Lenore Stevens

She was born February 19, 1926 on the family farm in Trenton, ND to the late Annie Handley and Frank Arthur Weeks. The rural farmhouse where she and her 11 siblings lived lacked utilities so she moved to town to finish her last two years of High School, working for her room & board. After graduation, she went to work at a local cafe, where she met the man she would later marry, Robert C. (Bob) Stevens, and they married on September 16, 1946. Just over a year later they welcomed Shirley, their first of four children and Lenore focused her life on raising their children.

Lenore was also a fantastic cook, professional level seamstress (frequently making the children’s clothing) and homemaker. She had impressive artistic talent, filling the home with her oil paintings and pottery. She also really enjoyed growing flowers and frequently her bouquets could be seen in the Grants Pass Seventh-Day Adventist church. After traveling to all 50 states, Europe, Asia and Australia, Bob and Lenore retired to Grants Pass in 1983, where they lived for almost 40 years. While in Grants Pass, Lenore volunteered for the Red Cross and was very active in the Seventh-Day Adventist Church.

She is survived by one of her brothers, Gerald Weeks of Ft. Worth, TX; her three youngest children, Peggy of Portland, OR, David and wife Laura of Ft. Collins, CO and Douglas and wife Debbie of Dunlap, TN as well as grandson, Brian and wife Emily; great grandchildren, Tyler and Vivian; granddaughter, Jessica and great grandchildren, Lila, Aubrey and Elara; granddaughter, Katie and wife Sam; grandson, Jackson and wife Kelly, granddaughter, Katie and husband Blake; great granddaughter Pepper, step-grandson Anthony and wife Tania; step -great grandsons, Trevor and Tripp; step grandson, Jacob and wife Janet; great step granddaughter Mia.

There will be no visitation at the funeral home.

A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 11 AM Friday, March 15, 2024 in the funeral home chapel. Interment will follow at 12:30 PM in the Chattanooga National Cemetery, where she will be laid to rest with her husband, Robert C. (Bob) Stevens.

Please visit www.chattanoogavalleyviewchapel.com to share your memories of Lenore.

Arrangements are by the Valley View Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory and Florist, 7414 Old Lee Highway, Chattanooga, TN 37421.