- Date Of Birth: June 28, 1930
- Date Of Death: December 4, 2014
- State: Idaho
World War II came along and Harlan’s three older brothers were gone; it fell to 11 year-old Harlan to help dad run the tractor and plow, and to cultivate their 200 acres. Quite a job for an 11 year-old, but Harlan was always willing to work and was a very faithful worker. After high school, Harlan went to school at the Minneapolis Christian College. It was there that he met Anita Barton and fell in love, married, and began a love story that included Mark, Dale, Donna, Janelle, Judy, and Valerie.
Harlan and Anita worked hard for the children’s home but soon it became necessary to move on and Harlan worked for Salt Lake hardware and then Boise Cascade. He loved his work, but I suspect his favorite work was dropping paper clips in the female workers hair.
His God, his family, and his work were extremely important to him, but he still did more. He volunteered wherever he was needed. He volunteered for R.S.V.P. piling up many hours. When Anita was ill he cared for her devotedly and built his life around her care. After she died he volunteered for the Boise Christian Retirement Home roofing, painting, building, etc., whatever was needed. It was there he met Pat Osborn and fell in love again; they were married and were quite happy working together and serving God until the dreaded Alzheimer’s arrived and took him away. I know he is happy now; he is with Anita and the Lord, and someday I will be with him again.
He is survived by his children; Mark Evans, Dale Evans, Donna Knocklein, Janelle Judd, Judy Benton, and Valeria Ellis; 17 grandchildren; and his wife, Pat Evans.
There is an open gate
At the end of the road
Through which each of us must go alone
And there is a light we cannot see
Our Father claims His own
Beyond the fate our loved one
Find happiness and rest
And there is comfort
In the thought
That a loving God knows best
We love you, sweetheart.
