Evelyn M. Carlson, 74, of 724 N. Chestnut St., Minonk, died at 4:46 p.m. Thursday (Feb. 18, 2010) in St. Mary’s Hospital in Streator.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday in the Bethany Lutheran Church in Wenona, with the Rev Ray Barclay officiating. Burial will be in Bethany Lutheran Cemetery in Wenona. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday in the Hurst Funeral Home in Wenona and 10 a.m. Monday in the church until time of services.

Mrs. Carlson was born in El Paso, on June 19, 1935, to John and Anna Timmerman Carls. She married Ernest Carlson on Dec. 14, 1974.

She is survived by her husband, Ernest, Minonk; one stepdaughter, Kelly (Bernie) Uszcienski, Bloomington; one stepson, Keith (Andrea) Carlson, Farmington Hills, Mich.; four grandchildren; two brothers, Dewain (Barbara) Carls, Minonk, and Glen (Burnette) Carls, Minonk; and two sisters, Eileen (Wilbur) Charlier,  Minonk, and Aldine (Kenneth) Caldwell, Dunlap.

She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, one sister and one niece.

Mrs. Carlson worked at Minonk State Bank for many years.