{"id":11805,"date":"2011-10-12T08:36:49","date_gmt":"2011-10-12T16:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/?p=11805"},"modified":"2011-10-13T07:20:49","modified_gmt":"2011-10-13T15:20:49","slug":"memorial-service-planned-for-former-george-fox-first-lady-linda-stevens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/2011\/10\/12\/memorial-service-planned-for-former-george-fox-first-lady-linda-stevens\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorial service planned for former George Fox first lady Linda Stevens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The university community is invited to a memorial service for <strong>Linda Stevens<\/strong>, wife of former George Fox University President Edward Stevens, from <strong>2 to 5 p.m.<\/strong> <strong>Saturday, Oct. 15<\/strong>, at <strong>Newberg Historic Chapel<\/strong>, 611 N. Main St., in Newberg.<\/p>\n<p>Linda Elaine (Loewenstein) Stevens died Sept. 30, in Mesa, Ariz. She was 69.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Lincoln, Neb., on June 27, 1942, Linda grew up in the small farm town of Shelton, Neb. While at Nebraska Wesleyan University, she met Ed Stevens, whom she married in June of 1962. In 1983, she became George Fox\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s first lady with Ed Stevens\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 selection at the school\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 10th president \u00e2\u20ac\u201c a position he held until poor health caused him to relinquish office in 1997. He died in 1998 after a yearlong battle with cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Following her husband\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s death, Linda relocated to the couple\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s second home in Arizona, where her sister and mother lived and oldest daughter followed.<\/p>\n<p>Linda is survived by Carla and James Jetton and their children \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Jaron (10) and Ed (5) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and Kathy and Joel Kassebaum and their children \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Camille (16), Luke (13) and Grace (10).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The university community is invited to a memorial service for Linda Stevens, wife of former George Fox University President Edward Stevens, from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, at Newberg Historic Chapel, 611 N. Main St., in Newberg. Linda Elaine (Loewenstein) Stevens died Sept. 30, in Mesa, Ariz. She was 69. 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