Karen Lee Evans, nee Lundsgaard, age 66, of Darien. Director of The Growing Place preschool of Community Presbyterian Church in Lombard, for 36 years. Loving wife of 45 years to Clint, former Athletic Director and football coach of Willowbrook High School; loving mother of Michelle (Jim) Eiden, and Lisa (Jim) Elder; devoted grandmother of Zachary and Julia Eiden, and Jack Elder; dear sister of Tom (Mary Jane) Lundsgaard; dear sister-in-law of Bill (Sandy), Sherry (Cliff) Beato, Jim (Velvet), and Larry (Frank); loving aunt of many nieces and nephews. Visitation Tuesday, 3 to 9 p.m., at Knollcrest Funeral Home, 1500 S. Meyers Rd. (3 blocks south of Roosevelt), Lombard. Funeral Wednesday, 10 a.m., at Community Presbyterian Church, 1111 E. Madison St., Lombard. Donations to Lung Cancer Research Fund, c/o Office of Philanthropy, 1700 W. Harrison St., Suite 250, Chicago, IL, 60612, are appreciated. Info: 630-932-1500.
