Emma Bennett Stevens, 72, died July 10 at the Bozeman Convalescent Center.
She was born at Springhill, June 10, 1909, the daughter of Noah and Lydia Bennett. They later moved to Maudlow. She spent her entire life in the Gallatin Valley.
She married the late Roy Callantine and had two sons. She then married Edward Long, who died in 1961. In 1964 she married Warren Stevens.
She worked as a ranch cook on the Madison and was later the house mother of the Phi Kappa Alpha Fraternity at MSU. She was a member of the Grand Avenue Christian Church, the Sons and Daughters of the Pioneers, and was past president of the VFW Auxiliary.
Survivors include two sons, Donald Callantine of Rector, Ark., and Ralph Callantine of St. Regis; three brothers, Teddy Bennett of Helena, and Oswald and Argyle Bennett of Bozeman; seven sisters, Mrs. Sarah Hopkins of Jerome, Idaho, Mrs. Betty Conner of Three Forks, Mrs. Esther Bariether of Manhattan, Mrs. Martha McGuire, Mrs. Lillie Thompson and Mrs. Susie Dorsey, all of Bozeman; 10 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, a son William Long, a sister, Lydia Christensen, a brother Wilfred N. Bennett and her parents.
Services were held Monday.
Printed in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle ~ July, 1981
Emma Bennett Stevens, 72, died July 10 at the Bozeman Convalescent Center.
She was born at Springhill, June 10, 1909, the daughter of Noah and Lydia Bennett. They later moved to Maudlow. She spent her entire life in the Gallatin Valley.
She married the late Roy Callantine and had two sons. She then married Edward Long, who died in 1961. In 1964 she married Warren Stevens.
She worked as a ranch cook on the Madison and was later the house mother of the Phi Kappa Alpha Fraternity at MSU. She was a member of the Grand Avenue Christian Church, the Sons and Daughters of the Pioneers, and was past president of the VFW Auxiliary.
Survivors include two sons, Donald Callantine of Rector, Ark., and Ralph Callantine of St. Regis; three brothers, Teddy Bennett of Helena, and Oswald and Argyle Bennett of Bozeman; seven sisters, Mrs. Sarah Hopkins of Jerome, Idaho, Mrs. Betty Conner of Three Forks, Mrs. Esther Bariether of Manhattan, Mrs. Martha McGuire, Mrs. Lillie Thompson and Mrs. Susie Dorsey, all of Bozeman; 10 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, a son William Long, a sister, Lydia Christensen, a brother Wilfred N. Bennett and her parents.
Services were held Monday.
Printed in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle ~ July, 1981
Family Members
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Esther Elela Bennett Bareither
1903–1992
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Vernie Evaline Bennett Callantine
1905–2010
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Oswald Henry Bennett
1906–2007
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Argyle David Bennett
1910–1988
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Martha Phidella Bennett McGuire
1912–2012
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Lydia Rosaline Bennett Christensen
1914–1979
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Lillie Ann Bennett Thompson
1917–2001
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Susie Bennett Dorsey
1922–2016
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Theodore William Bennett
1924–1993
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Betty Josaline Bennett Conner
1924–2019
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