Evelyn M. Hoar (née Pederson) 

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Birth: 12 Jul 1905, South Dakota, USA

Death: 2 Jan 1971, Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington

Relatives in Seabeck Cemetery: John Hoar

American Revolutionary War Patriots*: None

Evelyn Pederson was born on September 12, 1905, in South Dakota to Norwegian immigrant parents, John Pederson and Rachel Holle, who had emigrated to the United States in the 1890s. She grew up in a large family, with at least six brothers and sisters.

By 1910, the Pederson family was living in Logan County, North Dakota, likely having moved there shortly after Evelyn’s birth; a younger sibling was born there around 1907. Around 1915, the family relocated again, settling in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, where they appear in the records of a local Lutheran church. By about 1923, the Pedersons had moved west to Clark County, Washington, marking Evelyn’s transition into adulthood in the Pacific Northwest.

On May 12, 1931, Evelyn married John Hoar in Kitsap County, Washington. The marriage was performed by a Justice of the Peace in Port Orchard. Following their marriage, Evelyn spent several years living in Valdez, Alaska, before returning to Washington. Newspaper accounts indicate the couple lived in Alaska for at least four years, and possibly longer, as Evelyn was residing there at the time of her mother’s death in 1937.

By the late 1930s, Evelyn had settled permanently in Washington. From 1958 onward, she lived at 213 Newberry Hill Road in Kitsap County. Evelyn remained there for the rest of her life.

Evelyn Pederson Hoar died in 1971. According to her obituary, she was cremated, with services held locally.