Eileen Stevens
WEST POINT — Eileen Stevens, 87, West Point, died Jan. 3, 2022, at Faith Regional Hospital, Norfolk.
Funeral Mass was Jan. 8 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, West Point, with Rev. James Weeder as celebrant.
The funeral was also live streamed on the Stokely Funeral Home Facebook page at facebook.com/stokelyfuneralhome.
Burial was at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery, Bow Valley. Visitation and a rosary was Saturday before the service at St. Mary’s Catholic Church.
Arrangements were under the direction of Stokely Funeral Home, West Point.
Eileen Cecelia Stevens was born Aug. 27, 1934, to Albert and Anna (Nabor) Wieseler in Miller, S.D. She grew up in Polo, S.D., and graduated from Polo High School. After attending Mount Marty College, Eileen returned home and worked for Hand County State Bank, Miller. Eileen married Robert Stevens June 20, 1955, in Polo. The couple moved to Bow Valley, where she raised her children and sold Avon beauty products for 25 years. They moved to West Point in 1985.
Eileen was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and Christian Mothers. In her spare time, she tended to her flower garden and volunteered at St. Joseph’s Retirement Community and St. Francis Hospital. Eileen loved getting together with her friends for games of bridge and an afternoon of conversation. As an avid sports fan, Eileen made every effort to watch or listen to all of her grandchildren’s and great grandchildren’s games all while taking meticulous notes of the game action.
Eileen is survived by her children, Sharon Jones (the late Ron Jones) Lincoln; Charleen (Bill) Flint, Columbus; Lori Stevens, Overland Park, Kan.; Chuck (Christine) Stevens, Omaha; and Janell (Steve) Miller, Norfolk; 15 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren; and sisters, Mary Ann Beidler, Faulkton, S.D., and Doris Mewes, Highmore, S.D.
Eileen is preceded in death by her husband, parents, infant brother, son-in-law, and two brothers-in-law.
Memorials may be made to the Franciscan Healthcare Foundation or to St. Mary’s Catholic Church Endowment.