Miss Mebble Crain Hansen

1935 - 2024

There will be a celebration of life for Mebble Crain Hansen at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 9, 2024, at the Elks Lodge, 1003 Pioneer Road.
Miss Mebble passed away from a massive brain tumor at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital five day after her 89th birthday. She was born Feb. 12, 1935, in Forest, Louisiana. Her family moved to Fresno, California, when she was 9. She had six sisters and two brothers. After high school she went to work at Fresno Community Hospital, working her way to director of payroll and general accounting, where she developed an employee credit union for the hospital staff.
After 22 years, she retired and moved north to join her husband, Gene, who was developing a truck terminal for Mammoth Trucking. Together, they adapted to the weather and were accepted by the people. She interviewed with Wien Airlines Credit Union and was hired as the manager. When Wien closed, she went with the merger to Alaska USA. She later worked as assistant manager of the bookstore at the University of Alaska until she retired.
Mebble was active in the Curling Lions, VFW, the Eagles Lodge, and Pioneers of Alaska. In 1990 she was elected to the Grand Auxiliary and became the first Grand Auxiliary officer ever elected from Alaska in the history of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. Miss Mebble, as she was known, was a mentor and a beautiful person loved and respected by all whom she met.
In 2009 she joined Igloo No. 8 of the Pioneers of Alaska. Working her way through the chairs, she was elected igloo president in 2018. She and Gene were selected as king and queen regent for the 2023/24 year. Gene says he was actually the Queen's Consort. Unhappily, she couldn't finish her term.
She leaves behind her husband, Gene, who shared his love for some 60-plus years. She was predeceased by her mother and father, Eileen and Henry Crain; son, Lynn Troyn; sisters, Marybell Frantzich and Helen Kwalwasser; and brother, William Walter Crain.
She is survived by sons Bobby Troyn (Ronnie) of Maui, Hawaii, and Daryl Hansen (Vicky) of Grand Junction, Colorado; grandson, Ricky Troyn; sisters, Billie McBride, Lanell Aldridge, Cora Shipley and Sheila (Danny) Call, and brother, Micheal Crain, all of California; and a whole host of nieces and nephews. She will be loved and missed by so many friends.