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Paul Vernon Evans passed away on July 21, 2020 at the age of 94.

Paul was born "Baby Taylor" in Bethel Hospital (now Colorado Springs Memorial) on East Boulder Street in Colorado Springs on June 19, 1926, baby son of George Lewis and Ruth M. Coleman Taylor. On July 11, 1926, a doctor delivered him to his adopting parents, Fred Harrison Evans and Fred's wife, Emma Hooper Evans.

Fred was employed, and Paul grew up, on the farm of Scott O. Sharp, about two miles north of then Fountain. Two sons were later born to Paul's parents, Edward Robert in August 1932 and John James in March 1934. M...