- Date Of Birth: March 20, 1939
- Date Of Death: December 21, 2013
- State: Michigan
Richard Lee Stephenson, 74, of Cassopolis, died peacefully Saturday, December 21, 2013 in the presence of his family in the same room of the farmhouse in which he was born.
Dick was born March 20, 1939 to Alton and Evelyn (Stowe) Stephenson. He married Patricia Lynn Forbes January 3, 1958 in Angola, Indiana. She survives. His parents preceded him in death. He was also preceded by one brother, George Stephenson.
Family and friends will greatly miss Dick. He is survived by his wife, Patricia (Forbes) Stephenson of Cassopolis; one son, Rick (Billie Jean) Stephenson of Bonita Springs, Florida; four daughters, Kathy (Randy) Melvin of Dowagiac, twins, Donna (Mitch) Bennett of Edwardsburg and Diana (Denny) Hamood of Cassopolis, Karen (Scott) Dodd of Dowagiac; eighteen grandchildren; fourteen (almost fifteen) great-grandchildren; one brother, Roger Stephenson of Cassopolis; and one sister, Karen Lehman of Marcellus.
