Daisy (Evans) Chapman was born February 6, 1913 in Pottawattamie County, Iowa to William Alva and Edith Myrtle (Twilliger) Evans. She passed away on May 21, 2012, at the age of 99, at the Lucas County Health Center in Chariton, Iowa. Services were held on May 25, 2012 at Fielding Funeral Home in Chariton, Iowa with Pastor Russell Harris officiating. Burial was at Russell Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Russell Historical Society or the First Baptist Church in Russell, Iowa.
When Daisy was in grade school the family moved to a farm near Confidence, Iowa, where she attended Bunker Hill rural school one mile from her home. Since the roads were mud she went to live and work for different families in Chariton, while attending Chariton High School, graduating from Chariton in 1930. After graduating, she taught country school for about three years in Lucas and Wayne County.
In 1936, Homer Chapman and Daisy Evans were married and at that time she had to resigh her teaching job. You see a teacher couldn't be married when teaching children. They lived with Homer's grandma Chapman, in the back part of the house on the Wayne and Lucas County line. Homer and Daisy got to celebrate their 65th Wedding Anniversary together. Homer and Daisy moved to the Doc Hill farm north of Russell where son Dean and daughter Karen were born. Then they moved to the Ted Power's farm, south on the Salem Road. Later, they purchased and moved to the Risbeck's farm, where the son Dean and wife Judy still reside. After Dean and Judy married, they moved to Russell, so Dean could farm the home place. After Homer past away, Daisy had moved to the Russell Development Apartments in Russell, Iowa.
Daisy had quite a few interests. She took a class in hat making and for several years made hats for family and friends. At that time every lady usually wore a hat to church. She was very interested in 4-H and was a leader and worked hard with the 4-H Committee and the Lucas County Fair. She also worked for Vera Edwards at the restaurant in Russell. Daisy enjoyed being a part of the Russell Garden Club and liked to work with the flowers and she loved to exhibit them in the Lucas County Fair. She had attended the fair until two years ago then decided that was no place for an old lady. Christmas 2010 she had finished an afghan for her last great grandchild. At the age of ninety-seven she decided to hang up the needles because it was just too much work.
Daisy was a member of the First Baptist Church in Russell, where she gave of her time for many years as long as her health would permit. A her eyesight was poor in the last few years you could still find her reading her Bible almost daily. She enjoyed reading through the Bible each year. Each May Daisy would be outside with her flowers on the patio, watering them or just setting and enjoying them. Daisy always had a love for cooking. She continued to make her own meals up until her death. In fact, she had just baked cookies two weeks ago.
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