HOUSE
                           Final Reading
                      April  10, 2013First Regular Session
              Sixty-ninth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
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                      HOUSE MEMORIAL 13-1002 
       Memorializing former Representative Frank Edward Evans.
       
       
            WHEREAS, Our respected former colleague, Frank Edward
       Evans, a past member of the Colorado House of Representatives, departed
       this life on June 3, 2010; and
       
            WHEREAS, Frank Evans was born in Pueblo, Colorado, on
       September 6, 1923, to Frank Edward Evans, Sr., and Mildred Hoag
       Evans; and
       
            WHEREAS, Representative Evans attended Fountain Valley
       School near Colorado Springs and then attended Pomona College in
       Claremont, California, from 1941 to 1943; and
       
            WHEREAS, After only two years at Pomona College,
       Representative Evans' education was interrupted by World War II, when
       Representative Evans joined the United States Navy, earned his wings as
       a Navy patrol pilot, and flew PBY Catalina seaplanes in the Pacific
       Theater; and
       
            WHEREAS, After the war, Representative Evans finished his
       studies at the University of Denver by earning a Bachelor's Degree and
       then, in 1950, a Law Degree; and
       
            WHEREAS, Representative Evans had a keen interest in labor law
       and, after graduating from law school, went to work for Gates Rubber
       Company to better understand the factory life; and
       
            WHEREAS, In late 1950, Representative Evans moved back to
       Pueblo, Colorado, where he joined the Pueblo law firm of Petersen and
       Evensen; and
       
            WHEREAS, Representative Evans met Eleanor Trefz, the
       youngest daughter of prominent Pueblo banker Richard Trefz, during his
       time working in Pueblo, and they were married on April 5, 1952; and
       
            WHEREAS, In 1960, Representative Evans was elected to the
       Colorado General Assembly, and he served two terms in the House of
       Representatives serving Pueblo County; and
       
            WHEREAS, Representative Evans was named the "Outstanding
       Freshman Representative" by the Colorado Press Association in his first
       term; and
       
            WHEREAS, In 1964, Representative Evans challenged long-term
       Congressman J. Edgar Chenoweth for the third district congressional seat,
       but hesitated in informing his grandfather, Frank S. Hoag, Sr., who was
       publisher of the Pueblo Star Journal and Chieftain, of his plans as Mr.
       Hoag had endorsed Congressman Chenoweth in each of his previous
       eleven successful elections; and
       
            WHEREAS, Mr. Hoag told Representative Evans, "I respect your
       decision, son, but I'm not-a-gonna endorse you", and he did not endorse
       Representative Evans until his seventh and final term; and
       
            WHEREAS, Representative Evans was very active in Congress,
       and those around him considered his natural modesty and temperament
       very easy to work with; and
       
            WHEREAS, During his time as Congressman, Representative
       Evans served on the Armed Forces subcommittee and the Appropriations
       Committee, and he earned numerous accolades during his seven
       uninterrupted terms; and
       
            WHEREAS, As Congressman, Representative Evans was
       responsible for establishing the Federal Citizen Information Center in
       Pueblo, which brought jobs and families to the state, and after
       Representative Evans' death the facility was renamed the Frank Evans
       Government Printing Office Building to commemorate his service; and
       
            WHEREAS, Representative Evans voluntarily retired from
       Congress in 1978, having never lost an election, and in 1988 retired with
       his wife Eleanor to Santa Fe, New Mexico, but returned to Pueblo,
       Colorado, in 2009; and
       
            WHEREAS, Representative Evans enjoyed building detailed,
       high-quality model ships, bird houses depicting old mission churches, and
       beaded belts, and he was an avid historian and expert on the Civil War
       and Abraham Lincoln; and
       
            WHEREAS, Representative Evans taught his children to love and
       respect all men and women and to stand up for what is right; and
       
            WHEREAS, Representative Evans is remembered for being kind
       and gentle, for having a delightful sense of humor, and for having a drive
       for life, stating as a young man, "What I want to do is take a healthy bite
       out of life"; and
       
            WHEREAS, It is fitting that we, the members of the House of
       Representatives of the Sixty-ninth General Assembly, pay tribute to the
       dedicated service of Representative Frank Edward Evans and express our
       deep regret and sorrow occasioned by his death; now, therefore,
       
            Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sixty-ninth
       General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
       
            That, in the death of Frank Edward Evans, the people of the state
       of Colorado have lost a dedicated public servant and outstanding citizen,
       and that we, the members of the House of Representatives of the
       Sixty-ninth General Assembly, do hereby extend our deep and heartfelt
       sympathy to the members of his family and pay tribute to a man who
       served his state well and faithfully.
       
            Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Memorial be sent to his
       wife, Eleanor Trefz Evans; his children, Peter Evans, Frances
       Evans-Maytum, Charles Evans, and Susan Evans; his sister-in-law
       Ernamarie Williams and his brother-in-law Nick Farr; and his cousin
       Robert Hoag Rawlings.