This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Sg.2ADI/1868.1 Message Board Post: Jeanne, Following is an obituary I located using my link to Newsbank via my local public library. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ News Sun, The (Waukegan, IL) - February 27, 2001 Deceased Name: Lois C. Evans Lois C. Evans, 52, of Gurnee, Illinois passed away Wednesday, February 7, 2001 at the Naval Hospital, Naval Training Center, Great Lakes. She was born January 12, 1949 in Bristol, Virginia, the daughter of the late Jerry and Mary (nee Tolliver) Cantrell. She moved to the Great Lakes - Gurnee area in 1999 following the retirement of her husband from the United States Navy in Corpus Christie, Texas. Mrs. Evans, a Vietnam Era Veteran herself, served in the United States Navy, enlisting July 24, 1970 and served for 20 years. She retired June 30, 1990 at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii as a First Class Petty Officer. Following her retirement, she served as Ombudsman to Commanding Officer, USS Scott (Norfolk, VA) and to Commander, Mine Warfare Command (Corpus Christie, TX). For her dedicated service to the Nation, the United States Navy, her husband and the people of Texas, she was commissioned as a "Yellow Rose of Texas" by then Gov. George W. Bush. Mrs. Evans was employed as a facilitator and office assistant for the PREVENT Program at the Naval Training Center, Great Lakes and was pursuing her Masters Degree in Psychology from National-Louis University. Survivors include her devoted husband, Bradford C. Evans, a retired Navy Master Chief; two brothers, Nyle Cantrell of Virginia Beach, VA and Noble Cantrell of Hurst, TX. It was her wish to be cremated with arrangements entrusted to the care of MARSH FUNERAL HOME. A Memorial Service will be held Thursday, March 01, 2001 at the Blue Jacket Memorial Chapel, Naval Training Center with Steve Moses officiating. Memorials may be made in her memory to the Alzheimer's Association. Arrangements by Marsh Funeral Home of Waukegan. News Sun, The (Waukegan, IL) Date: February 27, 2001 Record Number: PFS0736576