STEVENS, Roger Thomas: Died 1983

STEVENS, ROGERS, WALLENTINE, BOX, WATERS, CRAWFORD

Posted By: Volunteer: Sherri
Date: 11/20/2021 at 09:38:30

**Handwritten: V.B. Leader Thurs. 26 May 1983

ROGER THOMAS STEVENS

Roger Thomas Stevens, 67, died Wednesday, May 18 at his home at 1207 Summer, Burlington.

He was born April 13, 1916, at Bourbon, Illinois to Edwin and Olive Rogers Stevens. He married Susan May Nixon, January 1, 1950 at Bonaparte.

He served 21 years in the Army and was a veteran of World War II, worked in construction and was a member of the American Legion.

Surviving: the wife; three sons, Rex R. and Thomas Stevens, both of Burlington, and David Wallentine, Galva, Illinois; two daughters, Carole Stevens, Cedar Rapids, and Sharon Box, Burlington; four brothers, Merle and Benton T., Champaign, Illinois, Carl, Arcola, Illinois, and Lee, Villa Grove, Illinois; a sister, Flossie Waters, Stewardson, Illinois; and five grandchildren.

Funeral services were held 11 a.m. Saturday, May 21, 1983 at Lunning Chapel, the Rev. William Ivey officiating. Burial was in Bonaparte Cemetery with military rites at 1 p.m. A memorial has been established for Hope Haven.
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The name of a daughter, Doris Crawford of Urbana, Illinois was unintentionally omitted from the obituary of Roger Thomas Stevens, in last week's paper.

Source: "Scrapbook 1981 - 1985", Pg. 156,
Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, Van Buren Co., IA