Longtime Fair Havenite, U.S. Navy World War II veteran and centenarian-plus, Henry E. Stevens passed away peacefully on Feb. 3. He was 102.
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Henry was born on January 16,1920 in New Britain, Connecticut to Joseph and Bertha Stepanski.
He earned his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. He enrolled in the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD and graduated as a lieutenant junior grade.
Before shipping off on the USS Tuscaloosa to join the U.S. WWII Pacific Campaign, Henry married Virginia Madeleine Rowe on Aug. 23, 1944. Together they had six children.
Henry is predeceased by: his wife, Virginia; sons James and Geoffrey.
He is survived by: his daughters, Caroline, of Ashburn, VA, Pamela Colucci and husband Robert, of Tampa FL, and Deborah Stevens, of Washington, DC; son, Ronald and his wife Birgitte, of Los Angeles, CA; grandson, Joe Colucci and wife Deirdre; and great-grandchildren Sierra and Matthew, all of Tampa, FL.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, March 3, from 4 to 7 p.m., at Thompson Memorial Home, Red Bank, with words of remembrance at 6:30 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, March 4, at 10 a.m. at The Church of the Nativity, Fair Haven. Burial will follow at the BG William C. Doyle Veterans Cemetery, Wrightstown. In lieu of flowers, the family is asking for donations to be made to the Church of Nativity, where love and devotion to Henry in his last years was immeasurable.
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