Nobel Stevenson
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Florence Stevenson - June 4, 1920
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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 GypsumJohn 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 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 hereafter; Lives in the gold of the Western skyThey live together—they did not die. —Written by Mr Stevenson’s only sister. Birdie.
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - January 8, 1953
Fire Claims Lives of Noble Stevenson, Wife Two Grandchildren
Multiple tragedies have figured prominently in the lives of the Noble Stevenson family during the past five weeks, with five members of the family meeting tragic deathsThe latest victims were Mrand Mrs- Noble Stevenson, the five-week old son of their dead son. Bob, and their 3 year-old step-grandson. who were all burn ed to death when fire swept the Stevenson ranch home early Tues day morningThe tragedy was discovered by Mountain States Telephone linemen Wednesday afternoon at 1:15 when they found the log farm home on Cottonwood creek 10 miles south of Gypsum, burned to the ground, and only charred bones of the four remained The time of fire has been set at around s:3o'a- m- Tuesday morning, when a signal showed on the switchboard of the Glenwood Springs telephone exchange, serving the Cottonwood region, indicating that the walls of the house might -have caved in at that time, severing line connections. Investigation was made Wednesday afternoon by Sheriff W M- Wilson, Patrolman Jim Seabry and County Coroner Todd Bowman, who stated it was difficult to determine the cause of fire-
The deaths are another tragic chapter in the life of Betty Stevenson, who lost her husband and mother in a car accident in Glenwood canon -Nov- 30, when the car in which they were passengers plunged into Colorado river near Hanging Lake, drowning three other persons- The body of her husband was found the day following the accident, partly submerged, and frozen near the river bank. The body of her mother was not recovered until last Friday, when firemen from Lovaland brought it from icy Colorado river- Funeral services were held Monday for Mrs- Smelcer in Glenwood- Mrs- Stevenson, who makes her home in an apartment in Gypsum had left her babies Johnny and Stephen Gene with her parents-in-law, while she attended the funeral and took care of other business pertaining to her mother's burialThe only surviving member of the Stevenson family is their daughter, Lois Walker, who lives in Grand JunctionMr- Stevenson was prominent in ranch and stock circles, and held offices in the Stockmen’s association, the Soil Conservation district organization and the county Farm BureauThe remains were brought to the Bowman Chapel in Eagle, pending funeral arrangem
