, and James Bee, of Lawrence, Kansas; his son, Brent David Evans, of Vacaville, California; daughter, Pamela Evans Stanford, of Las Cruces, New Mexico; grandchildren, James (and Rebekah) Evans (Orinda, California), Wendy Evans (San Diego, California), Katherine Harlan (Dixon, California), Pamela Evans (Busan, Korea), Matthew Evans (Dixon, California), Christopher Evans (Dixon, California), and Griffin and Emeline Stanford (Las Cruces, New Mexico); and three great-grandchildren.
Family, friends, former colleagues, and students are invited to attend David's Funeral Services to be held at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 18, 2010 in the Oak Hills First Ward North Chapel, 1080 North 1200 East, Provo. Friends may call at the Ward Chapel on Sunday one hour prior to the services.
David will be buried at the Logan Cemetery, next to Ramona, at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, April 19, 2010.
Published in the Daily Herald on April 18, 2010.
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