Mabel Evans Cason

Cason, Mabel Evans - Born On November 30, 1918 to Frederick Evans & Grace Wilson Evans on Thanksgiving Day in Terre Haute, Indiana. Mabel passed on Monday, June 28, 2004 in St. Paul. She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Frederick and James; and two sisters, Josephine and Harriett. Mabel moved to St. Paul in 1961 and began teaching in secondary education at St. Paul's Wilson Junior High School. She later became Associate Director of Personnel for St. Paul Public Schools where she was responsible for bringing many African American educators to the system. In 1991-92 she was named a Twin Citian of the Year by Minneapolis-St. Paul Magazine. Mabel is survived by an aunt and uncle - Melba & William Wilson; nieces - Sharon Brissette; sister Noel Honor; nephews - Raymond Shields II, Frederick H. Evans III; great-nieces - Kamilah Shields, Robin Gillespie, Edan Evans de Roziere, Lisa Martin; great-nephew - Frederick H. Evans IV; and a host of cousins and friends. Visitation services will be held on Thursday, July 8, 2004 at ST. PHILIP'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH in St. Paul, 457 Mackubin Street in St. Paul from 7-9PM. Funeral services will be held on Friday, July 9, 2004 at ST. MARK'S EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL, 519 Oak Grove in Minneapolis at 11AM. Interment will be at the Roselawn Cemetery in St. Paul. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to the St. Philip's Episcopal Church Endowment Fund, 457 Mackubin Street, St. Paul, MN 55102.