Jack Bevan Obituary

Jack Bevan was born in Seattle, Washington and graduated from Garfield High School. He worked for the Forest Service before being drafted into the US Army where he joined General George Patton in the European Theater of World War II. After the Army, he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Forestry from the University of Washington where he met and married his wife, Mary Jo, who survives him.

In Edmonds, Washington they started their own forest products business and raised 4 children; Susan (Tony Daddino, dcd), Scott (Misako), Salli Leslie (Michael) and Stacey. Jack became an Edmonds city councilman and worked with the Port Commission, becoming President of the Edmonds Art Association and bringing hanging flower baskets to the streets of Edmonds. To preserve and protect town parks, he set an example of park-wide clean-up days. His final employment chapter was as a Forest Products Specialist for E.F.Hutton.

He is also survived by his 7 grandchildren - Misty Graf (Jason Lucas), Nicholas Tuttle (Sarah LaMoyne), Colin Daddino (Heartie), Gwynne Hochberg (Aaron), Adam Daddino, Gillian Bevan, Claire Daddino (Danny Gonzalez), 10 great-grandchildren (Leah Stewart and Tristan Lucas, Josephine and Jacqueline Tuttle, Bevan and Barrett Daddino, Sebastian Hochberg, Ivy, Caroline and Grace Gonzalez), his nephew Tris Mahaffay (Kim), their children Liam and Aiden, and niece Melissa Eddy and her son David.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the University of Washington, Friday Harbor Labs - FHL Research Support Fund (FND)