Eva M. Wahl
July 27, 1916 - Nov. 20, 2006
BENSON -- Eva May Wahl, 90, of New London, formerly of Benson, died Monday at Glen Oaks Care Center in New London.
The service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Pilgrim Congregational Church in Benson. Burial will be at Benson City Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. Saturday to the time of the service at the church. Arrangements are with Zniewski Funeral Home in Benson.
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She was born July 27, 1916, in Burbank Township, Kandiyohi County, to Lloyd and May Marie (Galbraith) Jones. She grew up in New London and attended school through the eighth grade. She then attended St. Cloud School of Beauty Culture. She worked in Albany and purchased the beauty shop in Montevideo in 1952.
She married Earl Wahl on Feb. 20, 1955, at the Methodist Church in Montevideo. They farmed and she worked as a cleaning aide at Central Supply in the Benson Hospital for several years. She retired in 1980.
She was a member of Pilgrim Congregational United Church of Christ in Benson, where they served as church custodians. She was a member of the evening circle and the Women's Fellowship.
She is survived by three brothers: Kenneth (and Dorothy) Jones of Brooten, Arlos (and Hazel) Jones of New London, Roger (and Cathy) Jones of Bloomington; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 2003; and an infant brother.
