Youngest of two sons of Henry Cushing Stevens and Helen Emily Shurtleff Stevens. Sixth great grandson of William Shurtleff and Susannah Lothrop.
Husband of Laura Rose LeClear, married on April 9, 1948 in Carmel, California, and father of three daughters.
John was an Electronics Engineer at KPIX on Van Ness for thirty years, Chief Engineer for Educational Television at UCSF from 1965 to retirement in 1980 when he was able to move from the San Francisco (the town he moved the most) to Sonoma where he became "Farmer John." John could fix almost anything and loved peanut butter toast for breakfast. He sold all his chickens so he could spend more time on his Commodore computer - how the PC would have thrilled him. Daddy died in an accident on his tractor on his beloved ranch, Stony Acres, Sonoma, CA, doing what he loved the most.
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, 06 Apr 1986, p2
John Stevens
Sonoma - Memorial services are at 3 pm today for John Stevens, 68, Sonoma, who died Thursday at his residence from injuries suffered in a tractor accident.
A native of Oakland, Stevens lived in the Sonoma Valley for nine years. He was an electronics engineer for 30 years prior to his retirement. He was employed by the Westinghouse Corp at KPIX in San Francisco from 1950 to 1965 and was the chief engineer for educational television at the University of San Francisco from 1965 to his retirement in 1980.
He was a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, San Francisco.
He is survived by his wife, Betty Stevens, Sonoma; his daughters Susanna Wilson, Willits; Sharry Anne Mayfield, San Jose, and Janet Stevens, Cupertino, his step-daughter Linda Jordan, Sacramento, by three grandchildren and an aunt.
Today's service is at the Chapel of Bates, Evans & Fehrensen, Sonoma.
Cremation was at Valley Memorial Park in Novato with internment in the family plot at Pine Grove Cemetery in Nevada City.
Husband of Laura Rose LeClear, married on April 9, 1948 in Carmel, California, and father of three daughters.
John was an Electronics Engineer at KPIX on Van Ness for thirty years, Chief Engineer for Educational Television at UCSF from 1965 to retirement in 1980 when he was able to move from the San Francisco (the town he moved the most) to Sonoma where he became "Farmer John." John could fix almost anything and loved peanut butter toast for breakfast. He sold all his chickens so he could spend more time on his Commodore computer - how the PC would have thrilled him. Daddy died in an accident on his tractor on his beloved ranch, Stony Acres, Sonoma, CA, doing what he loved the most.
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, 06 Apr 1986, p2
John Stevens
Sonoma - Memorial services are at 3 pm today for John Stevens, 68, Sonoma, who died Thursday at his residence from injuries suffered in a tractor accident.
A native of Oakland, Stevens lived in the Sonoma Valley for nine years. He was an electronics engineer for 30 years prior to his retirement. He was employed by the Westinghouse Corp at KPIX in San Francisco from 1950 to 1965 and was the chief engineer for educational television at the University of San Francisco from 1965 to his retirement in 1980.
He was a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, San Francisco.
He is survived by his wife, Betty Stevens, Sonoma; his daughters Susanna Wilson, Willits; Sharry Anne Mayfield, San Jose, and Janet Stevens, Cupertino, his step-daughter Linda Jordan, Sacramento, by three grandchildren and an aunt.
Today's service is at the Chapel of Bates, Evans & Fehrensen, Sonoma.
Cremation was at Valley Memorial Park in Novato with internment in the family plot at Pine Grove Cemetery in Nevada City.
Youngest of two sons of Henry Cushing Stevens and Helen Emily Shurtleff Stevens. Sixth great grandson of William Shurtleff and Susannah Lothrop.
Husband of Laura Rose LeClear, married on April 9, 1948 in Carmel, California, and father of three daughters.
John was an Electronics Engineer at KPIX on Van Ness for thirty years, Chief Engineer for Educational Television at UCSF from 1965 to retirement in 1980 when he was able to move from the San Francisco (the town he moved the most) to Sonoma where he became "Farmer John." John could fix almost anything and loved peanut butter toast for breakfast. He sold all his chickens so he could spend more time on his Commodore computer - how the PC would have thrilled him. Daddy died in an accident on his tractor on his beloved ranch, Stony Acres, Sonoma, CA, doing what he loved the most.
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, 06 Apr 1986, p2
John Stevens
Sonoma - Memorial services are at 3 pm today for John Stevens, 68, Sonoma, who died Thursday at his residence from injuries suffered in a tractor accident.
A native of Oakland, Stevens lived in the Sonoma Valley for nine years. He was an electronics engineer for 30 years prior to his retirement. He was employed by the Westinghouse Corp at KPIX in San Francisco from 1950 to 1965 and was the chief engineer for educational television at the University of San Francisco from 1965 to his retirement in 1980.
He was a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, San Francisco.
He is survived by his wife, Betty Stevens, Sonoma; his daughters Susanna Wilson, Willits; Sharry Anne Mayfield, San Jose, and Janet Stevens, Cupertino, his step-daughter Linda Jordan, Sacramento, by three grandchildren and an aunt.
Today's service is at the Chapel of Bates, Evans & Fehrensen, Sonoma.
Cremation was at Valley Memorial Park in Novato with internment in the family plot at Pine Grove Cemetery in Nevada City.
Husband of Laura Rose LeClear, married on April 9, 1948 in Carmel, California, and father of three daughters.
John was an Electronics Engineer at KPIX on Van Ness for thirty years, Chief Engineer for Educational Television at UCSF from 1965 to retirement in 1980 when he was able to move from the San Francisco (the town he moved the most) to Sonoma where he became "Farmer John." John could fix almost anything and loved peanut butter toast for breakfast. He sold all his chickens so he could spend more time on his Commodore computer - how the PC would have thrilled him. Daddy died in an accident on his tractor on his beloved ranch, Stony Acres, Sonoma, CA, doing what he loved the most.
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, 06 Apr 1986, p2
John Stevens
Sonoma - Memorial services are at 3 pm today for John Stevens, 68, Sonoma, who died Thursday at his residence from injuries suffered in a tractor accident.
A native of Oakland, Stevens lived in the Sonoma Valley for nine years. He was an electronics engineer for 30 years prior to his retirement. He was employed by the Westinghouse Corp at KPIX in San Francisco from 1950 to 1965 and was the chief engineer for educational television at the University of San Francisco from 1965 to his retirement in 1980.
He was a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, San Francisco.
He is survived by his wife, Betty Stevens, Sonoma; his daughters Susanna Wilson, Willits; Sharry Anne Mayfield, San Jose, and Janet Stevens, Cupertino, his step-daughter Linda Jordan, Sacramento, by three grandchildren and an aunt.
Today's service is at the Chapel of Bates, Evans & Fehrensen, Sonoma.
Cremation was at Valley Memorial Park in Novato with internment in the family plot at Pine Grove Cemetery in Nevada City.
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