This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/8424 Message Board Post: Daily Independent newspaper Ridgecrest CA Kern County June 14, 2005 MARGARET B. EVANS 1921-2005 Longtime Ridgecrest resident Margaret B. Evans passed away Thursday June 9, 2005 at Ridgecrest Regional Hospital. She was 84. Services will be private. Inurnment will be at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside. Mrs. Evans was born Feb. 13, 1921 in Ohio. She moved to Ridgecrest in 1953 and was a homemaker. Her family says this about her: "Margaret loved to travel to Laughlin, Nev. and play her poker machine. She loved to have her family around for her to give advice and to boss around. She loved to have her friends stop by and talk about the old days." She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law Judy and Mitch Howard of Boron, daughter and son-in-law Elaine and Jerry Mitchell of Palmdale, step-son Edward Evans of Reno, Nev., 11 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Private cremation, arrangements and media information provided by Holland & Lyons Mortuary. News Review newspaper Ridgecrest Ca June 15, 2005 MARGARET B. EVANS Margaret B. Evans of Ridgecrest died June 9, 2005 at Ridgecrest Regional Hospital. She was 84. Inurnment was at Riverside National Cemetery. Mrs. Evans was born Feb. 13, 1921 in Ohio. A homemaker she had lived in Ridgecrest since 1953. "She loved to travel to Laughlin, Nev. to play on poker machines," said a loved one. "She loved to have her family around for her to give advice and boss around. She loved to have her friends stop by and talk about the old days." She is survived by her daughters Judy and husband Mitch Howard of Boron and Elaine and husband Jerry Mitchell of Palmdale, stepson Edward Evans of Reno, Nev., 11 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Private cremation and arrangements were provided by Holland & Lyons Mortuary.