Barbara Evilsizor

Mass of Christian Burial for Barbara Jean Evilsizor, 96, Lawrence, will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 1, 2024 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Barbara passed away on Monday, July 29, 2024 at Healthcare Resort of Leawood.

Barbara was born on September 5, 1927 in Lawrence, the daughter of Joseph F. Madl and Barbara P. Hadl. She attended elementary school at Prospect Rural School and graduated from Baldwin City High School in 1946. She received her Kansas Beautician & Cosmetology License in 1947 after completing her internship at the Vanity Beauty Shop in Lawrence.

She went in business with her sister, Vivian Clark and operated Vivian's Beauty Shop in Lawrence before retiring a few years ago.

She was a member of the St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. She bowled in several Lawrence bowling leagues and was a long-time Kansas University sports fan.

She married Carl Francis Barlow on August 31, 1948 in Lawrence. USMC Captain Barlow died July 13, 1953 in North Korea. She later married Ronald E. Evilsizor on November 8, 1957. He survives of the home.

Other survivors include her son, Jerry F. Barlow and wife, Mary, Cherokee, IA; daughter Barbara Jan Miller and husband, Conrad, Leawood, KS; four grandchildren, Jeremy, Jennifer, Cory and Kelsey; seven great grandchildren, Marilyn, Franklin, Andrew, Charles ‘Carl’, Jaxson, Ava and Barrett; and many nieces and nephews.

Barbara was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, Arthur F. Madl, Ralph B. Madl, Robert Madl and Alouis Joseph Madl and four sisters, Marian J. Madl, Mildred E. Butell, Catherine E. Madl and Vivian Clark.

A Rosary will be recited at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, July 31, 2024 with a visitation to follow until 8 p.m. at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.

Memorial contributions may be made in Barbara's name to St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church Cemetery Fund and may be sent in care of Warren-McElwain Mortuary, 120 W. 13th Street, Lawrence, KS 66044.

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