The Dillon Examiner
Wednesday, May 30, 1934
Page 1 & 8
Well Known Wisdom Man Claimed At Ranch Home
David Evan (Daddy) Stephens Passes Away Wednesday After Long Illness
Came in 1889
Resident of Big Hole for 45 Years; Funeral Held at Wisdom Saturday
Wisdom, May 28 - (Special) - David Evan (Daddy Stephens passed away at his home near Wisdom, Wednesday, May 23, at 6 a.m. after an illness of several years' duration. Mr. Stephens was born in Carmarthon, Wales, July 31, 1850. He came to America at the age of 17 in a sailing boat and spent six weeks on the water. His first years in America were spent in Willard, Utah, and Malad, Idaho. In Malad he married Margaret Mariah Jones in 1874. She passed away about 30 years ago.
With the late Dan Tovey he came to the Big Hole in 1889 and settled on the ranch where he passed his last years. Mr. Stephens is survived by one son, D. J. Stephens, with whom he made his home for many years, and four daughters, Mrs. Charles Schultz of Lavina, Mont.; Mrs. Dan Tovey of Wisdom; Mrs. George Izatt of Logan, Utah, and Mrs. Joe Arbour of Reichle, Mont.; 23 grandchildren and one grandchild. Mrs. J. E. Shaw of Wisdom is a niece.
Daddy Stephens established the first school in the Briston district and as clerk managed its affairs for many years. He was a brother of the late Evan Stephens, leader of the famous Mormon choir which took the first prize at the world's fair in Chicago in 1893. He, too, was a born musician. When his children were young, after a hard day's work on the ranch or in the timber, they would gather around him in the evening and sing as he played the organ. Up to the last year or two he devoted much of his time to the cultivation of flowers.
His funeral services were held in Wisdom Saturday afternoon. Interment was made in the Briston cemetery. His casket stood in a great bank of floral offerings and the church was filled with relatives and friends. The pall bearers were C. W. Francis, Paul Jhanke, W. A. Armitage, J. P. Lossl, J. E. Shaw and J. T. Armitage. Don Anson conducted the services. Mrs. Ray Willey presided at the organ. Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Armitage, Mrs. J. A. Millicam and Miss Hallie Stephens sang. Thomas, a nephew of the deceased, paid a high and well deserved tribute. In substance it was as follows, Dear friends, I am grateful that I can be here to pay a last tribute of respect to this wonderful man, David E. Stephens. I am glad that I can claim kinship to such a character. I knew him from the time he was a very young man with but meager chances for education. He was a deep student and a great reader, consequently a great thinker, capable of discussing any question, religious, political or financial. He studied disposition and mastered his own. He had the most even temper and a soul filled with kindness and honesty to any vow taken. His trend in life was to help beautify the earth with the gifts and favors of the Creator.
Mr. Thomas talked beautifully on the immortality of this good man, from the viewpoint of reincarnation, a theory toward which Mr. Stephens was much inclined. The tribute was closed with the following original verse:
Sweet memories come, sweet memories go,
And life runs on as the waters flow.
The spark of life's eternal trend
Is near the beginning but far from the end.
And heaven is filled with souls like he,
Just think how lovely must heaven be.
Wednesday, May 30, 1934
Page 1 & 8
Well Known Wisdom Man Claimed At Ranch Home
David Evan (Daddy) Stephens Passes Away Wednesday After Long Illness
Came in 1889
Resident of Big Hole for 45 Years; Funeral Held at Wisdom Saturday
Wisdom, May 28 - (Special) - David Evan (Daddy Stephens passed away at his home near Wisdom, Wednesday, May 23, at 6 a.m. after an illness of several years' duration. Mr. Stephens was born in Carmarthon, Wales, July 31, 1850. He came to America at the age of 17 in a sailing boat and spent six weeks on the water. His first years in America were spent in Willard, Utah, and Malad, Idaho. In Malad he married Margaret Mariah Jones in 1874. She passed away about 30 years ago.
With the late Dan Tovey he came to the Big Hole in 1889 and settled on the ranch where he passed his last years. Mr. Stephens is survived by one son, D. J. Stephens, with whom he made his home for many years, and four daughters, Mrs. Charles Schultz of Lavina, Mont.; Mrs. Dan Tovey of Wisdom; Mrs. George Izatt of Logan, Utah, and Mrs. Joe Arbour of Reichle, Mont.; 23 grandchildren and one grandchild. Mrs. J. E. Shaw of Wisdom is a niece.
