Mrs. Sarah E. Stevens passed away last Wednesday, August 3rd at her home a few miles west of Eustis, at the age of 77 years, 11 months and 12 days. Death came as the result of a paralytic stroke, which she suffered a year ago last January, from which she never fully recovered.

Mrs. Stevens and her husband homesteaded near Eustis in 1884, and had made that their home until the angel of death claimed them. Mr. Stevens having preceded her to that better land in 1893.

Their were four children in the family, one child dying in infancy. Three sons survive them, C. E. and Fred of Eustis and a younger brother who resides at Hill City, Kansas.

Funeral services were held from the Farnam Baptist church last Friday afternoon. Rev. Jones, pastor of the Evangelical church of Eustis, officiating, assisted by Rev. Owings, pastor of the local Baptist church. Interment was made in the Farnam cemetery.

Her many friends here extend their deepest sympathy to the sorrowing relatives.

The Farnam Echo 40(40):1 Thursday, August 11, 1927

Death’s summons came to Mrs. Stevens suddenly, although she had never regained her health after a paralytic stroke in Janueary, 1926.

Sarah E. Kelley was born in Ohio, August 15, 1849. When a small girl she, with her parents moved to Henry county, Iowa, where she gree to womanhood.

On November 25, 1868, she was united in marriage to Geo. P. Stevens, of Bentonsport, Iowas, at Mount Pleasant, Iowa. To this union was born three sons and one daughter, Elmer, of Eustis, Fred, of Eustis; Finley, of Hill City, Kansas, and Elizabeth, deceased.

They came to Nebraska April 25, 1884, stopping at Plum Creek, now known as Lexington, and on May 7, 1884, took a homestead 1½ miles north and 3 miles west of where Eustis now stands, where she resided until death claimed her August 4, 1927, aged 77 years, 11 months and 18 days.

Mrs. Stevens endured the hardships like all pioneers and helped make the country what it is today. She was a great home lover although she always found time to visit the sick. Many time in the early eighties she rode ten or twelve miles in a lumber wagon to assist in times of sickness and during the nineties when the country was overrun with the unemployed, she never turned a person from her door hungry.

Her greatest bereavement came in 1893, when her husband passed away. Only those who knew were near to her knoew how she suffered. She was never the same after her husband’s death. Her only hope was to live to carry on the work they had planned together. She was loved by all who knew her. She always took an active part in lodge work and the things that would make community life better and was always interested in the work of the church.

She was a patient sufferer and resigned.

She leaves to mourn her departure three sons, five grandchildren and a large circle of friends. Her husband and daughter preceded her to the better land.

Those who attended the funeral from a distance were Finley Stevens and two daughters, Dorothy and Helen, of Hill City, Kans., Mrs. Carl Kraeges from Plattsmouth, Mr. and Mrs. Brandorff of Lincoln, Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Oldfather of Lexington and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Scott of Cozad.

Funeral services were held from the Baptist church at Farnam, Friday at 2 P.M., conducted by Rev. H. M. Jones of the Evangelical church of Eustis, assisted by Rev. Owings. Interment was made in the Farnam cemetery.

The Eustis News 24(18):1 Thursday, August 11, 1927