Bob Stevener

Tuesday, October 26, 2004

SIKESTON - Robert E. "Bob" Stevener, 70, died at 4:35 a.m. Oct. 23, 2004, at Missouri Delta Medical Center.

Born Feb. 19, 1934, in Niagara Falls, N.Y., son of Wilfred E. Stevener of Manistee, Mich., and the late Amelia A. Mesler Stevener, he lived in Sikeston since 1968. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War and member of American Legion Post 114.

On Feb. 18, 1984, he married Paula Jean Siars who survives of the home.

Survivors in addition to his wife and father include: three daughters, Lynda Fier of Benton, Ark., Cynthia Young of Atlanta and Sandra Covington of Ward, Ark.; one sister, Beverly Pickrell of West Lake Village, Calif.; and five grandchildren.

One brother, Wilfred Stevener Jr., preceded him in death.

Visitation is from 5 to 9 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie.

Graveside services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield with Jamie Jackson officiating.