Shirley Darlene Evans

Funeral Services for Shirley Evans, 60, Arapaho resident will be held 2:00 P.M., Thursday, October 23, 2014 in the Kiesau Memorial Chapel, officiated by Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home, officiated by Rev. Wendell Folson. Burial will follow in the Arapaho Cemetery under the direction of the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home. Shirley Darlene (Kness) Evans was born January 14, 1954 to Edward Lee Kness and Alma Faye (Neal) Kness in Clinton and passed away early Sunday, October 19, 2014 in the Oklahoma University Hospital in Oklahoma City following a battle with cancer. Shirley started her younger years in Sentinel and in 1965 her father passed away and the family moved to Clinton. She attended and graduated from Clinton High School in 1971. She was married to Jonathan "John" Evans on June 19, 1973 in McAlister, OK. They made their home in Arapaho. She has been in the restaurant business most of her working career. She owned and operated the Vic's Café, she operated the Farmers and Ranchers Eatery for several years as well as working for Del Rancho. She was a faithful and active member of the Gospel Tabernacle Church in Arapaho; she was an advocate for the V.F.W. ladies Auxiliary, American Legion and she spent countless hours volunteering to raise money for cancer research. She also always tried to help anybody that was in need. She was preceded in death by her parents, a son, Verlin "Rojo" David Lee, Jr., two sisters, Evelyn Palmer and Jeanie DeSpain, and two nephews, Doug Weber and Steve Palmer. She is survived by her husband, John, of the home, two daughter, Christal Carpenter, of Arapaho, and Shay Renfro, of Elk City, OK; three sisters, Verna Waldron and husband, Gayle, of OKC, Mert Weber and husband, Jim, of Arapaho and Dorthay Bebout, of Arapaho, brother, Lloyd Kness and wife, Cora Brenham, of Arapaho and David Kness and wife, Janet, of Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is also survived by six grandchildren, Whitney, Christopher, Garrison, Halei, Lillie and Lillian and one great grandchild, Caydence; numerous nieces and nephews and special friends, Don and Donnie Carter, of Arapaho.