The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-03-10
DIR. (. E. STEVENS
DIES SUDDENLY
Prominent Citizen of Bris-
toll Died at His Home
This Morning.
WAS WIDELY KNOWN
Was President Of Bristol Tele-
phone Co. and the Bristol
State Bank.

DR.. Frank E. Stevens, aged sixty
nine years, leading citizen of the viii
lage of Bristol and one of the best
known of the physicians and surgeons
of Kenosha county, died very suddenly
at his home in Bristol this morning
just before three o'clock DR.. Stevens
had been in failing health for more
than year but on Friday his condi-
ton was such as to give no alarm to
his friends and relatives. Just after
two o'clock this morning his wife
found that he was in a critical CON
dition. He had lapsed into unconsci-
BUSINESS and he did not regain con-
seriousness before the end came less
than half an hour after his condition
had been discovered His sudden
death brought profound sensation to
the village and cast pail over the
entire town of Bristol
The funeral services will be held at
Bristol on Tuesday afternoon and the
remains will be laid at rest in the fami-
ly plot at the Hosmer cemetery,
Leader in Kenosha County.
The sudden DEATH of DR.. Frank E.
Stevens marks the passing of one of
the most prominent men of Kenosha
county and man who had given much
to the advancement of his home town
and the entire county. He was ma
tive of Kenosha county. He was born
on. July IL, 1851 in the town of Pleas
ant Prairie and was the son of the
late Alonzo H. Stevens, one of the
early pioneer settlers of Kenosha
county. His father had settled in Ke-
nosha county in 1914. He was reared
on the farm in Pleasant Prairie and
early in life took up the profession
of teaching. He supplemented his
education in the schools of his native
town with course in the state normal
schol at Oshkosh, from which he was
graduated with high honors as a mem
Der of the class of 1875. After teach
ing in Merrill, Wisconsin, where he
was principal of the schools for
year he returned to this county and
took up the study of medicine with
the late DR.. L. D. Sherer at Bristol.
He later entered the medical school of
Northwestern University at Evanston
and he graduated with valedictorian
honors from this institution in 1879.
He began the practice of medicine at
Union Grove the year of his gradua-
tion and after four years of work there
ne returned to Bristol and formed a
partnership with DR.. Scherer. DR..
Stevens took over the business of the
partnershipJin 1887 and has since been
in the active practice in Bristol.
Had Many Local Interests.
DR.. Stevens took a great interest in
the development of the home village
He was one of the founders and was
president of the Bristol Telephone
company; he was president of the
State Bank at Bristol and took an ac-
tive part in every organization for the
advancement of the business and social
interests of the village. He was one
of the most active members of the
Methodist church in Bristol and had
held a high place in the councils of
The church. He was member of the
Washburn Lodge of Master Masons
and of the Bristol camp of the Modern
Woodmen of America.
He was widely known as physician
and surgeon and had taken an active
part in the American Medical society.
He was one of the charter members of
the Kenosha County Medical society
and had always been active in the work
IF This orUanization
Was Married in 1880.
On January l, 1880, DR.. Stevens was
married to, Miss. Ida M. Murphy of
Manitowoc, who had been classmate
in the state normal with him. They
had two daughters who with the widow
survive. The daughters are Mrs. E.
C. Smith Of Madison, and. Miss Mary
Stevens, who is now teacher in
California.