Daddy Stephens established the first school in the Briston district and as clerk managed its affairs for many years. He was a brother of the late Evan Stephens, leader of the famous Mormon choir which took the first prize at the world's fair in Chicago in 1893. He, too, was a born musician. When his children were young, after a hard day's work on the ranch or in the timber, they would gather around him in the evening and sing as he played the organ. Up to the last year or two he devoted much of his time to the cultivation of flowers.
His funeral services were held in Wisdom Saturday afternoon. Interment was made in the Briston cemetery. His casket stood in a great bank of floral offerings and the church was filled with relatives and friends. The pall bearers were C. W. Francis, Paul Jhanke, W. A. Armitage, J. P. Lossl, J. E. Shaw and J. T. Armitage. Don Anson conducted the services. Mrs. Ray Willey presided at the organ. Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Armitage, Mrs. J. A. Millicam and Miss Hallie Stephens sang. Thomas, a nephew of the deceased, paid a high and well deserved tribute. In substance it was as follows, Dear friends, I am grateful that I can be here to pay a last tribute of respect to this wonderful man, David E. Stephens. I am glad that I can claim kinship to such a character. I knew him from the time he was a very young man with but meager chances for education. He was a deep student and a great reader, consequently a great thinker, capable of discussing any question, religious, political or financial. He studied disposition and mastered his own. He had the most even temper and a soul filled with kindness and honesty to any vow taken. His trend in life was to help beautify the earth with the gifts and favors of the Creator.
Mr. Thomas talked beautifully on the immortality of this good man, from the viewpoint of reincarnation, a theory toward which Mr. Stephens was much inclined. The tribute was closed with the following original verse:
Sweet memories come, sweet memories go,
And life runs on as the waters flow.
The spark of life's eternal trend
Is near the beginning but far from the end.
And heaven is filled with souls like he,
Just think how lovely must heaven be.
The Dillon Examiner
Wednesday, May 30, 1934
Page 1 & 8
Well Known Wisdom Man Claimed At Ranch Home
David Evan (Daddy) Stephens Passes Away Wednesday After Long Illness
Came in 1889
Resident of Big Hole for 45 Years; Funeral Held at Wisdom Saturday
Wisdom, May 28 - (Special) - David Evan (Daddy Stephens passed away at his home near Wisdom, Wednesday, May 23, at 6 a.m. after an illness of several years' duration. Mr. Stephens was born in Carmarthon, Wales, July 31, 1850. He came to America at the age of 17 in a sailing boat and spent six weeks on the water. His first years in America were spent in Willard, Utah, and Malad, Idaho. In Malad he married Margaret Mariah Jones in 1874. She passed away about 30 years ago.
With the late Dan Tovey he came to the Big Hole in 1889 and settled on the ranch where he passed his last years. Mr. Stephens is survived by one son, D. J. Stephens, with whom he made his home for many years, and four daughters, Mrs. Charles Schultz of Lavina, Mont.; Mrs. Dan Tovey of Wisdom; Mrs. George Izatt of Logan, Utah, and Mrs. Joe Arbour of Reichle, Mont.; 23 grandchildren and one grandchild. Mrs. J. E. Shaw of Wisdom is a niece.
Daddy Stephens established the first school in the Briston district and as clerk managed its affairs for many years. He was a brother of the late Evan Stephens, leader of the famous Mormon choir which took the first prize at the world's fair in Chicago in 1893. He, too, was a born musician. When his children were young, after a hard day's work on the ranch or in the timber, they would gather around him in the evening and sing as he played the organ. Up to the last year or two he devoted much of his time to the cultivation of flowers.
