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Billings, Jan

 Person

Biographical History

Jan Billings is a Brigham Young University alumna. After graduating in 1948, she briefly resided in Kansas City for 4 years, before returning to Provo, Utah. She has remained there ever since.

Jan Billings was born in Pasco Washington. She graduated from Brigham Young University in 1948. While attending BYU, Billings became friends with Elder Oak's daughter Jenny. She also saw the effects of the attacks on Pearl Harbor on the university. After the war ended, she met and married her husband, a veteran who fought in the Philippines in World War Two. While the couple settled in Provo for the majority of their lives, there was a four-year period starting in 1954 in which they moved to Kansas City so her husband could attend dental school. In 1958, they returned to Provo, and raised their family there.

Citation:
UPB files, June 5, 2017 (From Pasco, WA; attended Brigham Young University until 1948; befriended Elder Oak's daughter Jenny; future husband served in the Philipines in 1945; family lived for a short time in 1945; returned to the home they have lived in since)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Oral history interview with Jan Billings, 2011 December 7

 Item — Volume MSS OH 2550: Series 52
Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 52
Scope and Contents

Interview of Jan Billings conducted by Brad Cornilles. Billings discussed her childhood in Washington, her time at Brigham Young University, and her life raising her family in Provo, Utah. Material dated December 7, 2011.

Dates: 2011 December 7
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 7752, Charles Redd Center for Western Studies oral history project records / Historic Downtown Provo Oral History Project transcripts

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