Evelyn A. McMillan

A memorial reception was held on Sept.10 at the St. Paul Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall, N. 202 Second St., Chewelah, for former Ford merchant Evelyn A. McMillan, 103, who passed away on Sept. 1, 2011, in Colville.

Born on her grandparent’s ranch near Princeton, Minn., on Feb. 14, 1908, her family lived for two years in Bemidji, Minn., before moving to Ronan, Mont. When she was 13 her family moved to Missoula where she finished high school and enrolled at the University of Montana, majoring in music.

She finished her formal education at Eastern Washington Teachers College as a music major. Sh...