School Custodian Fatally Stricken

Thomas A. Evans, 66, of 3231 Carroll Court, Crescent Gardens, collapsed and died Friday in the Yorkship School, where he had been employed as a custodian for the last seven years.

A native of Delaware, Mr. Evans resided in the Fairview section for 36 years. He was a retired supervisor at New York Shipbuilding Corp. and a member of the Camden School Janitors Union and the New Jersey Educational Association.

Surviving are his wife, Catherine M.; two daughters, Miss Kathryn M., of Camden, and Mrs. Adrienne Fink, of Audubon Park; a son, Thomas J., of Turnersville; a sister, Mrs. Ethel Lamb, of Cross Keys; five brothers, Percy H., of Audubon Park; Austin C., of Riley Park, Pa.; Byard, of Philadelphia; and Ormand and Walter, of Camden; and four grandchildren.

A requiem Mass will be celebrated at 9 a.m. Tuesday in St. Joan of Arc Church, Collings and Alabama Roads. Relatives and friends will meet at 8 a.m. in a funeral home at 1530 Collings Road, where they may call Monday night. Burial will be in New St. Mary's Cemetery, Bellmawr.