Information for Opal Christina Wells Stevens
10 May 1909 - 26 June 1997
From The Idaho Press-Tribune
29 June 1997
Contributed by Dennis McIndoo



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Opal Stevens

     Opal Christina Stevens, 88, of Caldwell, died Thursday, June 26, 1997, at a Nampa care center.  Graveside services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 1, 1997, at the Canyon Hill Cemetery, Caldwell.  Bishop David Root of the Caldwell 6th Ward Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will officiate.
    Family and friends are asked , to meet at the cemetery.
    Mrs. Stevens was born May 10, 1909, at Cambridge, a daughter of Bert and Nettie Boyles Wells.  She moved with her family at the age of ten to the Caldwell area and attended school in the Midway and Marble Front communities.  She married R.C. Stevens in 1925 and they were later divorced.  Opal retired from the J. R. Simplot Company and enjoyed traveling, yard sales and especially spending time with her grandchildren.
    Surviving are three sons, Jerry Stevens of Lyle, WA; Ron and his wife, Barb of Boise, and Roger of Spokane, WA; a daughter and her husband, Jeannie and Ray Newland of Nampa; 10 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren, three great-great grandchildren and one nephew.  She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother, an infant daughter and a daughter-in-law, Hazel Stevens.  Friends may call Monday from 1 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the Flahiff Funeral Chapel, Caldwell.  The family wishes to express their thanks to the caring staff of Midland Care Center, Nampa.










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