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Evon Fay Downs Troester

14 Jun 1935 – 9 Feb 2017

Birth	14 Jun 1935
Death	9 Feb 2017
Cemetery	Oakwood Cemetery Austin , Mower County , Minnesota , USA
Added by	K. Pike on 18 Jan 2018
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186723324

Bio

Austin Daily Herald Evon F. Troester, 81, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, formerly of Austin, Minnesota, died Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, at the Las Palomas Center in Albuquerque. Evon Fay Downs was born June 14, 1935, in Austin, Minnesota, the daughter of Richard and Frieda (Douglas) Downs. She attended school in Austin. Evon married LaVerne Olson and the couple later divorced. She later married Robert Troester at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. They made their home in Austin where Evon worked as a nurse’s aide at St. Olaf Hospital. Robert died in 2003. In 2016, Evon moved to Albuquerque to be near her daughter. Survivors include her son, Verne (Norma) Olson of Dexter, Minnesota; her daughter, Joyce (Mike) Moore of Albuquerque; 10 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; sister, Dixie Hanson of Austin; and nieces, nephews and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; both husbands; three sons, Richard, Ray, and Kenneth; and three sisters. Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, May 30, 2017, at Oakwood Cemetery in Austin. Worlein Funeral Home is assisting the family with the local arrangements.

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Family

Parents

• Richard Ambrose Downs 1906–1959
• Frieda Belle Douglas Downs 1911–1976

Spouse

• LaVerne Frederick "Odie" Olson 1927–2002 FaG
• Robert Lemar Troester 1929–2003 FaG

Siblings

• Patricia A. Downs Chapek 1933–2003
• Dixie Joann Downs Hanson 1937–2018
• Kathleen A. Downs Anderson 1940–2006

Children

• Richard Henry Olson 1956–2011 FaG
• Ray Allen Olson 1957–2016 FaG
• Kenneth DeWayne "Kenny" Olson 1959–1990 FaG

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