1921 - 2007

Wanda Marie Nielsen Bevan died Sunday, Dec. 16, 2007, in her sleep, at home in Provo. She was 86 years old. Wanda was born in Logan on Nov. 12, 1921, to Jennie Marie (Hansen) and Sylvester Nielsen. The family moved to Magna when she was three where she was raised, graduating from Cyprus High School.

Wanda was the oldest of seven children. She had three brothers, Grant, Dean and Darrell, and three sisters, Juanita (Bergstrom), Evelyn (Vunder) and Gladys (Bell). Her sister Juanita preceded her in death.

Wanda married Rulon Alexander Bevan, of Tooele, in the Salt Lake Temple on Sept. 6, 1939. They made their home in Tooele until 1948 where they had two sons, Wayne Rulon Bevan and Warren Alexander Bevan. Wanda and her family them moved to Sacramento, Calif., where they lived for 15 years. Her husband's work then took them to Kentucky, Japan, Pennsylvania, and California. Wanda was widowed in 1982. In 1999 she moved to Provo.

Wanda is the mother of two, grandmother of 11, and great-grandmother of 21 children.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2007, at 1 p.m., at the Edgemont 14th Ward Chapel, 4000 Foothill Drive in Provo. Friends and family are welcome to call and visit at the church on Wednesday one hour prior to services. Interment will take place on Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007, at 1 p.m., in the Logan City Cemetery.

Wanda had a deep abiding faith in her Savior Jesus Christ and a testimony of the restored gospel. She served whenever called. She was faithful to the end. "Well done thou good and faithful servant."