Published
in the Idaho Evening Times, Twin Falls, Idaho
February 3, 1942.
Sherman died February 2, 1942 in Filer, Idaho.
Transcribed as published
Filer Truck
Man Succumbs at 69
Funeral
arrangements were being completed today for R. Sherman Stephens,
69, member of the Odd Fellows lodge for 30 years, and resident
of Filer for 20 years, who died yesterday afternoon at his home
in Filer.
A truck driver,
Mr. Stephens had been ill a short time. He was born Oct. 24,
1872, in Emporia, Kan. and moved to Filer in June, 1922.
He joined the
Odd Fellows in 1912, and held membership in the Filer lodge.
The body rests
at the Twin Falls mortuary. Rev. E. L. White, Filer Methodist
pastor, will officiate and interment will be in the Filer Odd
Fellows cemetery. Date of services will be announced later.
He is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Anna L. Stephens, Filer; an adopted brother,
Bert Kline, Topeka, Kan., and two sisters, Mrs. Tobias, St.
Louis, Mo., and Mrs. Effie Beer, Detroit, Mich.
Published by
the Evening Times after the funeral
Tribute
Accorded Sherman Stephens
R. Sherman
Stephens, 69. resident of Filer for 20 years, was paid final
tribute yesterday afternoon in the Filer Methodist church, Rev.
E. L. White officiating. Interment will be in Filer Odd Fellows
cemetery.
Mrs. L. C.
Gillilan and Mrs. E. A. Bean, accompanied by Mrs. D. H. Showers,
all of Filer, sang "He Leadeth Me" and "Abide
With Me."
Pallbearers,
all members of the Filer Odd Fellows lodge, were Claude Brown,
F. E. Albin, V. A. Allison, C. E. Lancaster, A. C. Leeper and
Elmer Harding.
Filer officials
were in charge of the rites of the order at the graveside for
Mr. Stephens, who had been a member of that fraternal order for
30 years.
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