Lindsey, Evelyn Joyce

1951 - 2024  (73 years)

• Name	Lindsey, Evelyn Joyce
  Birth	27 Apr 1951	Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	LIND.E002
  _FGRAVE	272540871
  Military Service	Viet Nam War, Private Two, United States Army  [1]
  Death	26 May 2024	Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming   [1]
  	Evelyn J. Lewison, 73, of Kimball, died at the Cheyenne VA Medical Center in Cheyenne on Monday, May 26, 2024. Evelyn Joyce Lewison was born on in Clay City, Illinois, the daughter of Hubert and Norma-Jean (Price) Lindsey. Evelyn graduated from Flora High School in Flora IL, class of 1970. After graduation she proudly enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving as an Administrative Clerk from 1970-1971 in Fort Benning, GA, assigned to the 43rd Engineer Battalion. Following her military service, she moved to Kimball NE, and has been a lifelong Kimball resident. Evelyn met the love of her life, Arnold (Arnie) Lewison in November 1974, they were married on 12 July 1975. She worked at George Risk Industries, Evelyn also worked for several restaurants in Kimball and the surrounding area including, Hilltop Café, the Kelly Café, and as a keno operator at Good Times and the Wooden Keg. She was a station attendant at the Carl Schwedt Standard Station. Later she changed her career and worked for the State of Nebraska as a flagger on road construction and then for Missouri Valley Road Construction. In 1989 and 1990 she attended WNCC and received her certification in Heavy Equipment. She enjoyed many camping trips to Oliver Reservoir with her family, and also many trips with Arnie to Prairie Winds Casino and while there they would visit his parents and other family in Phillip, SD., and also to Flora, IL to visit her family. Their friends Wayne and Janet Donahue moved to Kimball, and they took a trip to the Kennedy Space Museum in St. Augustine, FL. Evelyn and Arnie also enjoyed a cruise to the Bahama Islands. She also enjoyed their trip to Wendover, NV where she had good luck on the slots and playing B I N G O with her daughter Anita and friend Dee. Evelyn is preceded in death by her parents, Hubert Lindsey, Norma-Jean Price, and her younger brother Herbert Lindsey Jr and sister Michelle Price. Published online by Cantrell Funeral Home
  Burial	Nebraska Veterans Cemetery, Alliance, Box Butte County, Nebraska   [1]
  Person ID	I12313	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2026

  
  

  Father	Lindsey, Hubert Dale,   b. 6 Nov 1923   d. 13 Jun 1975 (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Watson, Norma Jean,   b. 18 Sep 1930, Clay County, Illinois d. 3 Jul 2007 (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	Clay County, Illinois   [2]
  Family ID	F5786	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lewison, Arnold
  Family ID	F5792	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 27 Apr 1951 - Clay City, Clay County, Illinois Death - 26 May 2024 - Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming   Burial - - Nebraska Veterans Cemetery, Alliance, Box Butte County, Nebraska  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S17246] (Reliability: 2). [S3224] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Price, Norma Jean, 76, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Watson&GSiman=1&GScid=1974621&GRid=20257133&), none. (Reliability: 2).