Shirley B. Stevens

COLEBROOK, NEW HAMPSHIRE – Mr. Shirley B. Stevens, 85, of Colebrook, NH, passed away at the Coös County Nursing Hospital in West Stewartstown on the morning of Wednesday, August 23, 2006. Mr. Stevens was born June 13, 1921, in North Stratford, son of the late Burton Stevens and Daisey (Fuller) Stevens. Mr. Stevens served with the U.S. Army during World War II. After leaving the military, he married Eva Mills. Mr. Stevens farmed for many years in Bloomfield and then he moved his family to Amherst, NH, where he worked as a truck driver. Upon retirement in 1983, Mr. Stevens returned to the North Country. Mr. Stevens was an avid hunter and fisherman. He was a very generous and caring man and was said to love everyone. He will be missed by many, and will be remembered as a good husband and father, grandfather, uncle, cousin and friend. Mr. Stevens is survived by his wife of 62 years, Eva Stevens of Colebrook; three children, Burton Stevens of San Francisco, CA, Fred Stevens and wife, Diane, of Goffstown, NH, and Sandra Sheltry of Pensacola, FL; two sisters, Elsie Noyes and husband, Fred, of Columbia, NH, and Elizabeth Mercer and husband, Jack, of North Carolina; three grandchildren, Rob Sheltry of Pensacola, FL, Diana Tompkins of Derry, NH, and Bonnie Stevens of Lowell, MA; four great-grandchildren, Danielle and Keenan Tompkins of Derry, NH, and Evan and Ryan Sheltry of Pensacola, FL; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. He is preceded in death by his parents and a daughter, Janice Stevens, in 1969. Calling hours will be held at the Jenkins & Newman Funeral Home in Colebrook, NH, on Thursday, August 24, 2006, from 2 – 4 and 7 – 9 p.m. A funeral service will be held on Friday, August 25, 2006, at 10:00 a.m. at the Jenkins & Newman Funeral Home with Pastor Gary Clark officiating. An interment service will follow at the Colebrook Village Cemetery. Expressions of sympathy in Mr. Stevens’ memory may be made to the Alzheimer’s Healthcare Services, 610 Sullivan Street, Berlin, NH 03570. Condolences may be offered to the family on-line by going to www.jenkinsnewman.com. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Jenkins & Newman Funeral Home of Colebrook, NH.

Shirley B. Stevens

June 13, 1921 - August 23, 2006