Margaret E Evans

Margaret Elizabeth Evans, 101, went to meet her Savior on February 6, 2017 at Windsor Place in Iola, Kansas. Her kind personality, quick wit and extensive crossword assistance will be greatly missed. Margaret was the second of four children born to John A. Griffith and Elizabeth (Driskell) Griffith in Collinsville, Oklahoma on January 17, 1916. Shortly thereafter, they moved to Iola where she grew up with her siblings and graduated from Iola High School in 1933. She was a member of the First Christian Church since 1927; played piano while active in Choir, Children's Choir, Sunday school and Christian Women's Circle. She married James Irvin (Irv) Evans on June 12, 1943. He preceded her in death on December 9, 1989. Margaret was also preceded in death by her parents and two siblings; sister, G. Celeste Griffith and brother, John A. Griffith, Jr., MD. She is survived by two sons, Steven Evans and wife, Anita, of Overland Park, Kansas and Scott Evans and wife, Linda, of Austin, Texas; three grandchildren, Shannon Brooks and husband, Evan, of Denver, Colorado, Ryan Evans, Prairie Village, Kansas and Kristen Dieter and husband, Matthew, of Indianapolis, Indiana; four great-grandchildren, Wyatt and Georgia Brooks of Denver plus Grayson and Oliver Dieter of Indianapolis; and one brother, Jerry Griffith of Lawrence, Kansas. Her work career included stops in Washington, D.C., for the U.S. Labor Department; Kansas City at the Federal Reserve Bank; Tulsa, Oklahoma for the National Bank of Tulsa before returning to Iola as secretary to Thomas H. Bowlus, Allen County State Bank. She also assisted her husband in operating the John Griffith Construction Company and then the Iola Glass Company before retiring. Visitation will be held at Feuerborn Family Service in Iola on February 10, 2017, at 12:30 pm with a graveside service following at 2 pm in Highland Cemetery, Iola. Memorial donations can be sent to the First Christian Church, 1608 Oregon RD, Iola, Kansas 66749. Condolences can be left at www.feuerbornfuneral.com .