Irene O. Evers

Wichita ? Services for Irene O. Evers, 82, Wichita, will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Wichita. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Great Bend Cemetery, Great Bend.

Mrs. Evers died Saturday, Nov. 15, 2003, in Wichita.

She was born June 14, 1921, in Seward, the daughter of Charles Francis and Ottilia (Farenbach) Hoss.

Mrs. Evers was a retired registered nurse and a homemaker.

Her husband, Kirby C. Evers, died earlier.

Survivors include three sons, James W. Evers, Lawrence, Larry L. Evers, Wichita, and Kirby J. Evers, Denver; three brothers, Paul Hoss and Phillip Hoss, both of Great Bend, and Steve Hoss, Fairview, Texas; three sisters, Ann Bauer, Houston, Angie Geil, Oklahoma City, and Agatha Berryhill, Gautier, Miss.; and four grandchildren.

A rosary will be said at 7 p.m. today at the church.

The family suggests memorials to American Diabetes Assn., Kansas Area Office, 837 S. Hillside, Wichita 67211; or Midwest Historical and Genealogy Society, 1203 N. Main, Wichita 67203.

Downing and Lahey East Mortuary in Wichita is in charge of arrangements.

Online condolences may be sent at www.downingandlahey.com.