Patricia Veronica Dixon Evan

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Loving Wife, Mother, Sister, And Daughter [/naviga:h2]

Patricia Veronica Dixon Evan, 58, died January 29, at Baxter Regional Medical Center in Arkansas. She was born May 9, 1952, in Danbury, the daughter of Theron S. and Arlene E. Hill Dixon.

She married Richard Evan on September 9, 2006, at Mountain Home, Ark. She is survived by her husband; son, Garrett J. Clark of Sandy Hook; mother, Arlene E. Dixon of Mountain Home, Ark.; children, Mark and Mary Jo Evan of Raleigh, N.C., and Tim and Michelle Dillistin of Potomac, Va.; four grandchildren; three siblings; a nephew and two nieces. She was preceded in death by her father; grandparents; two sisters; and a nephew.

 She worked as a paralegal secretary. Ms Evan lived in Mountain Home for eight years, moving from Middlebury, Conn. She enjoyed reading, sewing, gardening, and cooking. She had a caring heart and loved animals, especially cats.

Funeral services took place February 2, at Kirby Family Funeral Home Chapel, in Mountain Home. Visit an online obituary and guestbook at www.kirbyandfamily.com.

Memorials may be made to the St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St Jude Place, Memphis TN 38105, or at www.stjude.org.

The Newtown Bee        February 4, 2011