Born: Thursday, September 12, 1912 in Pomona, Jackson County, Illinois
Died: Thursday, November 6, 1997 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
Buried: Dutch Ridge M. Baptist Cemetery, Jackson County, Illinois
Lived: 85 years 1 month 25 days
Father: John Calvin Stearns (1874/IL - 1954/IL)
Mother: Mellie Rosilee Penrod (1894/IL - 1969/IL)
Brother: Howard Eugene Stearns+ (half-brother)♂ (1899/IL - 1966)
Brother: William Laten Stearns+ (half-brother)♂ (1901/IL - 1982/IL)
Sister: Lillian Bernice Stearns Penrod ♀ (1917/IL - 2000/IL)
Brother: John Norris Stearns+ ♂ (1921/IL - 1988/IL)
Sister: Claudine Florence Stearns Hagler+ ♀ (1924 - 1985)
Brother: James Allen Stearns ♂ (1929/IL - 1965/IL)
Name: Virginia Lee Etherton (1915/IL - 2000/IL)
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