1917
Lucille
1999
Lucille Evans
April 17, 1917 — September 23, 1999
LUCILLE DOROTHY EVANS OF POTOSI, MISSOURI WAS BORN TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1917 IN CADET, MISSOURI, A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE JOSEPH ANTHONY "BOSS" AND MARY NEALIA (DEAN) COURTOIS. LUCILLE DIED THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1999 AT THE MINERAL AREA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF EIGHTY-TWO YEARS, FIVE MONTHS AND SIX DAYS.
LUCILLE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE ST. JAMES CATHOLIC CHURCH PARISH, WHERE SHE WAS ACTIVE IN THE ST. VINCENT DEPAUL SOCIETY AND VOLUNTEERED IN THE ST. JAMES GIFT SHOP.
LUCILLE IS SURVIVED BY TWO SONS, JAMES BURL PORTELL AND WIFE BARBARA OF POTOSI, WILLIAM G. PORTELL OF POTOSI; ONE DAUGHTER, RUTH ANN SODERBLOM OF POTOSI; FIVE GRANDCHILDREN, DORIS COFFMAN, LADONNA FAIN, LARRY JOE PORTELL, DAVID NEWCOMER AND KAREN GOLDEN; EIGHT GREAT GRAND CHILDREN; ONE BROTHER, HAROLD COURTOIS AND WIFE PATSY OF MINERAL POINT; THREE SISTERS, LOUISE BONE OF POTOSI, ALBERTA MAXWELL OF POTOSI AND ROBERTA COOPER AND HUSBAND NEIL OF LEADINGTON, MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS AND OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. LUCILLE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, THREE BROTHERS, BERNARD COURTOIS, JACK COURTOIS AND GEORGE COURTOIS, ONE SISTER, STELLA BOEHM AND BY TWO HUSBANDS, EARL JOSEPH PORTELL AND DAVE J. EVANS.
LUCILLE OWNED AND OPERATED THE EAST END RESTAURANT IN THE 1950'S AND A FURNITURE AND ANTIQUE STORE IN OLD MINES. SHE OWNED HER OWN GROCERY STORE IN POTOSI AND LATER WORKED AT THE COURTOIS IGA FOR SEVERAL YEARS. LUCILLE LOVED PEOPLE AND HER LAST LOVED FILLED JOB LED HER TO THE SAYERS SENIOR CENTER WHERE SHE HELPED AND ENJOYED ALL OF HER FRIENDS.
VISITATION WAS HELD SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1999, FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
PRAYER SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED BY FATHER GEORGE GALOVICH SUNDAY EVENING AND BY FATHER JIM FRENCH MONDAY MORNING AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME.
A FUNERAL MASS WAS CONDUCTED MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1999, AT 10A;00 A.M. AT THE ST. JAMES CATHOLIC CHURCH WITH FATHER GEORGE GALOVICH OFFICIATING. SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, LARRY JOE PORTELL, DAVID NEWCOMER, MATT COFFMAN, TIM GOLDEN, JOHN MARTIN COURTOIS, TONY COURTOIS, FRANK WINKLER AND RICH YOUNG. SERVING AS HONORARY PALLBEARERS WERE, DORIS COFFMAN, KAREN GOLDEN AND TAMI PORTELL. BURIAL WAS IN ST. JOACHIM CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
LUCILLE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE ST. JAMES CATHOLIC CHURCH PARISH, WHERE SHE WAS ACTIVE IN THE ST. VINCENT DEPAUL SOCIETY AND VOLUNTEERED IN THE ST. JAMES GIFT SHOP.
LUCILLE IS SURVIVED BY TWO SONS, JAMES BURL PORTELL AND WIFE BARBARA OF POTOSI, WILLIAM G. PORTELL OF POTOSI; ONE DAUGHTER, RUTH ANN SODERBLOM OF POTOSI; FIVE GRANDCHILDREN, DORIS COFFMAN, LADONNA FAIN, LARRY JOE PORTELL, DAVID NEWCOMER AND KAREN GOLDEN; EIGHT GREAT GRAND CHILDREN; ONE BROTHER, HAROLD COURTOIS AND WIFE PATSY OF MINERAL POINT; THREE SISTERS, LOUISE BONE OF POTOSI, ALBERTA MAXWELL OF POTOSI AND ROBERTA COOPER AND HUSBAND NEIL OF LEADINGTON, MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS AND OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. LUCILLE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, THREE BROTHERS, BERNARD COURTOIS, JACK COURTOIS AND GEORGE COURTOIS, ONE SISTER, STELLA BOEHM AND BY TWO HUSBANDS, EARL JOSEPH PORTELL AND DAVE J. EVANS.
LUCILLE OWNED AND OPERATED THE EAST END RESTAURANT IN THE 1950'S AND A FURNITURE AND ANTIQUE STORE IN OLD MINES. SHE OWNED HER OWN GROCERY STORE IN POTOSI AND LATER WORKED AT THE COURTOIS IGA FOR SEVERAL YEARS. LUCILLE LOVED PEOPLE AND HER LAST LOVED FILLED JOB LED HER TO THE SAYERS SENIOR CENTER WHERE SHE HELPED AND ENJOYED ALL OF HER FRIENDS.
VISITATION WAS HELD SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1999, FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
PRAYER SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED BY FATHER GEORGE GALOVICH SUNDAY EVENING AND BY FATHER JIM FRENCH MONDAY MORNING AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME.
A FUNERAL MASS WAS CONDUCTED MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1999, AT 10A;00 A.M. AT THE ST. JAMES CATHOLIC CHURCH WITH FATHER GEORGE GALOVICH OFFICIATING. SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, LARRY JOE PORTELL, DAVID NEWCOMER, MATT COFFMAN, TIM GOLDEN, JOHN MARTIN COURTOIS, TONY COURTOIS, FRANK WINKLER AND RICH YOUNG. SERVING AS HONORARY PALLBEARERS WERE, DORIS COFFMAN, KAREN GOLDEN AND TAMI PORTELL. BURIAL WAS IN ST. JOACHIM CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
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