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October 15, 2004Delila Fern Evermon
April 10, 1925 -- Oct. 14, 2004
WYACONDA, Mo. -- Delila Fern Evermon, 79, of Wyaconda, Mo., died Thursday, Oct. 14, 2004, at the Clark County Nursing Home in Kahoka, Mo.
She was born April 10, 1925, in Clark County, Mo., a daughter of Lester and Millie Billings Lipper.
She married George Evermon on Dec. 23, 1945, in Kahoka, Mo. He survives.
Additional survivors include: three daughters, Dorothy Conover and her husband, Dean, of Wyaconda, Reta Varnold of Kahoka, and Barb Beaird and her husband, Alan, of Revere, Mo., a son, Vernon Evermon and his wife, Lois, of Wyaconda; six grandchildren, Russell Pratt and his wife, Shelley, of Port St. Lucie, Fla., Angela Eakins and her husband, Ron, of Callao, Mo., Pamela Evermon and Ashley Varnold, both of Moberly, Mo., Sarah Varnold of Madison, Mo., and Brenda Curtis of Moline, Ill.; four great - grandchildren; three sisters, Nelda Mae Overhulser of Kahoka, Willa Merle Bronstine and her husband, Virgil, of Canton, Mo., and Twila Elder and her husband Jim of Burlington; two brothers, Kenneth Lipper and his wife, Mary, of Kahoka, and William "Bobby" Lipper and his wife, Carol, of Sperry; and many nieces, nephews and friends.
She was preceded in death by a son, Michael Evermon; a great-grandson; a sister; and three brothers.
She was a member of the Bear Creek Baptist Church.
She enjoyed sewing, embroidery, playing cards, watching soap operas and "The Price Is Right." She loved fishing and making donuts. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother and cherished the time she spent with her family.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Vigen Memorial Home in Kahoka, with the Rev. Beryl Cragg officiating.
Burial will be in the Kahoka Cemetery.
Visitation is after 11 a.m. Sunday at the funeral home, with family meeting with friends from 6 to 8 p.m.
Memorials may be made to the Kahoka Cemetery or the Blattner Cemetery.
