Funeral services for Clyde Evans, age 50, of Bismarck, ND, and Lemmon, SD, will be held at 11:00 on Thursday, June 11, 2015 at the United Methodist Church in Hettinger, ND. Rev. Paul Lint will officiate with burial to follow in the Hettinger Cemetery.
A memorial service will be held on Monday, June 15, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. CT at the PRIDE Building, 3901 N. 19th Street, Bismarck, ND, with Rev. Paul Lint officiating.
Clyde Allen Evans was born on March 8, 1965, in Hettinger, ND, to Clifford and Geraldine (Randall) Evans. He attended schools in Hettinger, Bowman, Dickinson and Grafton before graduating from Bismarck High School in 1986.
Clyde entered the Pride vocational program in Bismarck on July 14, 1986 at which time he lived with a foster family. In recent years, he lived with a roommate in his own apartment. He worked on a janitorial crew and housekeeping crew while in the program. Clyde then entered the residential program with Pride on July 11, 1989.
When Clyde quit working he joined the Pride day program where he participated in recreational and leisure activities. Over the years Clyde enjoyed Special Olympics, especially going to tournaments out of town. He also enjoyed going to camps in the summer.
Clyde passed away on Saturday, May 30, 2015 at Sanford Health in Bismarck, ND.
He is survived by his mother, Geraldine Evans, Lemmon, SD; two brothers, Lynn, Bowman, ND and Donald, Lemmon, SD; maternal grandmother, Genevieve Randall, Hettinger, ND; two aunts, Vi Kostelecky, Lemmon, SD and Janice (Fred) Rios, Mandan, ND; two uncles, Josh (Deb Beld) Randall, Hettinger, ND and Warren Randall, Hettinger, ND; and numerous other relatives.
He was preceded in death by his father, Clifford Evans, in 2012; two brother, David in 1971 and Leo in 2015; maternal grandfather, Cecil Randall in 1997; and paternal grandparents, Vern (1998) and Flora (2008) Evans; one uncle, George Kostelecky; and one cousin, Rick Kostelecky.