Robert M. "Bob Stevens

Hastings Funeral Home in Jefferson is in charge of arrangements for Robert "Bob" Stevens. Graveside services will be held 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 1, 2021 at the Junction Township Cemetery in Grand Junction, Iowa. Robert M. Stevens (Bob), age 105 of Fairfax, Virginia, passed away on November 18, 2021, at the Dulles Health & Rehab Center where he was recovering after a severe heart attack, suffered on October 21, 2021. The son of Wendell and Mary Edna (Flac) Stevens Robert was born on October 4, 1916 in Grand Meadow, Minnesota. When he was still very young the family moved to Jefferson, Iowa. Later the family moved to Perry, Iowa where he attended elementary school and worked several jobs to help support the family during the Great Depression. On July 29, 1941 he married Mildred (Anderson). On October 14, 1942 he was inducted into the Airforce division of the Army. After training Robert served as a sheet metal worker in New Guinea and the Philippines (Luzon) and was presented with the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, Philippine Liberation Ribbon with one Bronze Star, Good Conduct Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and a Sharpshooter Medal Button. After he was discharged, he and Mildred lived in Burbank California where their son, Bruce, was born November 1946. It was there that Robert began his craft and career laying hardwood floors. In 1949 they moved to Des Moines, Iowa where their son, Michael, was born November 1957. In 1969 they moved to Reston, Virginia where he continued laying hard wood floors until his retirement. After the death of his wife Robert lived with his son and daughter-in-law, Bruce and Jan, in Fairfax, Virginia. He loved his grandchildren and enjoyed traveling and spending extended visits with family members in Georgia, Iowa, and Texas. Robert was a lifetime member of the VFW and was active at Post 738 while in Des Moines, Ia. He loved to fish in rivers, lakes, or ponds whenever he had an opportunity. He was also known to drop in to share a cup of coffee, a piece of pie or other goody, and conversation with family or friends. Preceding him in death were his parents, wife in 1986, eight siblings, Clarence, Aleene, Duane, Garnetta (died in infancy), Wendell Dean (Bud), Josephine, Edward, Donald, and a grandson, David Stevens. Those left to honor his memory include his two sons, Bruce (Janice) Stevens of Fairfax, Virginia and Michael (Lisa) Stevens of Dacula, Georgia; six grandchildren, Greg Stevens, Chantilly, Virginia, Brandon, Mathew, Sarah, Daniel, and Aaron Stevens of Dacula, Georgia, and three great grandchildren, Tyler, Alyssa, and Andrew Stevens. Cemetery Details Junction Township Grand Junction, IA Previous Events Graveside Service DEC 1. 11:00 AM (CT) Junction Township Grand Junction, IA