Robert H. Evers

Virginia (1954)
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b. 09 Jan 1931; d. 02 Jan 2014.  Robert Henry Evers, son of John and Henrietta Evers of Comfrey, was born in 1931.  After his mother died at a young age, Robert was raised by another mother, Minnie Johnson Evers.

Robert was inducted into the U.S. Army in Jul 1954.  He served two years and was discharged in 1956.  He married Adonna Mae Pohl Siefkes in 1967.  After their marriage, she and her four children joined him on the farm; they later were blessed with two daughters of their own.  Robert spent much of his life feeding cattle and farming before retiring and moving to Springfield in 2004.

In 2007, Robert suffered a stroke and was confined to a wheelchair.

He was a member of New Hope Church in Comfrey and also served on the boards of St John Lutheran Home, Comfrey School, Comfrey Hospital, and the Cattleman’s Association.  He was Chairman of the Salem Lutheran Church board as well.

Robert Evers died in Springfield, MN, in 2014 and is buried at Memory Gardens Cemetery, Windom, MN.

 

 

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