She was born June 21, 1918 in Delta, Colorado, the daughter of Walter and Pearl (Holbrook) Hobbs.
Evah had retired after 30 years from teaching school. She had taught several of those years in San Ysidro, CA... She was member of the Splitlog Baptist Church in Splitlog, MO.
She was loved and will be missed by her daughter, Karen (husband, William) LaFoe; son, Alan (wife, Christina) Knisley; four grandchildren, Sarah (husband, Jacob) Rohder, Anne (husband, Will) Bartlett, Carol (husband, Ryan) Vinton, and Madeline Knisley; seven great grandchildren, Kendra, Samuel, & Elizabeth, Graden & Ayla, Henry & Juliet.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Lloyd Knisley in 1971; a daughter, Elaine Knisley; three brothers and a sister.
Funeral Services will be held at 5:00 PM on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at the Bittles and Hurt Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 4:00 PM until time of service.
Interment will be held on Friday, September 20, 2019 at the Glen Abbey Cemetery in Bonita, California.
Memorial contributions may be made in memory of Evah to the Splitlog Baptist Church 3694 Splitlog Rd. Anderson, MO 64843 or Life’s Journey Hospice 10244 E. Co. Rd. 100 N. Indianapolis, IN. 46234.
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