El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-20
mrs. STEVENS
DIES SUDDENLY
Mother of Horace, Charles
and Nose Stevens Sue
cumbS to Pneumonia.

Mrs Sarah Ann Stevens, the aged
mother of Horace B. Stevens, Charles
/ B. Stevens. Nose b Stevens, formerly
| of Las Cruces, and Miss Sue Stevens.
died Wednesday night at nine o'clock
at the home of Charles B. Stevens,
where she had been making her home
for the past ten years.
Mrs. Stevens was 81 years old. hav-
ing been born in Lubec, Ne, on May
{ 10. 1884 and was completing her SIND
year when her death followed an i'll
I ness Of only four days. The direct
cause was pneumonia and the end was
FASTENED by her advanced age. In
addition to her sons living in FL Paso
Mrs. Stevens is survived by two other
sons, Forrest : Stevens, of Cutler, Me,
and Edward p. Stevens, of Santa Bar
bara, Calf
Husband Ship Builder.
Mrs. Stevens lived the greater part
Of her life in Cutler, Ne. Her husband
was-MOses b. Stevens, for whom Nose
Stevens was named He was a ship
builder. a lumber dealer and general
merchant on the Maine coast and built
one of the first sailing vessels which
rounded the horn to California. At the
Stevens family home in Cutler all of
the children were born After Mr.
Stevens's death in March, 1899, Mrs
Stevens closed her home in Cutler and
came west to live with her sons She
visited a year with Edward Stevens |
in Santa Barbara and then came to FL
Paso to make her home for the re-
mainder Of her life Although she Wis |
tied with Nose B. Stevens when he was,I
living in Las Cruces. and spent much |
vens she called the home of Charles I
B. Stevens her home.
Told of Storms.
In her coy room at the Stevens |
home, where a CRATE fire sparkled as
briskly as did the one in the big Ste
vens home in Cutler, Ne, Grandma
Stevens received her friends and told I
her grandchildren of the storms on the
Maine coast and of the big ships her
husband built to cross the seas Mrs I
Stevens remained active until her last !
illness. having walked down town with !
her daughter, Miss Sue Stevens. only |
a few days before pneumonia developed. !
She was always deeply interested in
the affairs of her children and grand
children and often said their plans and
their future was her life. Christmas
eve, when the annual family Christ
mas tree was arranged in the Stevens
home, "Grandma" Stevens assisted in
receiving her friends and greeting the
large family which always gathered at
her home to celebrate the lighting of
the tree
Eighteen Grandchildren.
Mrs Stevens is survived by six chill
dren, IS grandchildren and three great
grandchildren. The grandchildren liv-
ing in Fl Paso are: Miss Eliza beth
Stevens. Phillip and Margaret Stevens,
OF the H 3. Stevens family; Lawrence,
Carroll, Charles, and Elliott, of c. B.
family; Maxine and Frank
Stevens, children Of Noses B. Stevens
Edward Stevens. Of Santa Barbara,
Calf. has one adopted. irwin. who was
found on the steps Of the Stevens home
there and was adopted in the childless
home. Forrest Stevens, who has nine /
children and three grand children liv-
ng in Cutler and other parts of New
England. Harold Stevens, son of For
rest Stevens. was here two years ago to
visit his grandmother
Funeral Friday.
The funeral viii be held Friday The
final arrangements have not yet been
made pending news Of Edward Stevens's
arrival from California The funeral |
will be held at the home Of c. B. Ste
7ens on West Boulevard and viii be
n charge OF Rev Miles Hanson OF the
First Congregational church The ar
are in charge OF Mclean,
simmons and Hartford.