Early Monday morning, March 25, 2002, Charles Frances Stevens passed away at his home in Alturas, CA.

Dr. Ben Zandstra will conduct services at the Eagleville Community Church today, March 28 at 10 a.m. with burial to follow at the Eagleville Cemetery.

Mr. Stevens was born in the big house at the north end of Eagleville, CA on October 21, 1924 to Charlie and Frankie Stevens. He attended Eagleville Gramma School and graduated from Surprise Valley Union High School in Cedarville in 1948.

He married Jane Ash on May 17, 1945 in Reno, NV, and happily shared the next 57 years together. Shortly after their marriage, they moved to Weeks, NV. and worked for Ed Waltz. In 1949 they moved to Yerington, NV. where he worked on several ranches, Anaconda Copper Company, the Chevrolet garage and Standard Oil Distributing. In 1961, the family returned to Cedarville, where they operated the Standard Oil plant for several years, then worked with Laxague Brothers Lumber Co. before returning to ranch work with P.B. Harris and John Weber ranches. Ranch work continued with a move to Mosquito Valley for Lee Hutchins until moving to Jess Valley Ranch for Warren Flourney in 1977. Charles worked in Jess Valley and at Fitzhugh Creek until 1991 when he and Jane moved to Alturas in semi-retirement. The summers inces, he and Jane worked for Nevada Hay Contractors, operating mostly swathers. He also worked for Don Crum.

Mr. Stevens was active and served as an officer with the Eagles Lodge 20-30 CLub, Lions Club, and the Yerington Volunteer Fire Department, Surprise Valley Rotary, Cedarville Volunteer Fire Department. While in Yerington, he was a player on the Yerington Softball League, traveling around Northern Nevada for games and tournaments. He was involved in an(d) supportive of all activities in which his two children were involved, including as a Little League coach, keeping score and running the time clock for basketball games for years, and church youth group. He also attended all his grandchildren's activities and Little League games. They often opened their Alturas home to youth and families for the Block M Tournament. He enjoyed fishing and huntin and could be seen helping with many of the community barbecues, especially in Eagleville and Fort Bidwell.

Charles was preceded in death by his parents and brother Billy. He is survived by his wife Jane of Alturas; son Warren and wif Linda Stevens of Surprise Valley; daughter Betty and husband Steve Douglas of Ellensburg, WA, grandchildren Bill and Charlie and families of Denver, CO; Pat of Las Vegas, NV; Heather and husband Tome Knowles and family of Wichita, Kansas; Steven Douglas and family of Bremerton, WA, and David Douglas and family of Phoenix, AZ and eight great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to the Eagleville Community Chuch or Eagleville Community Hall.

Modoc County Record March 28, 2002 (Page 15)