Phyllis (Schultz) Evjen
- birth: ABOUT 1925
- death:
1 FEB 2006
Father:
Mother:
Biography Notes...
Phyllis was born on August 29, 1925, it Stockholm, SD, the daughter
of Elmer N. and Selma (Erickson) Eclov. Following her Fathers
death, her mother married Arvid Johnson. She was baptized in 1925
by Reverend Sigfrid Carlson. Phyllis was confirmed in October 1940
by Reverend C.H.B. Peterson at the Elim Evangelical Covenant Church
in Stockholm. She attended elementary sehool in Stockholm. Phyllis
graduated from Strandhurg High School and the Nettleton Business
College in Sioux Falls, SD.
She was united in marriage to Alvin Schultz on June 10, 1946, at the
Stockholm Schoolhouse. Alvin died on October 12, 1983. Phyllis
married Raynard Evjen on October 21, 1989. They resided in Stockholm.
Phyllis worked at Nugen and Williams Insurance Company in Sioux
Falls from 1944-47; Stockholm Refrigeration from 1973-81; the U.S.
Postal Service in Stockholm as a career clerk from 1955 until her
appointment as Postmaster at Stockholm on July 11, 1981. She retired
in 1989.
She was a lifelong member of the Elim Evangelical Covenant Church in
Stockholm. Phyllis was active in the Elim Covenant Women where she
was a past chairperson. She was also active in Family League.
Phyllis served the Sunday school there in many capacities such as
Sunday school superintendent, Sunday school teacher, and church
secretary. She was also a member of the Harmony Homemakers Extension
Club, the National Association of Postmasters, and the Grant County
Historical Society.
Phyllis is survived by her husband Ray, Stockholm, SD; her son Steve
Schultz and his wife Nita, Fergus Falls, MN and their three boys,
Matt and his wife Shelley, and their daughter Megan; Andy and his
fiancé Teri Berg and their daughter Jadyn; and Dan; her daughter
Wendy Tuma and her husband John, Northfield, MN, and their two
children, Cal and Molly; her sister, Jean Larsen and husband David,
Chicago, Ill; Ray’s children: Elaine Koch and husband Glen, Sioux
Falls, SD; Lois Harrington, Clear Lake, SD; Ardis Evjen, Watertown,
SD; and May Kinder and husband Bob, Stockholm; Daniel Evjcn and wife
Paula, Puyallup, WA, and Kenneth Evjcn and wife Connie, rural
Stockhnlm; and Ray’s eighteen grandchildren and seven great
grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Phyllis was preceded in death by her parents, Elmer and Selma
Eclov, her stepfather Arvid Johnson, her first husband Alvin Schultz,
and two brothers, Dayton and Lyle Eclov.
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
PHYLLIS SCHULTZ EVJEN
PHYLLIS WAS BORN
August 29, 1925
Stockholm, South Dakota
AND DIED
February 1, 2006
Watertown, South Dakota
FUNERAL SERVICES
11:00 am. Saturday, February 4, 2006
Elim Evangelical Covenant Church
Stockholm, South Dakota
OFFICIATING
Pastor Mark Chapman
MUSIC
Steve Misener, Organist
CONGREGATIONAL HYMNS
“Day by Day”, p. 435
“Jesus Calls Us O’er the Tumult”, p. 379
“God, My God, in Heaven Above”, p. 73
“Children of the Heavenly Father”, p. 87
PALLBEARERS
Matt Schultz Andy Schultz Dan Schultz
Cal Tuma Kenny Evjen Bobby Kinder
Joel Kinder Greg Koch Bob Christensen
SERVICE OF INTERMENT
Evergreen Cemetery
Stockholm, South Dakota
Arrangements by
EMANUEL-PATTERSON FUNERAL HOME
MILBANK, SOUTH DAKOTA
Norn and Nancy (Emanuel) Patterson
