Résumé

Designer, Frederick and Nelson Department Store, Seattle, WA, c. 1947.

Design Assistant, Roland Terry, Architect.

Principal, Jean Jongeward, Interior Designer, Seattle, WA.

Professional Activities

Member, American Institute of Designers (AID), Washington District, c. 1962.

Following the Seattle World's Fair, members of the American Institute of Designers (AID), Washington District, utilized the former Hall of Industry Building to stage interior room arrangements by its members. Jongeward designed one of these rooms during this summer 1963 AID exhibition. (See "World's Fair Site Reoriented to Form a Permanent Seattle Center," Architecture / West, vol. 69, no. 9. 09/1963, p. 14.)

An exhibition of Jongeward's interior design work was held at the Bellevue Art Museum (BAM) in 1995. She obtained commissions working with architect Roland Terry (1917-2006) in the 1950s. In the 1960s, she opened an office in Pioneer Square, near the offices of architect Ralph Anderson ([1924-2010] a critical figure in the artistic resettlement of Pioneer Square), and, in the 1970s, Olson/Walker. She frequently collaborated with these architects.

College

B.A., Journalism, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, c. 1938.

Relocation

The interior designer was born Jean Elizabeth Hoagland in Marshall, MN. Her family lived at 609 Marshall Street in Marshall, MN, in 1920. She lived at this address with her parents Claude and Mable as well as an uncle, Frank L. Hoagland (born c. 1890 in MN). Frank Hoagland was the editor of a local newspaper. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1920; Census Place: Marshall Ward 1, Lyon, Minnesota; Roll: T625_843; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 108, accessed 11/26/2025.)

She resided in a rented dwelling in New Rockford, ND, with her family, between 1925 and 1930, at least. The household, located on 1st Avenue, consisted of four people, including her parents and younger brother James. The family paid a meagre $15 per month in rent. (See (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation North Dakota State University Archives; Fargo, North Dakota Source Information: North Dakota, U.S., Territorial and State Censuses, 1885, 1915, 1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008 and Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1930; Census Place: New Rockford, Eddy, North Dakota; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 0012; FHL microfilm: 2341469, accessed 11/26/2025.)

Claude moved to Bismarck, ND, by 1940, where he worked as flour mill salesman. The four-person family dwelled in a rented house at 218 Avenue C West in Bismarck. They paid $50 per month by 1940. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Bismarck, Burleigh, North Dakota; Roll: m-t0627-02995; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 8-3A, accessed 11/26/2025.)

Jongeward relocated to Seattle, WA, during World War II.

In 1993-1994, she lived at 119 Tower Place, Seattle, WA, and last resided in the 98109 zip code (Upper Queen Anne Neighborhood) of Seattle, WA.

In 2000, she resided at 119 Tower Place in Seattle. Jongeward passed away due to cerebrovascular disease at the age of 83 (See WA Department of Health, Death Certificates, July 1, 1907-2000 - Jean - Elizabeth - Jongeward - Et Al., Department of Health, Death Certificates, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://digitalarchives.wa.gov, accessed 11/26/2025.).

Parents

Her father Claude Marion Hoagland (born 05/06/1885 in MN-d-. 01/03/1962 in Seattle, WA) worked as a foreman at the Marshall Milling Company flour mill in Marshall, MN, in 1920 and a flour mill in New Rockford, ND, ten years later. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1920; Census Place: Marshall Ward 1, Lyon, Minnesota; Roll: T625_843; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 108, accessed 11/26/2025 and Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1930; Census Place: New Rockford, Eddy, North Dakota; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 0012; FHL microfilm: 2341469, accessed 11/26/2025.) He worked as a salesman for a flour mill operating in the Bismarck, ND, area in 1940. Claude's father had been born in NY, while his mother had immigrated to the US from England.

Mable Harriet McCready (born (born 01/03/1887 in Limestone, MN-d. 04/28/1955 in Seattle, WA) managed the household, consisting of Jean and her brother James Robert Hoagland (born 10/12/1920 in Marshall, MN-d. 10/16/2004 in King County, WA).

Mable's father David McCready (born 03/29/1855 in Lisbon, NY-d. 03/18/1894 in Lincoln County, MN) also had been born in NY state but died young at age 38, while her mother Sarah Bjornson (born 01/13/1869 in Iceland-d. 05/31/1936 in Marshall, MN) had come from Iceland.

The 1940 US Census indicated that Claude had completed four years of high school, and Mable had finished her a college undergraduate course. This was unusual for women at the time, particularly in ND.

In 1950, Jongeward, her husband and son resided at 2919 West Grover Street in Seattle's Magnolia neighborhood.

Spouse

She wed Thayne Burdette Jongeward (born 11/12/1915 in ND-d. 009/27/2013 in Seattle, WA) on 06/28/1940 in Burleigh, ND. They eventually divorced.

Children

Jean Jongeward and her husband had one son, Jeffrey T. Jongeward (born 1945 in Seattle, WA). (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Seattle, King, Washington; Roll: 2479; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 40-273, accessed 11/26/2025.) He attended Queen Anne High School, graduating on 06/08/1963.

Biographical Notes

SSN: 532-24-8859. Jongeward died from complications sustained from a number of strokes.

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