Inez Lorraine Stevens

Services for Inez Lorraine Stevens were held March 1 at Clover Hall of the Greene County Fairgrounds. Hastings Funeral Home in Jefferson was in charge of these arrangements.

Inez Lorraine Stevens, daughter of Forrest Burl Hardin and Marie Leila Kuster Hardin, was born May 17, 1933, in Guthrie Center, and died Feb. 24 at her home in Dana.

Inez attended school in Guthrie Center and graduated in 1951. She met the love of her life, Walter Franklin Stevens, and they were united in marriage on Oct. 8, 1952.

The couple had 11 children: Robert, Pam, Winnie, Evelyn, Jackie, June, Mary, Walt “Butch,” Forrest, Russ and Chris. 

Inez and Walter lived in Tulare, Calif., where they worked on dairy farms. They later lived in Perry, Boone, then to Grand Junction. Inez worked as a RTW for 15 years and then she worked at Eastern Star for 20 years.

She enjoyed camping, reading books and visiting with her family and friends.

Inez was preceded in death by her parents; husband Walter (2011); infant son Robert Stevens; daughter Pam Stevens in an accident; grandson Jack Loder Stevens; four sisters: Betty Lawrence, June DeWitt, Ardith Holmes and Frances Bearnsley; father-in-law Ora Stevens; mother-in-law Blanche Pride Stevens; sons-in-law Dan McGuire and Daryl Glenn Luther; and brother-in-law Everett Stevens. 

Inez is survived by her children: Winnie Caltrider and husband Bill, of Adair; Evelyn Cunningham and husband Jerry, of Boone; Jackie Madesen and friend Rod Bergman, of Mountain View, Ark.; June McGuire, of Grand Junction; Mary Adams and husband Gary, of Humboldt; Walt “Butch” Stevens and wife Cindy, of Perry; Forrest “Fuzz” Stevens and wife Natalie, of Boone; Russ Stevens and wife Melissa, of Ogden; and Chris Stevens and friend Samantha McFarland, of Lanyon; 32 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; sister Susan Bates, of Panora; nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.

Memorials may be sent to Hastings Funeral Home, 1417 2nd St., P.O. Box 204, Perry, IA 50220.

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