The Dalles Chronicle Sunday, December 2, 1951 Dalles Man Dies In Truck Plunge Roy Alvin Evans, 55, Route 2, The Dalles, died in a local hospital Friday evening of injuries received two hours earlier in an auto accident about three miles west of Lyle [Washington] on a private road during a driving rainstorm. The pickup truck in which Evans was a passenger left the road and plunged down a 50 foot ravine, throwing Evans and his brother-in-law, Erwin Sauter, 60, Lyle, out of the vehicle, according to the Washington state patrol. Evans, critically injured when the truck rolled over him, was rushed by Sauter’s son to a Dalles hospital where he died at 6:15 p.m. Friday. Also taken to the hospital was Sauter, whose condition Saturday was described as satisfactory. Sauter’s left leg was injured and he received lacerations of the right eye. Funeral services for Evans will be held at 10:330 a.m. Tuesday at the Smith Callaway chapel with the Reverend N.A. Sorenson officiating. The Veterans of Foreign Wars will officiate at graveside services with burial at Dutch Flat cemetery. Evans was a lifetime resident of this area, a veteran of World war 1 and was born here October 2, 1896. He is survived by his sisters, Mrs. Erwin Sauter, Lyle [Washington]; Mrs. Cy Cooper, Winchester Bay [Oregon]; Mrs. Fred Oaks, The Dalles; Mrs. Earl Bowers, Prineville [Oregon]; and Mrs. John Potts, Stevenson, Washington. Note: No obituary located for Roy Allen Evans who died May 31, 1995. Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon Copied and submitted by Earline Wasser Member of Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society c/o The Dalles/Wasco County Public Library 722 Court Street The Dalles, Oregon 97058 http://community.gorge.net/genealogy [Note: new website address] Browse http://historysavers.com/orwasco/ recently updated information regarding Wasco County - Links are at the bottom of page http://searches.rootsweb.com/ "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant." Robert Louis Stevenson Incoming and Outgoing mail protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program