Gorsh, Evelyn Mae Thompson Eggert

Evelyn Mae Thompson Eggert Gorsh, 87, of Marengo, formerly of Ladora, Iowa, died Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010, at Rose Haven Nursing Home in Marengo. Funeral services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 3, at First Presbyterian Church, Marengo, with the Rev. Jim Davis officiating. Burial will be in Ladora Cemetery. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo.

Memorials may be contributed to the Ladora United Methodist Church or Hospice Compassus.

Evelyn is survived by her daughters, Deanna Wade Cook (Bill) of Marengo, Dixie Moody (Jim) of Monticello, Ill., and Crystal Benscoter (Stratton “Whitey”) of Marengo; eight grandchildren, Johnnette Kruse (Tim) of Williamsburg, Audra VanBennekom (Doug) of Marengo, Jeffrey Wade of Williamsburg, Sara Jo Benscoter of Marengo, David Moody (Megan) of Lombard, Ill., Eric Moody, Alex Moody and John Moody, all of Monticello, Ill.; and five great-grandchildren, Dakota and Chyanne Kruse, Kylie and Brittany VanBennekom, and Sydney Wagner. Also surviving are a sister, Janice Davis (Kenneth) of Ladora; a brother-in-law, Maynard Moser of Richland Center, Wis.; and a special stepdaughter, Dorothy Wade (Larry) and family.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands; a daughter, Juanita in infancy; a son-in-law, John Wade; a great-grandson, Riley Wagner; two sisters, Lucille Thompson and Marjorie Moser; and a brother, Melvin Thompson.

Evelyn Mae Thompson was born April 29, 1922, near Ladora, in Iowa County, Iowa, the daughter of James and Virginia Maude Scully Thompson. She received her education in the Iowa County schools and graduated from Ladora High School in 1939. She attended the Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls and received a teaching certificate. She returned to teach in the rural Iowa County schools.

Evelyn married Dean Eggert on Feb. 4, 1944, in Ladora, Iowa. To this union four daughters were born. Dean died Feb. 2, 1978. Evelyn married Vernon Gorsh on Dec. 9, 1978, in Ladora. He died Feb. 7, 1995. Evelyn was a longtime member of the Ladora Methodist Church, United Methodist Women and also taught Sunday school for many years until suffering a stroke in 1993. She had since made her home at Rose Haven Nursing Home in Marengo. 

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