Primary Name: Bevan, Lorell Dee
Filed as: bevan_lorell_dee
Also known as: Lorell Clark; Lorell Grant; Lorell Yancy
Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No. 6; Fox farmer; Hotel manager; Boeing riveter during World War II
Born: May 14, 1886, Douglas, Kansas
Died: April 17, 1970, Seattle, Washington
Parents: Thomas Bevan; Georgina Trontla Bevan
Spouse: Frank Edwin Clark (m. June 8, 1904, Portland, Oregon; d. January 17, 1926); David M. Grant (m. November 28, 1928; d. 1938); Jack Yancy (m. ca. 1940; annulled ca. 1941)
Children: William Z. Clark
Associated places: Douglas, Kansas; Yale, Washington; Portland, Oregon; Juneau, Alaska; Kake, Alaska; Southern Washington; Kelso, Washington; Seattle, Washington; Lebanon, Oregon; Arcata, California; Anchorage, Alaska
Keywords: Lorell Dee Bevan, Lorell Clark, Lorell Grant, Lorell Yancy, Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No. 6
Biography
Lorell Dee Bevan was a Charter Member of the Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No. 6.
She was born on May 14, 1886, in Douglas, Kansas, the daughter of Thomas Bevan and Georgina Trontla Bevan. Lorell spent her childhood on the family farm in Yale, Washington.
At the age of sixteen, she worked as a cook at a lumber mill. She married the mill manager Frank Edwin Clark on June 8, 1904, in Portland, Oregon. Their son, William Z. Clark, was born in Washington in 1906.
The family moved to Alaska in 1918 and operated a fox farm on an island southeast of Juneau. Frank Clark died on January 17, 1926, in Kake, Alaska.
Lorell and her son William moved to Juneau, where she met David M. Grant. The couple became engaged on November 17, 1927, in Juneau, and were married on November 28, 1928. They later moved back to a farm in southern Washington. David Grant died in 1938.
Lorell later moved to Kelso, Washington, where she managed a hotel. Around 1940, she married Jack Yancy, but the marriage was annulled about a year later.
During World War II, she moved to Seattle to live with her son and worked for Boeing as a riveter on B-25 bombers. In 1950, she moved to Lebanon, Oregon, to work as a housekeeper for her brother Jessie. They later moved to Arcata, California, where Jessie died.
She later moved to Anchorage, Alaska, to live with her son and his wife. After her son died, she moved back to Seattle.
Lorell died on April 17, 1970, in Seattle, Washington.
Sources
1900/1910 U.S. Federal Census, Mineral, Washington; 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; Biography from Will/its Family Tree, Ancestry.com; Alaska Daily Empire, December 1, 1928
Tags: Lorell Dee Bevan, Lorell Clark, Lorell Grant, Lorell Yancy, Juneau Igloo Auxiliary No. 6, Juneau Alaska pioneers