Carl H. Evert Jr., age 80, passed away peacefully at his home in Marxville surrounded by his family on Nov. 10, 2018.  He was born in Madison on Nov. 28, 1937 to the late Carl H. and Dorothy (Young) Evert Sr.  Carl was a graduate of Mazomanie High School; class of 1955.  Following high school, Carl attended Wartburg College in Waverly Iowa. He returned home after two years to manage the family farm.  Carl married, Jeanne L. Wieneke on Aug. 1, 1959.  While farming, Carl returned to school attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  He graduated with a B.S. in Biology in 1965.  Soon after, Carl started a long career with the State of Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources working in game management and land acquisition. He would eventually be appointed the director of the Bureau of Real Estate. Carl retired from the DNR in 1997.  Throughout his career, he was proud of his responsibility for the acquisition of property that would eventually become public lands available as parks, hunting areas and access to wetlands.  Carl enjoyed the outdoors and developed his own prairie, ponds, woods and trails throughout his 155 acre farm.  He enjoyed hunting water foul and upland game birds, growing his own grapes for wine, tapping maple trees for syrup and cutting firewood.  He was a sports fan following the Badgers, Packers and Brewers.  Carl and Jeanne enjoyed tennis together and played in leagues for many years.  Aside from his interest in the outdoors and sports, Carl studied history - particularly WWII;  he served on the Berry town planning commission; boards for the Cross Plains-Berry Historical Society, the Mazomanie Historical Society and the local food pantry.  Faith was very important to Carl.  He was a lifelong member of the St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Marxville where he formerly taught religious education and was a member of the church council.

Carl is survived by his wife, Jeanne; three children, Carl "Chuck" (Barbara) Evert III of Janesville, Michael (Kathryn) Evert of Cross Plains, Valerie (Michael) Wandschneider of Kohler; 7grandchildren, Carly (Jeffrey) Davis, Austin "AJ" Evert (Sarah Kirschbaum), Robert and Audrey Evert, Madeleine, Nicholas, and Nadia Wandschneider; a great-grandchild, Hallie Jeanne Davis; and brother, William (Alyce) Evert and their son Remington.  He is further survived by other relatives and friends.

A memorial service will be held at 11:00 am on Nov. 17, 2018 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 8748 State Hwy 19, Mazomanie.  A visitation will be held from 3:00 pm until 6:00 pm on Nov. 16, 2018 at Hooverson Funeral Home, 251 Water St., Sauk City and one hour prior to the service at the church.  Interment will be held in the church cemetery.

Carl's family would like to express their sincerest gratitude to Dr. Jarzemsky and his staff at the Cross Plains Clinic, Cross Plains Pharmacy and Agrace Hospice for their care.