Roger Evans Obituary - Death Notice and Service Information

BORN

April 18, 1951

DIED

August 14, 2009

LOCATION

Dallas, Texas

Evans, Roger Dallas lawyer and writer, Roger Evans, died August 14, 2009 from lung cancer. He was 58 years of age. Born in Syracuse, New York on April 18, 1951 and raised in Blacksburg, Virginia, and Vermont and East Windsor Hill, Connecticut, he moved to Dallas in 1981 with the law firm of...

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From the Ithaca Times, Aug. 19, 2009
by Sports Columnist Steve Lawrence

Another event took place on Irish Hill on Monday, this one more solemn to be sure. Roger Evans - Cornell Class of '74, lived and practiced law in Dallas, wrote many articles and a novel (Old Buck, a bio of President Buchanan, published last year), and was a big-time Big Red fan - was buried after passing away as a result of lung cancer. He made it to games whenever he could and subscribed to Red Cast to watch as...

September 01, 2009

Roger showed us all how to face a terrible illness--indeed, his mortality--with great courage and equanimity. I owe him a debt of gratitude for that.

Bruce Budner

August 17, 2009 | Berkeley, CA