Born: Wednesday, January 19, 1921 in Pomona, Jackson County, Illinois
Died: Tuesday, December 13, 1988 in Pinckneyville, Perry County, Illinois
Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Carbondale, Jackson County, Illinois
Lived: 67 years 10 months 24 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)
Brother: Andrew Issac Stearns ♂ (1912/IL - 1997/MO)
Sister: Lillian Bernice Stearns Penrod ♀ (1917/IL - 2000/IL)
Sister: Claudine Florence Stearns Hagler+ ♀ (1924 - 1985)
Brother: James Allen Stearns ♂ (1929/IL - 1965/IL)
Name: Virginia June Lipe (1925/IL - 2017/IL)
Son: Donnie Monroe Stearns ♂ (1943/IL - 2021/IL)
Son: Richard Wayne Stearns ♂ (1948/IL - 2008/MO)
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