Nadine Watkins Evans

Nadine Watkins Evans 1923 ~ 2008 Nadine Watkins Evans died Sun., March 23, 2008 after a long illness. She was born in Hiawatha, Utah to George Reynold and Rhoda Evaline King Watkins on October 24, 1923. After Hiawatha, the family lived in Garland, Utah, Fairbanks, Alaska, and Salt Lake City. Mrs. Evans attended Douglas Elementary School, Roosevelt Junior High School, and graduated from East High School. She received Bachelor's and Master's degrees in education from the University of Utah. She taught grades four through seven in Salt Lake City and Cleveland, Ohio, schools. On December 21, 1945 she married Joseph Robbins Evans in the Salt Lake Temple. They lived in Salt Lake City for nearly three years then spent two years in Cleveland, Ohio, where Dr. Evans was serving a fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic. After three years back in Salt Lake, they left to spend time in San Antonio, Texas, Fort Riley, Kansas, and Germany while Dr. Evans was serving in the U.S. Army. In 1955 they returned to Salt Lake City. In 1993 Dr. and Mrs. Evans were called to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They served for two years in the Fort Worth, Texas Mission from 1993 to 1995. Mrs. Evans was an excellent and dedicated mother to four children. She also spent many years actively engaged in church work and community affairs. Both she and her husband enjoyed travel and journeyed to many parts of the world. She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents and one brother, George E. Watkins. She is survived by three siblings, Reynold K. Watkins, Phyllis W. McGhie, and Richard C. Watkins; four children, Nancy Ann Evans Alston (David), Reynold Alan Evans (Vivian), George Kent Evans (ReNae), and Barbara Jo Evans Derksen (Timothy); 19 grandchildren; and four great-grand-children. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. on March 28, 2008 at the Monument Park Fourteenth Ward Chapel, 2255 S. Wasatch Dr. Salt Lake City. Viewings will be held on March 27, 2008 at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Chapel, 3401 S. Highland Dr. from 6-8 p.m. and at the Monument Park Fourteenth Ward Chapel one hour before the funeral.