On January 24 th , 2024, Audrey Lynn (Walles) Evans left us to join the next world. Audrey was born July 30, 1983 to Robert Walles and Jolene Gray Hawk in Salt Lake City, UT at Holy Cross Hospital. She joined three older sisters and was the baby for the longest time. She stayed the baby of the family until being joined by her younger brother and sisters.
Audrey lived the first few years of her life in Salt Lake City and then moved with her mother and sisters to Poplar, MT in 1989. Growing up in Poplar, Audrey and her sisters spent a lot of time playing outside, making up games and using their imagination to build rivers, streams, mud monsters and cutting mazes in their back yard. She spent a lot of time with her cousins, visiting and laughing. Many adventures were had growing up.
Audrey met her future husband Mike Evans when they were still teenagers. She always said Mike was her best friend. They moved to Billings, MT in 1999 and were married August 13, 2004. Together, they had Dylan, Aiden and Alyssa. Later, she adopted her nephew Luis who they lovingly call Weicho. Audrey had various bartending jobs, but working at the Lucky Cuss was one of her favorites. She worked there for about 10 years and had many loyal customers. She also worked as a Phlebotomist at St Vincents Hospital and Billings Clinic.
Audrey was always mothering everyone, giving words of wisdom and loved visiting, laughing and telling jokes. She was an avid story and joke teller. She loved having get together whether it was at her home, the lake or other places. She was always surrounded by people. She adopted many sisters and brothers, aunts and uncles during her lifetime. She liked to write and was a huge fan of the Dallas Cowboys. She loved beading, drawing and sewing and was very generous when giving her projects away. Later in life, she also loved baking, making cakes and decorating them.
Audrey is survived by her mother, Jolene Gray Hawk, her husband Mike Evans, children Dylan (Fallon), Aiden, Alyssa Evans and Luis Sandoval, her sisters, Elisha (Matt), Shealee, Sarah (Vince), Mikel Rae, Merciline, and brother Jacob. Her nieces and nephews, Joan (Matt) Logan, Kaylee, Christine, Ethan, Charlotte, Gideon, Mason and Tobias, Jayden, Josiah, Raylynn, Jonah, Jamis, Alexander, Cyanna, Liyah, Talis, Tristan, Kylo and Avery Becker, Aziel Murdock-Wagner. Uncles and Aunts, Mary Ellen, Llewellyn (Willa) Gray Hawk, Brad Sr (Maureen) Gray Hawk, Lenny (Stacy), Benjamin (Julia), Pete Dupree, Jon (Myra) Daniels, Terry Gray Hawk, Justin (Orlanda), Jason (Tana), Melda Gray Hawk and Terrie Lee (Brad) Green, Joyce Growing Thunder, Geoff Hagadone and James Wilson, Leanda (Chad) Cashman, Michael Kaschube, J.R. Draszt, Mavis Draszt and Marie Draszt, Errol and Ronald Yellow Hammer. Grandma Rose Morsette and two grandchildren, Connor and Kinsley L War Club. Her adopted family Sheri (Joe) Murdock, Afton Harder, Brooke (David) Hill, Dani Kaiser. Adopted aunt Juanita Smith, Anita, Mercedes, Julia and Maggie Alvarado, Father-in-Law Jim Evans, and Uncle Don Evans. She had many cousins whom she was very close to. Extended family included Dan Boyle and Heather Clubfoot.
She is proceeded in death by her father Robert Walles, Grandparents Benjamin Gray Hawk and Violet Gray Hawk, Roseann Left Hand, Carol Spotted Bird. Aunts and Uncles, Myra Gray Hawk, Vance Christianson, Billy Runs Above, Bradley Yellow Hammer, Henry Gray Hawk, Rusty Denny, Thomas Morsette, Donna and Sandra Yellow Hammer, and cousin Windy Gray Hawk.
We apologize if there was anyone we forgot to mention as she had a very huge family.