Evelyn Lund

Evelyn Lund, 90, of Clearfield, formerly of Corning, died Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016, at Clearview Home in Clearfield.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 2, at Pearson Family Funeral Service, 701 Seventh St., in Corning with the Rev. Andrew Bardole officiating. Interment will be in Prairie Rose Cemetery in rural Corning. Open visitation will be 2 to 8 p.m. with family present 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 1, at the funeral home. Memorials may be directed to Corning Public Library. Online condolences may be left at www.pearsonfuneralhomes.com.

Evelyn Pauline Lund, daughter of Wilfred and Agnes (Lynam) Thomas, was born Aug. 12, 1925, in Adams County near Corning. Evelyn attended eight years of Adams County rural school and graduated from Corning High School with the class of 1942.

On May 22, 1942, Evelyn married Paul Phillip Lund in Maryville, Missouri. Evelyn lived and worked in Topeka, Kansas, for a short time until moving back to Adams County, south of Brooks, when Paul returned from WWII.

Evelyn was a homemaker and farm wife helping Paul in the field and with the livestock. She worked as a seamstress, and in addition, she worked as a teller for Bank of Brooks.

Evelyn taught Sunday school when her kids were young at Fairview Church. She held many offices in the Emblem Chapter of Eastern Star, and was a member of P.E.O. and Neighborhood Club. She was a 4-H leader and was eventually inducted into the 4-H Hall of Fame.

Evelyn is survived by her daughters, Nancy (Richard) Smith of Barboursville, Virginia, and Laurie (Ronald) Travis of Lenox; son Chuck (Maria) Lund of Corning; grandchildren, Zachary McMahon, Trevor McMahon, Tanner Lund, Teresa Schnoor, Randee Ruiz, Jackie Trutter and Michael Travis; great-grandchildren, Dustin, Norah, and Ada Lund, Rachel and Graham Schnoor, Grant McCurdy, Bobby and Ava Ruiz, Briley McMahon and Oliver Travis; several nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.

Evelyn was preceded in death by her husband Paul in 2005; her sister Bernadine Crow; her parents and her brother-in-law Albert Crow.