Agnes Stevens Obituary
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Agnes Stevens (Fort Frances, Ontario), who passed away on February 25, 2018, at the age of 93, leaving to mourn family and friends. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
She and many other married ladies came over to Canada and were affectionately known as war-brides". She and her husband took up residence in Fort Frances. Their two children Andrew (Andy) and Anne were born there. In 1950, the family moved to Atikokan, where Tom was employed as a butcher in the newly developing iron mine town a town that could only be accessed by rail. Quite a change for a city girl from Scotland. Agnes was an active member of the Atikokan Royal Canadian Ladies Auxiliary, a founding member of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church and a hospital volunteer. She worked at Sears and Eaton's where she made many friends. Agnes loved to travel and she and Tom would often stay at various camp grounds. They would stop at every point of interest. Agnes was blessed with a near photographic memory and in later years could account in great details all the trips and recite what each of us ate. As well, at the mention of any subject she had a childhood song or saying that she would quickly render. Agnes will be missed by her son Andy (Sharon) and her daughter Anne (Selly Pajamaki), as well as her grandchildren Ryan (Jocelynn), Glenn (Heather), and Kristen Stevens, and her nieces and nephews. She was fond of her (7) great-grandchildren and loved to have a four-generation photo taken. She was predeceased by her husband Tom in 1988, her parents Andrew and Magdalene and her sister Helen. Agnes will now be resting beside her beloved husband. A Celebration of Life is planned to be held on April 28, 2018 at the Atikokan Legion Hall at 1:00. We would like to thank her neighbours for all of their care and support over the years, and the Atikokan Home Support for their care they became part of her extended family. In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate memorial donations directed to the AGH Foundation (Box 2490, Atikokan, ON, P0T 1C0; http://www.aghospitalfoundation.org.
