EVANSTON — Clara (DeeDee) Lee Nelson Bell passed away on July 8, in the Evanston Regional Hospital after a lengthy illness.
She was born on January 23, 1957 in Burkly, Calif., to Mark Lee Nelson Jr. and Jane Louise Nelson. She was the oldest of 10 siblings: Ivan Nelson, Jinna Fillman, Jeannie Webb, Lee (Skip) Nelson, Kimberlee Nelson, Mark Nelson, Emily Peach, Sarah
Yarbrough and Jennifer Gibson. She married Robert Wade Bell on Feb. 18,
1976, in an LDS church in Cave Junction, Ore. They had three
children: Joseph, Fawn and Sariah.
Dee and her children followed Rob through his many adventures as a Navy Seabee, and did a great job raising her children through all their travels.
She was preceded in death by her father, Mark; sister, Jeannie; and her brother, Ivan.
She is survived by her husband, Rob; sisters: Jinna, Kim, Emily, Sarah and Jenny;
Brothers, Skip and Mark; her mother, Jane; her three children: Joe Fawn and
Sariah; seven grandchildren: Jade, Amber, Kyia, Colton, Ayanna, Faith
and Grace; and two great-grandchildren: Anthony and Xavier.
She loved her children very much, and was a wonderful mother in every environment in which they found themselves. She also loved her grandchildren and was as great of a grandmother as she was a mom.
She was part of the American Legion Auxiliary, and will be missed dearly in her family and the community.
Memorial services for family and friends will be held at the Legion Hall in
Fort Bridger at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 13. Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Crandall Funeral Home in Evanston.
