E. Roger Stevens (1931-2008)

STEVENS, FELDMAN, IRVING

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 4/29/2008 at 15:04:37

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Tuesday, April 29, 2008.

Sept. 1, 1931-April 25, 2008

E. Roger Stevens, 76, died Friday, April 25, at Iowa Veterans Home. Funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 1, at St. Henry's Catholic Church in Marshalltown. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery in Marshalltown.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 30, at Mitchell Family Funeral Home in Marshalltown, with a public vigil at 6:30 p.m.

Ernest Roger Stevens was born Sept. 1, 1931, in Girard, Kan., to Ernest Raymond and Flossie (Feldman) Stevens. He graduated from Girard High School and received a bachelor of science degree from Pittsburgh State University and also earned a master of science degree from Iowa State University. He served our country in the U.S. Army from June 1953 to June 1955 in the Korean Conflict.

He married Janice Irving Feb. 27, 1960, at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Ames. They were blessed with three sons, Allen, Max and Gordon. He had been employed by Fisher Controls since 1974, the year that the family moved to Marshalltown. He was an instructor at MCC, and he worked many years at the YMCA and with youth in Little League. He was also a member of St. Henry's Catholic Church. He enjoyed golfing, academics, astronomy, being active at the YMCA and helping young people. He loved to learn and to teach.

Left to cherish his memory are his loving wife of 48 years, Janice; his three sons, Allen (Jodi), of Marshalltown, Max (Christine), of Elk Horn, Neb., and Gordon, of Phoenix.

In death, he has rejoined his parents and his in-laws, Gordon and Beatrice Irving.

Memorials may be directed to the family.

For condolences, please visit www.mitchellfh.com.

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