Clara (DeeDee) Lee Nelson Bell

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Clara (DeeDee) Lee Nelson Bell passed away on Monday, July 8, at Evanston Regional Hospital after a lengthy illness. She was born on Jan. 23, 1957, in Berkeley, California, 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, Oregon, and together 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; her sister, Jeannie; and her brother, Ivan.

She is survived by her husband, Rob; her sisters, Jinna, Kim, Emily, Sarah and Jenny; her brothers, Skip and Mark; her mother, Jane; her three children, Joe, Fawn and Sariah; her seven grandchildren, Jade, Amber, Kyia, Colton, Ayanna, Faith and Grace; and her two great-grandchildren, Anthony and Xavier.

She loved her children very much, and was a wonderful mother in every environment they found themselves in. 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 she 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 on Saturday, July 13. Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Crandall Funeral Home Evanston, Wyoming.