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Mary "Evelyn" Van Steenburgh
1938 - 2021
BORN
1938
DIED
2021
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Mary Van Steenburgh Obituary
She was born May 8, 1938, in Big Spring, Texas, the daughter of W.E. "Bill" and Lena E. (Wallace) Hanson.
Evelyn graduated from Big Spring High School. She worked as a Nurse's Aide and later as a secretary for the Howard County Clerk's Office.
In July of 1975, she married Fred Van Steenburgh. He survives.
Other survivors include, son, Marlon Hale (Jill) of Midland, Texas; four grandchildren, Aletha Garland (Allen), Amanda Dennis (Geoff), Athena Miller (Jeff), and Billy Paul Herl; and numerous great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Billy Marvin Hanson; and a daughter, Sheri Quiroga.
Graveside service will be 2 p.m., Monday, November 8, 2021, at Mt. Olive Cemetery, Big Spring, Texas. Friends may sign the book at funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the Evelyn Van Steenburgh Memorial Fund, in care of Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, P.O. Box 146, Hoisington, KS 67544.
Notices may be sent and obituary viewed at www.nicholsonrickfh.net
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