Date: Fri 04-Sep-1998

Publication: Bee

Author: CAROLL

Quick Words:

Bevans-Blankenship

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Ernest H. Bevans, Longtime Bee Office Manager, Dies

Ernest H. Bevans, 83, a lifelong resident of Monroe and the brother of Mabel

Blankenship of Newtown, died August 28 in his home.

Mr Bevans was a longtime office manager and bookkeeper at The Newtown Bee in

the 1970s and 80s, past manager of Coger Lumber and C.L. Adams Lumber of

Southbury, and former employee at Bullards Machines.

He was a past second and third selectman in Monroe, a member of the Stepney

Volunteer Fire Company, and a member of the Danbury Bowler's Hall of Fame.

He is survived by his beloved wife of 61 years, Ada Johnson Bevans of Monroe;

his daughter, Ruth May Bevans Hoff of Arizona; three sons, Robert E. Bevans of

Roxbury, Russell E. Bevans of Oxford and William R. Bevans of Boscawen, N.H.;

13 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and several nieces.

Funeral services were held Monday, September 1, at Redgate, Wilmot, West and

Goulding Funeral Home, 406 Main Street, Monroe, with the Rev Karen Berger,

pastor of the United Methodist Church of Monroe, officiating.

Interment was in Stepney Village Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions

can be made to the United Methodist Church of Monroe, 515 Cutlers Farm Road,

Monroe, Conn. 06468.

The Newtown Bee September 4, 1998