Evalyn Elizabeth Matkin

Evalyn Hitch FORT WORTH - Evalyn Elizabeth Matkin Hitch, 83, a homemaker, died Tuesday at a Fort Worth hospital. Funeral: 10 a.m. Saturday at Thompson's Harveson & Cole. Burial: 10 a.m. Monday in Elmhurst Cemetery in Guymon, Okla. Memorials: Presbyterian Night Shelter. Mrs. Hitch was born in Beaver County, Okla., and was a 1930 graduate of Liberal High School in Liberal, Kan. She married Harry H. Hitch in 1934. They made their home in Fort Worth in 1941. He died in December 1973. Mrs. Hitch was a member of First United Methodist Church of Fort Worth, the P.E.O. Sisterhood, Crestwood Garden Club and the Easter Seal Auxiliary. Survivors: Son, retired Army Lt. Col. James K. Hitch of Middleburg, Va.; three grandchildren, Sarah Foot of Berryville, Va., Katherine Hitch of Gwelup, Western Australia, Australia, and George Hitch of Chicago; and a great-grandson, Hastings Foot III of Berryville. Thompson's Harveson & Cole 702 Eighth Ave., 336-0345

Headline: OBITUARIES Publication Date: July 07, 1995 Source: The Fort Worth Star-Telegram Page: 26;27 Subjects: Region: Dallas-Ft. Worth Metro, Texas Obituary: FORT WORTH - Evalyn Elizabeth Matkin Hitch, 83, a homemaker, died Tuesday at a Fort Worth hospital. Funeral: 10 a.m. Saturday at Thompson's Harveson & Cole. Burial: 10 a.m. Monday in Elmhurst Cemetery in Guymon, Okla. Memorials: Presbyterian Night Shelter. Mrs. Hitch was born in Beaver County, Okla., and was a 1930 graduate of Liberal High School in Liberal, Kan. She married Harry H. Hitch in 1934. They made their home in Fort Worth in 1941. He died in December 1973. Mrs. Hitch was a member of First United Methodist Church of Fort Worth, the P.E.O. Sisterhood, Crestwood Garden Club and the Easter Seal Auxiliary. Survivors: Son, retired Army Lt. Col. James K. Hitch of Middleburg, Va.; three grandchildren, Sarah Foot of Berryville, Va., Katherine Hitch of Gwelup, Western Australia, Australia, and George Hitch of Chicago; and a great-grandson, Hastings Foot III of Berryville. Thompson's Harveson & Cole 702 Eighth Ave., 336-0345 Velner Johnson

Evalyn married Harry Kerrick Hitch, son of James Kerrick Hitch and Josephine Brown, in 1934. (Harry Kerrick Hitch was born on 22 Oct 1905 in KS ^{4 5 6} and died on 25 Feb 1973 in Tarrant Co., TX ^{3 7}.)