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Chrisman, Evelyn
Evelyn Chrisman died Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009, at English Valley Care Center in North English following a brief illness. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Williamsburg, with the Rev. Joseph Roost presiding. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Powell Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Williamsburg, with a rosary at 7 p.m.
She is survived by daughters, Jean Koenighain and husband Michael of Williamsburg and Erlene Lehn and husband Harold of Parnell; seven grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
Evelyn was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Orville in April 1989; a great-granddaughter, Christina Thurman; a sister, Pauline Niemeier; and a brother, Clarence Wehner.
Evelyn was born June 27, 1919, in New Cambria, Mo., a daughter of William and Kathryn Bixemann Wehner. She attended Catholic School in Wein, Mo. Evelyn married Orville “Bud” Chrisman on June 30, 1937, in New Cambria. They moved to the Williamsburg, Iowa community in 1937. Evelyn worked at the Middle America Restaurant for 14 years and for Holden Foundation Seed Co. in Williamsburg until retiring in 1985. She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church and the Altar & Rosary Society. She enjoyed embroidering, quilting, flowers and gardening.
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A memorial fund has been established for St. Mary Catholic Church.
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