John Anthony Schneff
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 8 - January 15, 1953
VICTIMS OF FIRE TRAGEDY BURIED IN GYPSUM
Services were held in Gypsum Saturday for four members of the Noble Stevenson family who perished when the Stevenson ranch home was burned to the ground January 6. Rev- Delbert Paulson, Methodist minister of Eagle and Gypsum and Rev James Strickland of the Baptist Church, Eagle, officiated at the services for Mrand Mrs. Noble Stevenson; their five-weeks old grandson Stephen Gene and their four year old step grandson, Johnny Schneff. “The Old Rugged Cross” and “Face to Face” were sung as solos by Mrs- Kenneth Gerard, accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Roberta CombsBowman Funeral Chapel of Eagle was in charge of arrangements and burial was in Cedar Hill cemetery at Gypsum
JOHN ANTHONY SCHNEFF
John Anthony Schneff John Anthony Schneff. son of Betty Stevenson and Johnny A. Schneff, was born Oct. 5, 1948 in I Glenwood Springs. He is surviv- . ed by his mother and grandfather, Thomas McGowan of Phoenix. Arizona; his father, and his grand mother, Mrs- Lena Prechtl of Aspen Stephen Gene Stevenson Stephen Gene was born in j Glenwood Springs, Nov. 29, 1952 j to Betty and Robert L. Stevenson ? His father died in a car accident in Glenwood canon, the day fol- I lowing the infant’s birth. He is survived by his mother, and his grandfather, Thomas McGowan of Phoenix, Arizona; his father and grandmother, Mrs Lena Prechtl of Aspen.
Florence and Noble Stevenson Florence Murrel Stevenson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Warren E. TTiompson was born in Eskridge, Kansas May 8, 1900 When she was ten years of age, the family moved to Rawlins County. Kansas, where she graduated from the County High SchoolNoble Stevenson, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs- O- W Stevenson, was born in Clearfield. lowa, Oct 3, 1898 and as a small child moved with his family to Scottsbluff where Noble attended schoolThe family then moved to Rawlins County, Kansas, where he entered Kansas State Agricul-' tural College at Manhattan. Florence and Noble were united in, marriage June 4. 1920 at the Methodist parsonage at Atwood, Kansas and two years later moved to their homestead on Cottonwood Pass, south of Gypsum. To this union were born four children: Lois Ilene, Robert T and two infants who died at birth- Robert preceded his parents in death, Nov- 30. 1952 They are survived by their ;daughter, Lois Walker and her husband Doan, two grand-child-i husband. Dean, two grandchild- . all o£ Grand Junction and their daugjhterVjin-law, Betty Stevfenr , son of GypsumFlorence Stevenson is also survived by her mother, Mrs- Luvina Thompson of Atwood, Kansas;; three sisters, Maye Hoover and Etta Feme Bacon, Atwood: and Rose Etzenhouser, Independence, Mo. Three nephews; B- Wesley Bacon, Denver; Russel and Keith Etzenhouser, Independence, Mo 'Noble leaves to mourn his passing, his parents, Mr- and Mrs O- W- Stevenson, his sister. Birdie Sramek, all of Tacoma. Wash.; two brothers Friend of Tribune, Kans- and Joe Stevenson of Clear field, la- Nephews and rriecesDeloit and Conrad Sramek of Tacoma; Mary Ann. Vonita and Lavem Stevenson. Tribune and Donna, Jeannine and Judy Stevenson of ClearfieldMr- Stevenson was an active leader in phases of Eagle county’s livestock and farming grtoupsi. holding offices at various turnin organizations concerning agriculture and stock. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge He -lives, this brother of whom I tell, I He lives in the things he loved so wellHe lives in the trees and mountains high, Lives in the rocks and streams I nearby. Lives in the very soil he trod. , He lives in the handiwork of God And she, his darling wife and bride. Lives on with him, by his side.' She lives jn the wind which caught her laughter. Lives in the flowers to bloom hereaftFlorence and Noble Stevenson Florence Murrel Stevenson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Warren E. TTiompson was born in Eskridge, Kansas May 8, 1900 When she was ten years of age, the family moved to Rawlins County. Kansas, where she graduated from the County High SchoolNoble Stevenson, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs- O- W Stevenson, was born in Clearfield. lowa, Oct 3, 1898 and as a small child moved with his family to Scottsbluff where Noble attended schoolThe family then moved to Rawlins County, Kansas, where he entered Kansas State Agricul-' tural College at Manhattan. Florence and Noble were united in, marriage June 4. 1920 at the Methodist parsonage at Atwood, Kansas and two years later moved to their homestead on Cottonwood Pass, south of Gypsum. To this union were born four children: Lois Ilene, Robert T and two infants who died at birth- Robert preceded his parents in death, Nov- 30. 1952 They are survived by their ;daughter, Lois Walker and her husband Doan, two grand-child-i husband. Dean, two grandchild- . all o£ Grand Junction and their daugjhterVjin-law, Betty Stevfenr , son of GypsumFlorence Stevenson is also survived by her mother, Mrs- Luvina Thompson of Atwood, Kansas;; three sisters, Maye Hoover and Etta Feme Bacon, Atwood: and Rose Etzenhouser, Independence, Mo. Three nephews; B- Wesley Bacon, Denver; Russel and Keith Etzenhouser, Independence, Mo 'Noble leaves to mourn his passing, his parents, Mr- and Mrs O- W- Stevenson, his sister. Birdie Sramek, all of Tacoma. Wash.; two brothers Friend of Tribune, Kans- and Joe Stevenson of Clear field, la- Nephews and rriecesDeloit and Conrad Sramek of Tacoma; Mary Ann. Vonita and Lavem Stevenson. Tribune and Donna, Jeannine and Judy Stevenson of ClearfieldMr- Stevenson was an active leader in phases of Eagle county’s livestock and farming grtoupsi. holding offices at various turnin organizations concerning agriculture and stock. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge He -lives, this brother of whom I tell, I He lives in the things he loved so wellHe lives in the trees and mountains high, Lives in the rocks and streams I nearby. Lives in the very soil he trod. , He lives in the handiwork of God And she, his darling wife and bride. Lives on with him, by his side.' She lives jn the wind which caught her laughter. Lives in the flowers to bloom hereafter; Lives in the gold of the Western skyThey live together—they did not die. —Written byer; Lives in the gold of the Western skyThey live together—they did not die. —Written by Mr Stevenson’s only sister. Birdie.
