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Willard Stevens

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Willard Stevens

Birth
Kentucky, USA
Death
8 Mar 1996 (aged 61)
Bakersfield, Kern County, California, USA
Burial
California City, Kern County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 1, Lot 13, Space 6
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Obit: STEVENS, Willard
Author: Don Stowell Date: 12 Jul 2004 12:41 PM GMT
Surnames: Perkins, Hasty,
Classification: Obituary
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Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society
Courtesy of Mojave Desert News
California City, Kern, CA
Published: 21 Mar 1996

Willard Stevens
Willard Stevens, 61 year old resident of California City, passed away suddenly on March 18, 1996, in Bakersfield following a brief illness.
Willard was born February 5, 1935, in Summerset, Kentucky. A commercial welder, he lived in Dayton, Ohio most of his life.
He and his wife, Rhoda, moved to California City a year and a month ago. They came to be near their only son, Tom, their daughter-in-law, Sue, and their grandsons. Willard fell totally in love with the desert, enjoyed his grandchildren, and shared his pastime of garage sales and flea market bargaining with them.
Willard is deeply mourned by Rhoda, his first and only sweetheart and his wife of 43 years; by his son Tom and daughter-in-law Sue Stevens; and by his grandsons, Thomas "T.C." and Matthew Stevens all of California City, and by his grand on Chad Perkins of Dayton, Ohio.
He is also mourned by his brothers Daniel and Lloyd Stevens and his sister Bertha Hasty.
Visitation for Willard will be from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Stickel Chapel in Mojave. Memorial services begin at 11 a.m. with Rev. Ron Smith of the Victory Baptist Church officiating. Interment will be at the California City Memorial Park under the direct ion of Stickel Mortuary

Obit: STEVENS, Willard
Author: Don Stowell Date: 12 Jul 2004 12:41 PM GMT
Surnames: Perkins, Hasty,
Classification: Obituary
Post Reply | Mark Unread Report Abuse Print Message
Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society
Courtesy of Mojave Desert News
California City, Kern, CA
Published: 21 Mar 1996

Willard Stevens
Willard Stevens, 61 year old resident of California City, passed away suddenly on March 18, 1996, in Bakersfield following a brief illness.
Willard was born February 5, 1935, in Summerset, Kentucky. A commercial welder, he lived in Dayton, Ohio most of his life.
He and his wife, Rhoda, moved to California City a year and a month ago. They came to be near their only son, Tom, their daughter-in-law, Sue, and their grandsons. Willard fell totally in love with the desert, enjoyed his grandchildren, and shared his pastime of garage sales and flea market bargaining with them.
Willard is deeply mourned by Rhoda, his first and only sweetheart and his wife of 43 years; by his son Tom and daughter-in-law Sue Stevens; and by his grandsons, Thomas "T.C." and Matthew Stevens all of California City, and by his grand on Chad Perkins of Dayton, Ohio.
He is also mourned by his brothers Daniel and Lloyd Stevens and his sister Bertha Hasty.
Visitation for Willard will be from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Stickel Chapel in Mojave. Memorial services begin at 11 a.m. with Rev. Ron Smith of the Victory Baptist Church officiating. Interment will be at the California City Memorial Park under the direct ion of Stickel Mortuary


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  • Added: Feb 27, 2005
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10535967/willard-stevens: accessed ), memorial page for Willard Stevens (5 Feb 1935–8 Mar 1996), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10535967, citing California City Memorial Park, California City, Kern County, California, USA; Maintained by ladisatt (contributor 46614911).