Evelyn M. Wormdahl

(From the On-Line Molalla Pioneer, Molalla, OR, published Dec. 23, 2009

Evelyn M. Wormdahl, 89, died Dec. 18, 2009 at a care center in Moses Lake, Wash. She was born July 24, 1920 in Needy, Ore. to Conrad and Ethel Owen. She married Bud Wormdahl on Oct. 31, 1941.

She graduated from Molalla High School in 1937. She attended beauty school in Portland. She owned and operated Evelyn’s Beauty Salon in 1939 until retirement.

She was preceded in death by two sisters Genevieve Nicholson and Lillybelle Sanden; a brother, Earl Owen; and her grandson, Dustin Davis. Her husband died in October of 2004.

Survivors include her son, Jack Wormdahl and his wife, Linda Turk Wormdahl of Eugene; her daughter, Barbara Davis and Barbara’s husband, Perry Davis, of Moses Lake, Wash.; her four grandchildren, Kim, Derek, Wendee and Brett; and her eight great grandchildren.

Services will be held Dec. 26, 2009 at 11 a.m. at Smyrna Church. Arrangements are being handled by Canby Funeral Chapel. She will be buried at Smyrna Cemetery.