Evelyn Beatrice Walters

Evelyn Beatrice Walters passed away peacefully at the home of her daughter Elizabeth, on January 4, 2015. She was 97 years old.

Evelyn was born on October 11, 1917 to Swedish immigrants, Lars Lewis Lyckholm and Signe Johansson Lyckholm. She was a life-long resident of Side Lake, Minn., growing up and raising her own family on the property her father had built their home on. She remembered many good times of her childhood swimming across Side Lake, childhood friends at the old school, skating, skiing and sledding in tubs across the lake when it was frozen, running on the wheel of the paddle boat at Doan’s Lodge, community picnics, and all of the old pioneers of the area. On April 10, 1934 she married Rolland Walters in the Lyckholm home. They raised ten children. Evelyn had great faith in her Savior and believed He would call her home when it was her time. She will be greatly missed, but expressed willingness to be called home and be with her loved ones who had gone on before her. Like Billy Graham, she looked forward to the next venture God had in store. Evelyn enjoyed gardening, playing cards, baking, traveling bocce ball and watching her family grow. She was a lifelong member of Grace Lutheran Church at Side Lake and then in Chisholm. She traveled all over the United States with friends and visiting family and also to Sweden to see where her parents were born and raised. She toured parts of Europe on that same visit. She enjoyed going to the casino with friends and family.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Rolland Walters, sons, Rolland, Jr., Darell, Charles, Leslie, and Lewis; brothers: Melvin, Ervin, Milton, Robert and Earl Lyckholm; sisters: Adeline Potami , Margaret Lautizi and three grandchildren: Bradley and Lynette Walters and Denise Wilenius.

Survivors include her sons, Melvin of Balkan, MN, Dennis (Sandy) of Side Lake, MN; daughters, Elizabeth of Worland, Evelyn Zbacnik of Brooklyn Center, MN, Shirley (Rob) Huntsperger of Hibbing; 37 grandchildren; 10 step-grandchildren; 50 great-grandchildren; 6 step-great-grandchildren; 11 great great-grandchildren; sisters: Verda Dibble of Coarsegold, CA and Nancy (Willard) Duerr of Otsego, MN; sister-in-law, Ruth Woitel Soular; special former in-laws, Gene Wilenius, Bernice Serrano and many nieces and nephews.

Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be held at the Dougherty Funeral Home in Hibbing, Minnesota at a later date. She will then be put to rest next to her husband at Maple Hill Cemetery.

Bryant Funeral Home is assisting the family with the local arrangements. Online condolences may be made at www.bryantfuneralhomeonline.com