Obituary - Esther Firmage Stevens Woodyatt

Funeral services for Esther Firmage Stevens Woodyatt were conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 25, 1996 at the Vase funeral Chapel, 154 Elk St., Rock Springs. Interment was in the Mountain View Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Gerald Appelhans, Merlin Kendall, Ted Brown, Craig Robbins, Gary Pence and Daron Dewey.

Mrs. Woodyatt, 73, of 475 Yellow Creek Road, Evanston, died at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, June 20, 1996 at the Rocky Mountain Health Care Center in Evanston. A long time resident of Evanston and former resident of Rock Springs, Mrs. Woodyatt died following a lengthily illness.

She was born July 19, 1922 in Rock Springs, the daughter of the late John and Florence Cook Firmage. Mrs. Woodyatt attended schools in Rocks Springs and was a graduate of the Rock Springs high school with the class of 1940.

She married Louis Stevens in Portland, Oregon on February 28, 1942 and he preceded her in death. Mrs. Woodyatt later married and divorced Alvin Portwood in Rock Springs. She then married Don Woodyatt in Evanston and later divorced.

Mrs. Woodyatt sang on KVRS Radio for many years. She was a member of the LDS Church.

Survivors include one son, John Firmage Stevens of Oregon; three sisters, Mrs. Howard (Jean) Van Valkenburg of Rock Springs, Mrs. August (Ethel) Bakka of Riverton and Janet McPhie of Boise, Idaho; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents and husband, Mrs. Woodyatt was preceded in death by one infant daughter, Ester Lee Stevens.

Learn more about Ester on the Firmage Family History website:

https://sites.google.com/site/firmagefamilyhistory/families/firmage/esther-firmage.

1940 United States Census John William and Florence Cook Firmage Family

Name: Florence Firmage Age: 39 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1901 Gender: Female Race: White Birthplace: England Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Wife Home in 1940: Rock Springs, Sweetwater, Wyoming Map of Home in 1940: View Map Street: 9th Street House Number: 1087 Inferred Residence in 1935: Rock Springs, Sweetwater, Wyoming Residence in 1935: Same House Citizenship: Naturalized Sheet Number: 16A Attended School or College: No Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 7th grade Weeks Worked in 1939: 0 Income: 0 Income Other Sources: No Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age John Firmage 45 Florence Firmage 39 Ester Firmage 18 Ethel M Firmage 11 Florence J Firmage 3

1930 United States Census for John William and Florence Cook Firmage Family

Name: Florence Firmage Gender: Female Birth Year: abt 1901 Birthplace: England Race: White Home in 1930: Rock Springs, Sweetwater, Wyoming Map of Home: View Map Marital Status: Married Immigration Year: 1904 Relation to Head of House: Wife Spouse's Name: John W Firmage Father's Birthplace: England Mother's Birthplace: England Occupation: Education: Military service: Rent/home value: Age at first marriage: Parents' birthplace: View image Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age John W Firmage 35 Florence Firmage 29 Janette Firmage 10 Ester Firmage 7

John Firmage Stevens
(Obituary printed 03/23/2008 in the RocketMiner, Rock Springs, Wyoming)

John Firmage Stevens, 57, died Friday, March 21, 2008, at his home in Portland, Ore.

He was born May 15, 1950, in Longview, Wash., the son of Louis G. Stevens and Esther Firmage Stevens. He attended schools in San Diego and Portland until the death of his father in 1964. He then moved with his mother to Rock Springs, where he completed high school, graduating with the class of 1968.

After high school, he returned to Portland to enroll in an auto mechanic school, which was interrupted by a stint in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. After the army, he returned to finish the auto mechanic training, which became is lifelong profession.

He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints.

He married Marilyn Carole Heen on Dec. 9, 1972, in Portland. They later divorced.

He is survived by his uncles and aunts, Levi and Joyce Stevens of Gresham, Ore., Howard and Jean Van Valkenburg of Rock Springs and August Bakka of Riverton; and several cousins.

He was preceded in death by his parents; infant sister, Esther Lee; and paternal and maternal grandparents, Louis and Lillian Crofts Stevens and John and Florence Cook Firmage.

At his request, there will be no formal funeral services.