Burt Evans

October 20, 1922 – March 23, 2011

BURT EVANS, 88, died Wednesday, March 23, 2011, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Kansas.

He was born Oct. 20, 1922, in Atlantic City, the son of Frank and Mabel Evans. He graduated from Atlantic City High School in 1940.

He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Force and was a B-17 bomber co-pilot in World War II. After being wounded on his second mission, he returned to combat and completed 30 missions with the 95th Bomb Group, flying out of Horham, England.

Mr. Evans earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering at Duke University in 1948. In addition to owning an electronic sales company, Mr. Evans worked for Atlantic City Electric Company, Westinghouse, BP Oil, and he retired from the Naval Ship Systems Engineering Station in Philadelphia in 1994.

Mr. Evans married Eileen Foley in 1960 in Camden, N.J. She preceded him in death in 2003.

Survivors include a son, Joseph Evans and wife Kirsten, Lawrence; two grandchildren, Katie and Will Evans; a great-granddaughter, Marlowe Evans; and a brother, Frank of Ventnor. Sister Ruth and brothers, Richard, Donald and Jack.

T he family suggests memorials to the 95th Bomb Group Association, sent in care of Rumsey- Yost Funeral Home, 601 Ind., Lawrence, KS 66044.

Service on April 16 at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church in Moorestown, followed by interment at Calvary Cemetery in Pennsauken. All are welcome to attend.