Primary Name: Kashevaroff, Nadja Catherine
Filed as: kashevaroff_nadja_catherine
Also known as: Nadia Kashevaroff, Nadja Kashevaroff, Nadja Catherine Vestal, Nadja Catherine Triplett
Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women’s Auxiliary No. 6; government employee
Born: February 6, 1902, Sitka, Alaska
Died: December 6, 1972, Juneau, Alaska
Parents: Andrew Peter Kashevaroff; Martha E. Kashevaroff
Spouse: LeRoy Vestal (m. 1922); James Holly Triplett (m. 1939)
Children: Leroy G. Vestal
Associated places: Sitka, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Washington
Keywords: Nadja Catherine Kashevaroff, Nadia Kashevaroff, Nadja Kashevaroff, Vestal family Juneau, Triplett family Juneau, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women’s Auxiliary No. 6
Biography
Nadja Catherine Kashevaroff was a charter member of the Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women’s Auxiliary No. 6.
She was born in Sitka, Alaska, on February 6, 1902, the daughter of Andrew Peter Kashevaroff and Martha E. Kashevaroff.
In 1922 she married LeRoy Vestal. Their son, Leroy G. Vestal, was born in Washington in 1924. She was widowed in 1933.
Nadja later married James Holly Triplett in Juneau in 1939.
She worked for many years for both the state and federal governments and retired from the Department of Health and Welfare in 1967.
Nadja Kashevaroff died in Juneau on December 6, 1972. She was buried in the Pioneers section of Evergreen Cemetery.
Sources
1910 U.S. Federal Census, Sitka; 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; 1940 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; Alaska Daily Empire, September 22, 1922; Alaska Daily Empire, March 13, 1923; Pioneers of Alaska Auxiliary No. 6 Membership Application; U.S. Social Security Death Index; Juneau-Douglas High School Yearbook, 1920