Robert Stevenson

A celebration of life for Robert Stevenson will be held Monday, September 17, 2012, at 10:30 a.m., at the Moulton Methodist Church in Moulton, Iowa. A time of food and fellowship will follow at the church. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Sunday, at the church. (Carl) Robert Stevenson was born November 8, 1952, and departed his life September 7, 2012, at the age of 59 years. Robert was born in Centerville, Iowa, to Carl and Cordia Porter Stevenson. He grew up on a farm at Moulton, Iowa, which he loved to reminisce about his life on the farm. He attended the Moulton-Udell School where he was a member of the FFA, basketball manager, gave a lasting impression in the senior class play as the cast can attest, and was salutatorian of the class of 1971. He later attended Indian Hills Community College for auto mechanics and transferred to NMSU when a car accident left him a paraplegic in 1974. He graduated from NMSU with a degree in business administration in 1980. On September 6, 1980, Robert and Beverly Anderson were married in Centerville at the home of his sister and brother-in-law, Marilyn and Ed Hoover. They lived at Mystic, Iowa, for the first four years of marriage and later moved to Iowa City. Since Robert and Beverly both grew up on farms, their dream was to have a home in the country. They moved to acreage at North Liberty, Iowa in 1994. Robert served as finance manager of LMS North America since 1987. He also served on the board of Trees Forever since 1994 and currently served as chair of Trees Forever Foundation and the finance committee. Robert loved his family and friends and cherished the times with them. He had several close friends from high school that supported him, along with his family, after his accident and rehabilitation; he felt so fortunate to have maintained these friendships throughout his life and loved to visit with them whenever possible. He also enjoyed the friends that he made through work and other interests. In the past few years, Robert and Bev spent many weekends with the Porter and Stevenson families at the Lake of the Ozarks. He enjoyed these family gatherings so much that he and Beverly purchased a cabin in the area in 2010, and planned to retire to the lake. Robert was an avid Hawkeye fan, a pyrotechnician and also loved music. Give him a football game to watch while building comets and rockets for a fireworks show and listening to a rock and roll album – he was happy! Robert was preceded in death by his parents, a brother-in-law, Ed Hoover, and a sister-in-law, Kay Stevenson and all of his aunts and uncles. He is survived by his wife, Beverly; two sisters, Marilyn Hoover and Sandra (Davis) Burgher of Centerville; two brothers, Martin (Norma) Stevenson of Urbandale, Iowa and Rod Stevenson of Moulton along with many cousins, nieces, nephews and friends. In lieu of flowers, please make memorial contributions in his honor to Trees Forever, 770 7th Avenue, Marion, Iowa 52302. Cremation arrangements are under the direction and care of the Kidwell-Garber Funeral Home of Versailles, Missouri.

Robert Stevenson

November 8, 1952 - September 7, 2012

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November 8, 1952 - September 7, 2012

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