Evelyn M. COOMBS
- Born: 29 May 1919, Wauwatosa, Milwaukee, WI, USA 1
- Married: 21 Dec 1940, Dubuque Co., IA, USA
- Died: 24 Feb 2014, Woodstock, McHenry Co., IL, USA 1
Research Notes:
"Evelyn M. Kirkpatrick, 94, Woodstock, died Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, at the Hearthstone Care Center in Woodstock, surrounded by her family.
She was born May 29, 1919, to George and Alma (Gundlach) Coombs, in Wauwatosa, Wis.
On Dec. 21, 1940, she married the Rev. Eustice Kirkpatrick in Dubuque, Iowa.
She graduated from Livingston (Wisconsin) High School as class valedictorian in 1937. She went on to graduate from the Platteville Teachers College in 1939 and began her teaching career in a one-room school in Walnut Grove, Wis. Following their marriage, she and her husband moved to the Woodstock area, where she was a substitute teacher and a preacher's wife.
She also worked at Woodstock Auto Lite and a pharmaceutical company in Crystal Lake. She finally retired to Hearthstone Communities in 1990.
Survivors include a daughter, Kathy Johnson, Woodstock; a granddaughter, Dawn (Don) Ritter, Woodstock; and two grandchildren, Chase (fiancee Kara Jenkins) Ritter and Jaid Ritter, both of Woodstock.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband in 2007; a sister, Kathryn Berg; and a son-in-law, Robert Johnson....." 1
Marriage Information:
Evelyn married Rev. Eustice KIRKPATRICK, son of Charles KIRKPATRICK and Olive Jane EUSTICE, on 21 Dec 1940 in Dubuque Co., IA, USA. (Rev. Eustice KIRKPATRICK was born on 24 May 1916 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., WI, USA 2, died on 19 May 2007 in Woodstock, McHenry Co., IL, USA 2 and was buried in Rock Church Cemetery, Livingston, Grant, WI, USA 2.)
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