His funeral services were held in Wisdom Saturday afternoon. Interment was made in the Briston cemetery. His casket stood in a great bank of floral offerings and the church was filled with relatives and friends. The pall bearers were C. W. Francis, Paul Jhanke, W. A. Armitage, J. P. Lossl, J. E. Shaw and J. T. Armitage. Don Anson conducted the services. Mrs. Ray Willey presided at the organ. Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Armitage, Mrs. J. A. Millicam and Miss Hallie Stephens sang. Thomas, a nephew of the deceased, paid a high and well deserved tribute. In substance it was as follows, Dear friends, I am grateful that I can be here to pay a last tribute of respect to this wonderful man, David E. Stephens. I am glad that I can claim kinship to such a character. I knew him from the time he was a very young man with but meager chances for education. He was a deep student and a great reader, consequently a great thinker, capable of discussing any question, religious, political or financial. He studied disposition and mastered his own. He had the most even temper and a soul filled with kindness and honesty to any vow taken. His trend in life was to help beautify the earth with the gifts and favors of the Creator.
Mr. Thomas talked beautifully on the immortality of this good man, from the viewpoint of reincarnation, a theory toward which Mr. Stephens was much inclined. The tribute was closed with the following original verse:
Sweet memories come, sweet memories go,
And life runs on as the waters flow.
The spark of life's eternal trend
Is near the beginning but far from the end.
And heaven is filled with souls like he,
Just think how lovely must heaven be.
Wednesday, May 30, 1934
Page 1 & 8
Well Known Wisdom Man Claimed At Ranch Home
David Evan (Daddy) Stephens Passes Away Wednesday After Long Illness
Came in 1889
Resident of Big Hole for 45 Years; Funeral Held at Wisdom Saturday
Wisdom, May 28 - (Special) - David Evan (Daddy Stephens passed away at his home near Wisdom, Wednesday, May 23, at 6 a.m. after an illness of several years' duration. Mr. Stephens was born in Carmarthon, Wales, July 31, 1850. He came to America at the age of 17 in a sailing boat and spent six weeks on the water. His first years in America were spent in Willard, Utah, and Malad, Idaho. In Malad he married Margaret Mariah Jones in 1874. She passed away about 30 years ago.
With the late Dan Tovey he came to the Big Hole in 1889 and settled on the ranch where he passed his last years. Mr. Stephens is survived by one son, D. J. Stephens, with whom he made his home for many years, and four daughters, Mrs. Charles Schultz of Lavina, Mont.; Mrs. Dan Tovey of Wisdom; Mrs. George Izatt of Logan, Utah, and Mrs. Joe Arbour of Reichle, Mont.; 23 grandchildren and one grandchild. Mrs. J. E. Shaw of Wisdom is a niece.
Daddy Stephens established the first school in the Briston district and as clerk managed its affairs for many years. He was a brother of the late Evan Stephens, leader of the famous Mormon choir which took the first prize at the world's fair in Chicago in 1893. He, too, was a born musician. When his children were young, after a hard day's work on the ranch or in the timber, they would gather around him in the evening and sing as he played the organ. Up to the last year or two he devoted much of his time to the cultivation of flowers.
His funeral services were held in Wisdom Saturday afternoon. Interment was made in the Briston cemetery. His casket stood in a great bank of floral offerings and the church was filled with relatives and friends. The pall bearers were C. W. Francis, Paul Jhanke, W. A. Armitage, J. P. Lossl, J. E. Shaw and J. T. Armitage. Don Anson conducted the services. Mrs. Ray Willey presided at the organ. Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Armitage, Mrs. J. A. Millicam and Miss Hallie Stephens sang. Thomas, a nephew of the deceased, paid a high and well deserved tribute. In substance it was as follows, Dear friends, I am grateful that I can be here to pay a last tribute of respect to this wonderful man, David E. Stephens. I am glad that I can claim kinship to such a character. I knew him from the time he was a very young man with but meager chances for education. He was a deep student and a great reader, consequently a great thinker, capable of discussing any question, religious, political or financial. He studied disposition and mastered his own. He had the most even temper and a soul filled with kindness and honesty to any vow taken. His trend in life was to help beautify the earth with the gifts and favors of the Creator.
Mr. Thomas talked beautifully on the immortality of this good man, from the viewpoint of reincarnation, a theory toward which Mr. Stephens was much inclined. The tribute was closed with the following original verse:
Sweet memories come, sweet memories go,
And life runs on as the waters flow.
The spark of life's eternal trend
Is near the beginning but far from the end.
And heaven is filled with souls like he,
Just think how lovely must heaven be.
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