Evelyn McCauley, Boulder pillar

Life long Jefferson County resident Evelyn Huller McCauley passed away at her home on January 3rd, 2019 at the age of 99.

She was born the eldest daughter of Jay E. and Mary Salmond Huller on September 4th, 1919 in her grandmother’s log cabin on the Jefferson River near Willow Creek.  She grew up on the family farm, helping with the chores, harvesting hay with horse drawn machinery, milking cows, working in the garden and helping her mother can the harvest.  She was joined by a sister Iris in 1923 and a brother Frank in 1929.

She graduated from Willow Creek High School in 1938 and completed business college in Butte, Montana.  Her first job and her life in Boulder began in 1940 at the Montana State Training School (MDC) as secretary to the superintendent of the campus.