Stan was predeceased by his parents, Art & Nellie; In Loving Memory of brothers James & Lyle; in-laws, Roy & Nora, Harold, Don & Hervelene McShonnock and children Linda

Faye and Larry Drew. Stan is survived by his sons: Dale; Duane (Leigh-Ann); and Dean; daughter Dawn

(Lawrence) Wegner; grandchildren: Drew, Jimmy, Martin (daughters Mahaila & MacKenzie), Andrea & Theresa, Keeton & Kendall, Zachary & Spencer, Nicole, Cole and Karly (Karsten) and their children Alexa & Aiden (great grandchildren were the light of his life). Also sisters, Phyllis (Stan) Crowley and Alice Stephenson, as well as many nieces and nephews. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Memorials In memory of Stan may be made to the Yorkton Masonic Lodge Building Fund or to Palliative Care at the Yorkton Regional Health Centre as gifts of remembrance. Stan Stephenson

Arrangements by Bailey’s Funeral Home August 18, 1926 - June 30, 2013

Stan was raised on the farm at Mistatim, SK. Stan went to work for the Tisdale CO-OP In Celebration of the Life of Creamery in 1942 to help support his family. Stan married Lena May McShannock on August Stanley Stephenson 2, 1946, where they continued to live in Tisdale before moving to Nipawin, , Yorkton Funeral Service & North , then returning to Yorkton, the community they have called home since Thursday, July 4, 2013 at 7:00pm 1976. Community was a huge part of Stan’s life: joining the Kinsmen Club in Nipawin in 1951, becoming president in 1954. He served two terms on the Kamsack Town Council and was a Yorkton Memorial Gardens Family Centre member of the committee to build the Eaglestone Lodge. He belonged to the BPOE – Elks, Yorkton, joined the King Solomon Masonic Lodge #58, becoming a member of the Parkland Shrine Officiating Club in Yorkton and , being president in 1968 & 1976. He became a director Faye L. Greer of the Yorkton Exhibition, where he worked tirelessly at most events and was a Parade United Church of Canada Marshall for many years. Stan became president of the Chamber of Commerce in Yorkton in Tribute to Grandpa 1983, and was recently honoured with a life-time membership. Stan also was a member of the United Commercial Travelers, a director of the Saskatchewan Diary Foundation, a Nicole & Karly member of the Kiwanas, a director of the Yorkton Economic Development, and the York lake Urnbearers Golf Club. In 2000, Stan received the Yorkton Meritorius Award for Service. Cale, Zachary & Spencer Stan enjoyed family and friends, spending many wonderful occasions Interment entertaining all. One of his favorite sayings was: we’re so lucky that we have such a good Moose Range Cemetery family. There were many good summers spent with family at Madge Lake. Carrot River, Saskatchewan Stan was predeceased by his parents, Art & Nellie; wife Lena; brothers James & Following the Funeral Service, everyone is invited to Gunners Lyle; in-laws, Roy & Nora, Harold, Don & Hervelene McShonnock and children Linda Faye and Lounge in the lower level of the Royal Canadian Legion 380 Larry Drew. Broadway St. W. for a time of fellowship. Stan is survived by his sons: Dale; Duane (Leigh-Ann); and Dean; daughter Dawn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Lawrence) Wegner; grandchildren: Drew, Jimmy, Martin (daughters Mahaila & MacKenzie), Memorials In memory of Stan may be made to the Andrea & Theresa, Keaton & Kendall, Zachary & Spencer, Nicole, Cale and Karly (Karsten) and Yorkton Masonic Lodge Building Fund or to Palliative Care at the their children Alexa & Aiden (great grandchildren were the light of his life). Also sisters, Yorkton Regional Health Centre as gifts of remembrance. Phyllis (Stan) Crowley and Alice Stephenson, as well as many nieces and nephews. ~~~~~~~~~~Stanley Orville Stephenson passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 30, 2013. Stan was born on August 18, 1926 in Davidson, Saskatchewan; the third son of Arthur and Nellie (nee Stanley) Stephenson.