Individual Details

Edwin B "Ted" EVANS BA

(11 May 1920 - 4 May 2008)

Events

ResidenceFrom 1920 to 1940with his parents - Akron, Summit County, Ohio
Birth11 May 1920Canton, Stark, Ohio
Marriage4 Jun 1944Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, USA - Marjorie Gwendolyn CARLSON
Military4 Jun 1944as a staff sargeant with the US Air Force in WWII - Las Vegas Army Air Field, Las Vagas
Residence4 Jun 1944Las Vegas Army Air Field, Las Vagas
Death4 May 2008West View Manor Nursing Home, Wooster, Wayne, Ohio
Miscellaneous6 May 2008had his obituary published in The Daily Record - Wooster, Wayne, Ohio
Occupationa general manager with the Dix Company Broadcasting Group
EducationOhio University USA

Families

SpouseMarjorie Gwendolyn CARLSON (1918 - )
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
FatherCapt Rhys Dafydd EVANS (1888 - 1977)
MotherMary Lauretta Brodrick CHAPPELEAR (1886 - 1974)
SiblingRobert Burdsall EVANS (1913 - 2003)
SiblingDafydd William EVANS BS (1918 - 1994)

Notes

Miscellaneous

WOOSTER -- Edwin Bruce "Ted" Evans, 87, of Wooster, died Sunday, May 4, 2008, at West View Manor Nursing Home.
Following cremation, a private family service will be held. A Celebration of Life service will be Saturday, Aug. 9, at 4 p.m. at the United Methodist Church of Wooster. McIntire, Davis & Greene Funeral Home in Wooster, is handling arrangements.
The family wishes to express its thanks and grateful appreciation to the staff and volunteers of West View Manor for their compassion and care for Ted during the past four years.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the United Methodist Church of Wooster, 243 N. Market St., Wooster 44691; or Village Network, P.O. Box 518, Smithville 44677.
Born May 11, 1920, in Canton, the son of Rhys Dafydd and Mary (Chappelear) Evans, he married Marjorie G. Carlson. She survives.
He was a general manager for Dix Co. Broadcasting Group and was associate publisher for the Ashland and Cordelle, Ga. papers.
He was a staff sergeant serving in the U.S. Air Force during World War II, and was a member of the United Methodist Church of Wooster, where he had served on church boards and sang in the choir for 50 years. He was also a member of Wooster Rotary Club, had served on the Board of Boys' Village, the Alumni Board at Ohio University, the Bank One Board and was a member of Phi Mu Alpha Music Fraternity and Delta Tau Delta.
Surviving in addition to his wife, are daughters, Rebecca Margaret Vlisides of Saline, Mich., Priscilla Juliane (Mark) Hoffman of Chagrin Falls and Mary Annette (Frederick) Reber of Mooresville, N.C.; grandchildren, Erin (Jeff) Cebulski, Evans (Joelle) Boeve, Kurtis and Russell Hoffman, Abigail and Mary Reber; and a great-granddaughter, Lydia Rose Cebulski.; nephews, D. William (Josephine) Evans of Wooster and David Evans of Toledo; and a niece, Diane L. Crawford-Evans of Savanah, Ga.
He was preceded in death by brothers, Robert B. and D. William Sr.

Occupation

Edwin had a B. A. from Ohio U., and was general manager of 3 radio stations: WKM in Kent, Ohio., WWST in Wooster, Ohio and WRAD at Raford, Virginia. He served in the U. S. Air Force during World War II. While President of the Wooster chapter of Rotary International, he went to the European convention, and while in Paris, he met Madame Elyane (Chapelier) Dana of the French Branch.