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.