Primary Name: Hooker, Lillie Blanche Clark-Burford
Filed as: lillie_blanche_clark_burford_hooker
Also known as: Lillie Blanche Clark, Lillie Blanche Burford, Lillie Burford, Lillie Hooker
Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Juneau Women's Auxiliary No. 6; Secretary; President (1941–1942); Postal Clerk; Saleswoman
Born: March 4, 1883, Yuba County, California
Died: May 10, 1968, Juneau, Alaska
Parents:
Spouse: George "Jack" Burford; Charles E. Hooker
Children: George Benjamin Burford; Jack Blaisdel Burford
Associated places: Yuba County, California; Sacramento, California; Juneau, Alaska
Keywords: Lillie Blanche Clark Burford Hooker, Lillie Burford, Lillie Hooker, Juneau Women's Auxiliary No. 6 President, Pioneers of Alaska Auxiliary
Biography
Lillie Blanche Clark-Burford Hooker was a charter member of Juneau Women's Auxiliary No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska. She served the organization as Secretary and later as President in 1941 and 1942.
She was born on March 4, 1883, in Yuba County, California. She came to Juneau on August 17, 1899, from Sacramento, California.
She married George "Jack" Burford on October 17, 1900, and they had two children: George Benjamin, born in Juneau in 1903, and Jack Blaisdel, born in Juneau in 1905.
Lillie worked as a saleswoman at the S. Bourn & Co. curio store, later at the B. M. Behrends Department Store, and as a postal clerk.
In 1936, Lillie Burford married Charles E. Hooker.
She was also Past Worthy Matron of the Order of Eastern Star, Local Chapter No. 7.
She died in Juneau on May 10, 1968.
Sources
1920 U.S. Federal Census; 1930 U.S. Federal Census; Gastineau Channel Memories, 1880–1959, pp. 72–74; Daily Alaska Empire, May 12, 1968; Pioneers of Alaska Women's Auxiliary records
Tags: Lillie Blanche Clark Burford Hooker, Lillie Burford, Lillie Hooker, Juneau Women's Auxiliary No. 6, Pioneers of Alaska Auxiliary, Juneau Alaska residents