Bob Evans Dies
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Bob Evans, who turned a 12-stool restaurant into a nationwide chain and food empire with the help of his homemade sausage, died yesterday, Bob Evans Farm Inc. said. He was 89.
Mr. Evans was being treated at Cleveland Clinic when he died from complications of pneumonia, the hospital confirmed.
Mr. Evans got into the sausage business after struggling to find quality sausage to feed the hungry truckers who stopped at his tiny diner in Gallipolis in southeastern Ohio.
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Mr. Evans retired as president of the company in 1986.
Bob Evans was born on May 30, 1918, to Elizabeth Lewis and Stanley L. Evans in Sugar Ridge, Ohio.
Mr. Evans is survived by his wife, Jewell; five children, Debbie, Robin, Bobby, Steve and Stan; and 12 grandchildren. Another daughter, Gwen, died earlier.
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