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Frank Calvin Bell

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Frank Calvin Bell

Birth
Hitchcock, Blaine County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
20 Jul 1992 (aged 90)
McGrath, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
Burial
Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska, USA Add to Map
Plot
Lot B, Space 381, Devotion Garden
Memorial ID
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Husband of Mable Bell, Eva H. (Stansbury) Bell.
Father of Janice (Bell) Groller.
Brother of Ruth Gustafson.
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Obituary...
Anchorage Daily News July 29, 1992
Longtime Alaska resident Frank Calvin Bell, 90, was found dead July 20 at his summer cabin near McGrath. A graveside service was held at Angelus Memorial Park Cemetery. A memorial service was held at the People Count Building in Nikiski. Mr. Bell was born Sept. 22, 1901, in Hitchcock, Okla. He came to Alaska in 1939 to be with his brother who was ill. In the early 1940s, Mr. Bell moved to Seldovia and started a dairy, which he ran until going to work for the Alaska Railroad in the 1950s. He also opened the original Bell's Nursery and homesteaded at Daniels Lake. He had been living in the Nikiski area for several years. Mr. Bell is survived by his daughter, Janice Groller of Colorado Springs, Colo.; his sister, Ruth Gustafson of Duluth, Minn.; two grandsons, Alan Groller of Wasilla and Randy Groller of Anchorage; and a granddaughter, Carolee Johannes of Anchorage. Arrangements were by Evergreen Memorial Chapel.
Husband of Mable Bell, Eva H. (Stansbury) Bell.
Father of Janice (Bell) Groller.
Brother of Ruth Gustafson.
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Obituary...
Anchorage Daily News July 29, 1992
Longtime Alaska resident Frank Calvin Bell, 90, was found dead July 20 at his summer cabin near McGrath. A graveside service was held at Angelus Memorial Park Cemetery. A memorial service was held at the People Count Building in Nikiski. Mr. Bell was born Sept. 22, 1901, in Hitchcock, Okla. He came to Alaska in 1939 to be with his brother who was ill. In the early 1940s, Mr. Bell moved to Seldovia and started a dairy, which he ran until going to work for the Alaska Railroad in the 1950s. He also opened the original Bell's Nursery and homesteaded at Daniels Lake. He had been living in the Nikiski area for several years. Mr. Bell is survived by his daughter, Janice Groller of Colorado Springs, Colo.; his sister, Ruth Gustafson of Duluth, Minn.; two grandsons, Alan Groller of Wasilla and Randy Groller of Anchorage; and a granddaughter, Carolee Johannes of Anchorage. Arrangements were by Evergreen Memorial Chapel.


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