CLARENCE M. BEAN
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CLARENCE M. BEAN
December 9, 1903 - May 1, 1945
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On July 22, 1944, Officer Bean was assigned duty on 25th Street. Upon
entering the National Tavern, he became aware of a serviceman who was creating
a disturbance. He asked the man to leave the bar and the man turned around
on the stool and kicked him in the stomach, causing him to fall to the floor.
While the serviceman was being placed in the patrol car, he again kicked
Officer Bean in the groin area, causing him to fall into the gutter. After
the kicking, Officer Bean had bouts of vomiting following meals.
During the early morning hours of April 11, 1945, while on patrol with
his companion, Officer Bean started with severe vomiting and was taken
home. He was admitted to the hospital where exploratory surgery was performed
on April 12. Due to the kicking, there were extensive internal injuries.
A second operation was performed on May 1, 1945 and Officer Bean died
that afternoon at 4:15 p.m.
At the time of his death, 41-year-old Bean had been a police officer
for one year and was the father of three daughters ages 11, 15 and 18.
By Marilyn B. Hansen, daughter
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--NEWSPAPER ARTICLES--
The Ogden Standard-Examiner
Wednesday, May 2, 1945
Officer C.M. Bean Taken By Death
Clarence Milner Bean, 41, of 546 Fifth, member of the Ogden city police force,
died Tuesday at four-fifteen p.m. in an Ogden hospital after an illness of three
weeks.
Born in Salt Lake City, Dec. 9, 1903, a son of William S.M. and Elizabeth Armstrong
Bean, he was a graduate of East high school, Salt Lake City, where he was prominent
in athletics. He moved to Ogden 16 years ago to engage in the furniture business.
He was employed for 15 years at the Sterling store. In 1944 he became a member
of the police force. He was a member of the Ogden Police Benefit association.
Mr. Bean was a member of the L.D.S. church and served a mission to England
from 1923 to 1925. He was an elder in the L.D.S. Twenty-ninth ward. He married
Eva Judd, Sept. 7, 1925, at Evanston, Wyo. He was a former member of the Executives
club.
Survivors include his widow, Ogden; three daughters, Mrs. William E. Tobias,
Marjorie Bean and Marilyn Bean, all of Ogden; his mother, of Salt Lake City;
six brothers and sisters: Francis A. Bean, Evanston, Wyo.; William E. Bean,
Salt Lake City; Joseph A. Bean, Wanship, Summit county; Dr. Edward Girard Hale,
and Mrs. W.L. Dunn, Salt Lake City, and Mrs. L.C. Forsey, Ogden.
Services will be held Friday at one p.m. at the mortuary at 3408 Washington,
Bishop James A. Larson of the L.D.S. Twenty-ninth ward officiating. Interment
will be in Salt Lake City cemetery.
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