#1-Published in the Pilot-Tribune September 29, 1932

Hugh Steavenson, 60 Dies At Omaha Home

Blair and Washington County friends of the Hugh Steavenson family were shocked to learn of the sudden death of Mr. Steavenson at his home in Omaha, Friday morning, September 23. Heart disease was the cause of his death.

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Omaha and interment was made in the Allen Cemetery near Fort Calhoun. The church was filled with friends and relatives, many of them from this vicinity.

Mr. Steavenson’s wife, the former Grace Allen, died a number of years ago, leaving four small children and the husband kept the family together and lived to see them all grown and a credit to him. The four surviving children are William Steavenson of Fontanelle, Mrs. Amy Steavenson Hunt of Laramie, Wyoming, Alfred Hugh Steavenson, who is attending college at Ames, Iowa, and Miss Grace Eloise Steavenson, who will attend school at Laramie this year.

#2-29 Sept., 1932 - The Enterprise

HUGH A. STEAVENSON

Hugh A. Stevenson of Omaha passed away Friday, Sept. 23, 1932. Deceased was born in Magnolia, Iowa May 28, 1872 and came to Calhoun when about sixteen years of age where he made his home with the A. W. Beales family. He received his education in the Calhoun schools and became a teacher. He taught in the Brinkman school near Fontanelle and the Wranch school in the southern part of the county. Later he taught in the grades at Calhoun.

While in Calhoun Governor A. Crounse became interested in him, and through his influence he took the law course at the State University. He graduated from the course, but never practiced.

On January 22, 1903 he was married to Miss Grace Allen, and they went to Fairfield to live where he worked for the Farm and Grange Insurance Company. Later the family moved to Omaha where he was in the employ of the Standard Oil Company.

While living in Omaha, the wife passed away Oct. 6, 1918, leaving four children. Since the death of the wife, Mr. Steavenson has followed the work of salesman for different companies. The children, all of whom survive him and who mourn him deeply, are William of Fontanelle, Mrs. E. C. Hunt of Laramie, Wyoming, Alfred, who is in his senior year at Ames State College of Iowa and Eloise at home, also one grandchild.

The funeral services were held at the St. Andrews Episcopal church in Omaha on last Sunday, Sept. 25, and interment was made beside his wife in the Allen family cemetery south of Blair.

Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clipping on file at the Blair Public Library.