from grandmother West's scrapbook Barry West Mary Leona Evans was born at Van Wert, Iowa, Dec. 20 1888 to John and Alice Hacker, and died May 22, 1974, in Leon, Iowa at the age of 85. Her life was spent in the Weldon and Van Wert areas, with the exception of a few years in south Dakota. She was a member of the Methodist Church. On March 24, 1915, she was united in marriage with Arthur Evans. To this union three sons were born. She was preceded in death by her parents; one son Louise and wife Ruby, Ankeny; and three brothers: Charles, Byron and Don Hacker. Survivors are her husband Art, Weldon; two sons and wives, Max and Eugenia, Weldon; and Raymond and Maxine, Ames; nine grandchildren, Paul, Karen and Mary Francis Evans, Ankeny; Scott, Becky and Nancy Evans, weldon; Richard and Jeff Evans and Linda McVey, ames; one great grandchild, Troy McVey, Ames; four sisters and one brother, Ruth Poch, Cheyenne, Wyo.; Laura Thompson, Hereford, Colo.; Hattie Allen and Alice Coffey, Leon; and Joe Hacker, Lincoln, Neb.