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Pioneer Memorial Cemetery ~ Mary A. Stevens
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Stevens, Mary A.
LAST: Stevens FIRST: Mary MID: A.
GENDER: F MAIDEN NAME: Nys TITLE: 
BORN: 18 Aug 1874 DIED: 29 Mar 1954 BURIED: 2 Apr 1954
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Green Bay, Brown Co., Wisconsin
DEATH PLACE: Gervais, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
1880 OR CENSUS - Mary Nys, age 6, b. Wisconsin, is enumerated with father Joseph, age 52, occupation gardner, b. Belgium, and Florence, age 43, b. Belgium, along with Adolph, age 21, Seraphine, age 20, Louis, age 18, Paul, age 13, Basin, age 10, Cerelia, age 8, and Maggie, age 2, all born in Wisconsin.
MARRIAGE - "Ellis Stevens, over 21 & Mary A. Nys, over 18, m 1 Feb 1899 at house of & by Arthur Lane, C. P., Aff: W. H. Wolf. Wit: Jos. Fisher & Edna Garrow #5643 pg 328".
1910 OR CENSUS - Mary Stevens, age 35, b. Wisconsin, is enumerated with her husband of 11 years, Ellis, age 43, farmer, b. Oregon, along with Edna, age 9, and Theodore, age 7, both born in Oregon.
1930 OR CENSUS - Mary Stevens, age 55, b. Wisconsin, is enumerated with husband Ellis, age 63, farmer, b. Oregon, along with son, Theodore, age 27, b. Oregon.
OBITUARY: 
Requiem mass for Mrs. Mary A. Stevens, 70, who died suddenly Monday afternoon at the home of her daughter in Gervais, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, April 2, at the Sacred Heart Catholic church in Gervais. Burial will be in the Pioneer cemetery south of Gervais beside her husband who died in 1934. Recitation of the rosary will be at the Ringo-Cornwell Funeral chapel in Woodburn at 8:15 o’clock tonight (Thursday).
Mrs. Stevens was born at Green Bay, Wisc., August 18, 1874, and came to St. Louis, Ore., as a child with her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Nys. In 1899 she was married to the late Ellis Stevens at St. Louis and they lived on a farm in North Howell. In 1945 she moved to Gervais.
She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Edna Manning of Gervais; two brothers, Albert Nys of Brooks and Joseph Nys of Heppner, a grandson, Ellis Manning in the navy, and a grandaughter, Mrs. Mary Jane Richards of Salem. 
[newspaper clipping, not cited]

Mary Stevens Rites Today At Woodburn.
Regitration of the rosary for Mary A. Stevens, 79, who died at Gervais Monday, will be held Thursday at 8:15 p. m. in the Ringo-Cornwell Funeral Chapel.
Requiem mass will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Gervais with interment at Pioneer Cemetery beside the grave of her husband who died in 1934.
Mrs. Stevens was born Aug. 18, 1874, in Green Bay, Wis., the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Nys. She moved while as small child with her parents to St. Louis, Ore. She married Ellis Stevens Feb. 4, 1899, and they lived at North Howell until moving to Gervais in 1945.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Edna Manning, Gervais; two brothers, Albert Nys, Brooks and Joseph Nys of Heppner; two grandchildren, Ellis Manning, U. S. Navy, and Mrs. Mary Jane Richardson, Salem. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
Oregon Statesman [newspaper clipping, not dated]
INSCRIPTION: 
Stevens
Mary A.
1874-1954
Mother
[shares marker with son, Theodore]
SOURCES: 
Hollin
Saucy Survey & Photographs 
ODI
1880 OR CENSUS (Douglas Co., Deer Creek, pg 482C)
Marriage Records of Marion Co., Or., Vol IX, pg 27
1910 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Howell, ED 211, sheet 4B)
1930 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., N. Howell, ED 43, sheet 4A)
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