Evans

Dolores C. Stehle Evans, 87, of North McKean Street died at 6:15 p.m. Friday at the Saxony Health Center in Saxonburg.

Born July 17, 1919, she was the daughter of Alfred J. and Irene C. Marx Gallagher. The last surviving member of her immediate family, she was preceded in death by a sister and two brothers. She was also preceded in death by her first husband, Joseph T. Stehle Jr., whom she married June 14, 1950, and who died Oct. 12, 1991.

She is survived by her second husband, Glenn Evans, whom she married July 18, 1992; three sons and their wives, Jeffrey T. and Laureen Stehle and Joseph V. and Patricia Stehle of Pittsburgh, and Jonathan R. and Joyce Stehle of Port Allegany, Pa.; and a daughter, Jennifer and her husband, Robert Mariacher, of Butler. Thirteen grandchildren and a great-grandson also survive her.

A graduate of Butler High School, she was class valedictorian in 1936. After graduation, she studied at the Art Institute in Baltimore and worked in St. Louis, Mo., Los Angeles, Calif., and Seattle, Wash., where she worked as one of the first female draftsmen for World War II defense contractors.

After the war, she returned to Butler and worked for the Peoples Telephone Co., as well as doing window designs for several Main Street stores.

A member of Associated Artists of Butler County, she taught art classes at St. Paul's School and St. Fidelis Seminary. While raising her family, she worked for Trefry and Associates Architects, Butler City Planner Malcolm Strachan and Burt Hill Kosar Rittelmann. As an interior designer for that firm, she designed the interior of the Butler Intermediate High School. She retired in 1985.

Mrs. Evans served on the Butler City Planning and Zoning Commission. She was a former member of the Intermediate League and a lifelong member of St. Paul Roman Catholic Church.

<B>EVANS</B> — Friends of Dolores C. Stehle Evans, who died Friday, May 18, 2007, will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the <B>thompson-miller funeral home</B>, 124 E. North St. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Paul Roman Catholic Church with the Rev. John Dillon, pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Pomfret, Md., officiating. Interment will follow at the Calvary Mausoleum.Members of the St. Paul Guild and Christian Mother will recite the rosary at 9:35 a.m. Thursday at the church.Memorials may be made to the Associated Artists of Butler County. 344 S. Main St., Butler PA 16001; or to the American Cancer Society, 320 Bilmar Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15205.Information and a private guest book are available at www.thompson-miller.com.