Nany Evans oral history.indd - Washington Secretary of State

Sheppard and she attended the UW. I’ve known her mother since the days when I was
single, and I double-dated with her father 50 plus years ago. And then Mark and Deb – she
has kept her maiden name and goes by Deborah Logan – were living in London and they
had Emily. Then came Isabelle, who was born to Dan and Celia in Seattle. And then we
had our first grandsons.
Hughes: The boys are?
Evans: Well, let’s do it the other way: Dan and Celia Evans have three children, Eloise is the
oldest. She’s 14 now and she’ll be 15 the day after Christmas. Then Isabelle is 13. And then
there’s Jackson, who is Daniel Jackson Evans III. He’s 11, and he goes by Jackson.
Mark and Deborah live in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Deborah grew up in
Massachusetts, went to Dartmouth. And they have three children. Emily is 13, and Benjamin
Jackson – another Jackson – is 11. Grace Lilith – her middle name is my mother’s name – is 9.
Bruce married Christy Carson from Charlotte, North Carolina. She went to the
University of North Carolina. “Go Tar Heels!” I hear that a lot. They have three children.
Their oldest is Elizabeth McKay, who is 9. She goes by McKay, which is an old Evans’ family
name. Then they have Andrew King, and King was a family name on both Christy and the
Bells’ side. He is 6, soon to be 7. And then they have John, who is 4.
Hughes: You have been incredibly blessed.
Evans: We have been. We are so fortunate. And every one of them is very, very different,
which is not uncommon, obviously, but it’s fun to see within your own family. Nine
individuals in sort of a range of ages.
Hughes: Anything else that you’d like to cover as we wrap things up?
Evans: We should talk about Eloise’s cancer because it was such a significant time in our
lives –the whole family actually.
Hughes: How old was Eloise when she was diagnosed with cancer?
Evans: Oh, I can tell you exactly. We were over at Dan and Celia’s house celebrating Dan’s
birthday, which is October 16 th . It was a Friday night. And Eloise, who at that time was
two months short of turning four, was just acting very strangely – just melting down way
beyond her normal self, because she was a happy, cheerful child. Celia had taken her to
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