Died
at age 81
in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States
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Fact: Residence (1935) Same Place, ,
Fact: Residence (1940) Ward 1, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City Precinct, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Fact: Residence (1 October 1998) St. George, Washington, Utah, United States
Fact: Residence (from 1 January 1998 to 1 June 2001) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Fact: Residence (from 1 June 2001 to 1 January 2004) Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Fact: Residence (15 November 2007) St. George, Washington, Utah, United States
Fact: Burial (13 August 2016) Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch Evelyn Alice Lape Christensen Asmus took her final earthly journey when she passed away on August 8th 2016. She was born on the Workman family farm in Hinckley Utah on July 13, 1935 to Dederick Laval Lape and Anna Louise Workman Lape. She lived in Hinckley Utah until the age of 4, when her mother remarried to Owen Christensen, at which time the family moved to Park City Utah. When she was in the 4th grade, the family moved to Tooele Army Depot Park in Tooele Utah where she finished her schooling and graduated from Tooele High School in 1953. While attending high school she enjoyed being on a synchronized swim team, learned and excelled at sewing, and was named 1st Attendant in the Miss TAD Pageant.
She married William Walk in 1954 and moved to Grantsville where they raised three sons and a daughter, Arnold, Mitch, Melody and Tracy. Evelyn devoted her time in Grantsville by sharing her talents as an excellent seamstress where she made many dresses, formals and wedding dresses for friends and neighbors. She also became the first owner and operator of the State Liquor Agency in Grantsville. She was also a member the Beta Sigma Phi where she continued to learn about social etiquette.
In 1976 Evelyn moved to Salt Lake City after her marriage to William dissolved. She continued working for the State Liquor Agency. She continued to learn by taking classes at the University of Utah on wine appreciation, which sparked a love with all aspects of wine. She became a wine connoisseur and a local expert. She helped create the first wine specialty store in Utah, where she became known as the Wine Lady. Many people would come in to seek out her help with wine selection and etiquette.
In 1987 Evelyn married Steve Asmus. They soon moved to St. George, Utah where they enjoyed southern Utah together. She continued to share her love of wine by teaching many wine appreciation classes and making many friends doing so.
In 1998 Evelyn was able to reconnect, in a way, with her late father, through her new found family and 7 siblings in Guam. This opened a whole new chapter for her, where she was able to visit Guam and her family on 2 occasions. Here she learned much about her father, with him being a merchant marine during WWII and his family life in Guam.
Our Mom was an avid Utah Jazz fan who loved to travel and never missed the Spoken Word and Mormon Tabernacle Choir each Sunday morning. Mom was loved very much and will be missed by all those fortunate enough to know her.
Evelyn was the mother of 4 children, Arnold Walk, Mitchell (Diana) Walk, Melody Walk (Glade) Rupp and Tracy (Mary) Walk. She was a proud grandmother of 15 grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren. She is survived by her companion Dick Isom and her 9 siblings, Robert (Beverly) Dimitt, Virginia (Jim) Danner, Fred (Karla) Christensen, Dorothy (Frank) San Nicolas, Nora (Jerry) Lape-Ingersoll, Douglas (Lilly) Lape, Mildred Lape, Dederick (Cheryl) Lape, Florence (Kin) Barcinas. She was preceded in death by all her parents, her husband Steve Asmus and her 2 siblings, Carl (Pat) Christensen, Peter Lape.
Services will be held at Wasatch Lawn Mortuary, 3401 S Highland Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84106. Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. with funeral to follow at 11:00 a.m. Interment will be at Wasatch Memorial Park.
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