Kathryn Irene La Plante Evans

Born: Oct. 27, 1976

Died: June 23, 2007

Served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Bangladesh



ROMANIA--Kathryn Irene La Plante Evans, passed away suddenly in Romania Saturday, June 23, 2007. She was born Oct. 27, 1976 in Lake County, the daughter of Gregory and Judith (Garwood) LaPlante. Katie lived in Antioch, and attended Grass Lake School in Antioch and Astoria Grade School in Astoria and graduated from Emmons Grade School and Antioch High School in 1994. She earned her BA Degree from St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minn. in 1998 and a Masters Degree in Public Health from Florida International University in North Miami, Fla., in 2006. Katie spent her life in service to others; serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer from 2000-2002 in Bangladesh; at the Greater Chicago Food Depository as coordinator of volunteer services from 2002-2004; and in Romania as Project Manager for International Orthodox Christian Charities USAID funded project, "Strengthening Community-Based Initiatives on HIV/AIDS and Family Violence in Romania" from April 2006 until her death on June 23, 2007. Katie loved spending time with family and friends and being outdoors anytime anyplace. She met John Evans while serving in the Peace Corps. They were married on May 8, 2004 in Hobart, Ind.

Survivors include her husband John; her mother, Judy (John) Shaffer of Lake Villa; her father, Gregory (Beth) LaPlante of St. Anne; her maternal grandmother, Kathryn Garwood of Antioch; her brother, Edward (Beth) LaPlante of Carmel, Ind.; her sister, Michelle (Duaine) Yearout of Kenosha, Wis.; her nieces, Kayla and Hannah Yearout, Emma and Chloe LaPlante and nephews, Chase LaPlante and Aidan and Connor Evans; her mother and father-in-law Linda and Michael Evans; her brother-in-law, Jeff (Sheila) Evans and sister-in-law Jean Evans and countless friends in the United States, Bangladesh, Romania and around the world. She was preceded in death by a brother Richard G. LaPlante on Oct. 21, 2000.

Funeral Services with Mass of Christian Burial was held at 11 a.m., July 3, at St. Peter Church, 557 Lake St., in Antioch. Visitation was at the Strang Funeral Home of Antioch, from 4 to 8 p.m., on July 2. For more information call 847-395-4000. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made, in her memory, to The Independence Center, 2025 Washington, St., Waukegan, IL 60085 [ http://www.icwaukegan.org ]www.icwaukegan.org. Please sign our guest book at [ http://www.strangfh.com ]www.strangfh.com. Please also sign the Guest Book at www.LakeCountyJournals.com/obits