STEVENS, Frances 1907-1990

STEVENS, SHIMER, RICHMOND

Posted By: Tammy (email)
Date: 1/8/2015 at 11:32:41

Rites Held For Frances Stevens

Mrs. Robert (Frances) Stevens, 82, of Morrison, passed away Wednesday, March 21, at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital Long Term Care Unit in Grundy Center.

A memorial service was held at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 24, at the Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home in Grundy Center. The body was cremated.

Interment was at the Morrison Cemetery.

Frances Stevens, the only child of Clem and Susie Richmond Shimer, was born May 14, 1907, at Morrison. She attended grade school there and was a graduate of Grundy Center High School, later getting her elementary teaching degree from Drake University. Mrs. Stevens taught at Morrison following her graduation.

On October 28, 1932, she married Robert Stevens, and the couple farmed near Morrison until Mr. Stevens' death in 1980.

Mrs. Stevens had continued to live at the farm until her hospitalization at Sioux City and later, Grundy Center, in February 1990.

Survivors include two children: Jim, of Ames, and Jolene, of Sioux City.

Memorials may be given in Mrs. Stevens' name to the Grundy County Memorial Hospital LTC Center, St. Paul's Indian Mission, Sioux City; Girls Club of Sioux City; or the charity of the donor's choice.

The arrangements were handled by the Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home.

--The Grundy Register (Grundy Center, Iowa), 29 March 1990, pg 3