Wauneda Evans, mother of Brian Evans, Class of 1969, passed away Saturday, January 25.

Wauneda, 91, was married to the late Don Evans, who passed away January 14, for 70 years.

 

Donald was a veteran of the United States Navy, serving during World War II, and retired as a motor winder for Westinghouse Apparatus/Eastern Electric.

The other children of Wauneda and Don are William “Bill” Evans and Bentley “Benny” Evans. They were predeceased by sons Robert “Bob” Evans and Bruce Wayne Evans.

Brian is married to Patti DeMary Evans, Class of 1972, a Fairmont State grad and a retired nurse (1987-2006) who is a daughter of Tina “Peaches” Aldridge DeMary, Class of 1945, and Frank DeMary, Class of 1947. 

Brian retired after 37 years at Consol Energy’s Loveridge Robinson Run mine. He went to Fairmont State.

Patti retired as a University Hospitals Clarksburg nurse in 2006. She had a 29-year career after her graduation from Fairmont State School of Nursing.

Patti’s parents are Tina “Peaches” Aldridge DeMary, Class of 1945, and Frank DeMary, Class of 1947, who ran DeMary Grocery in Monongah at the end of the Brookdale Bridge.