• General Notes

  Evelyn's Alzheimer's Disease progressed rapidly in 1997-98-99 and was admitted to a Special Care Unit in a Nursing Home at Neodesha, Kansas June 18, 1999. Her condition worsened during the time in the Nursing Home. In December 1999, she fell several times injuring her head and then developed Pneumonia and was hospitalized for a week and never completely recovered after she was returned to the Nursing Home. About January 18, she became Comatose and was hospitalized in the Fredonia Hospital. She never recovered or responded. She passed away about 8:30 AM on January 27, 2000 in the Fredonia Hospital. Her Funeral was held at the First United Methodist Church in Fredonia on January 31, 2000. The Funeral was planned as a celebration of her life with family and many friends attending. She is buried in the Family Plot in the Fredonia City Cemetery. She is greatly missed by her husband of 58 years and one month and her two sons and 6 grandchildren and many other family and friends. Evelyn was a person of many talents before the onset of the Alzheimer's.

Details of Evelyn's family with Lowell Webster Shire