Arloene M. Stevens

Arloene Mae (Roed) Stevens was born October 25th , 1933 to Nels Jorgen and Olga (Rud) Roed at their home in rural Fertile MN. She was the youngest of six children. Arloene attended rural country school from 1st through 8th grade and then Fertile High School graduating in 1951. After high school she attended the Teachers Normal School in Thief River Falls, MN. Following graduation, she took a position teaching at a 2-room schoolhouse in Whitman, N.D. In 1956 she moved back home to care for her dying mother. Following her mother's death, she moved to Detroit, MI and lived with her sister Margaret and trained to be a bookkeeper. In 1957 she moved to Minneapolis and worked many years as a bookkeeper for various companies until she retired in 1997. Arloene was very independent and adventurous. During her single years, she and a group of girlfriends took many road trips across the country. While planning a trip to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks her boss at the time told her she needed to check out the Cowboy Bar in Jackson, Wyoming. Arloene was not the type to frequent bars but did so to oblige her boss. It was a moment of fate! At the Cowboy Bar she met James Stevens, the cowboy who became the love of her life. After a brief, long distance courtship, they were married on June 30th, 1962 at University Lutheran Church of Hope. Jim and Arloene made their life in Minneapolis where they raised their four children. Jim shared Arloene's love of travel and they traveled extensively throughout the US and Canada with a camping trailer and four children in tow. After she retired she and Jim took a 6 week trip to Alaska. Arloene had the opportunity to visit relatives in Norway twice. After Jim passed away in 2005 from complications of ALS she continued to be very active with her children, grandchildren, extended family and friends, including her church family. Arloene's faith and church life was always very important to her. She was baptized and confirmed at Maple Lake Lutheran Church in rural Fertile. A church that was founded in part by her grandparents. Shortly after moving to Minneapolis Arloene joined University Lutheran Church of Hope and has been a member ever since. She was very active in several groups throughout her time as a member of Hope. This includes the WELCA, quilting and seniors' groups, volunteering to help in the office and serving on various committees. She also met many lifelong friends at Hope including Nick and Darlene Nelson and Roger and Marilyn Asp, a friendship that was more like family. Arloene had many hobbies including sewing, photography, scrapbooking and baking. She loved to sew and her grandkids looked forward to getting new pajamas she had sewn for them for Christmas every year. She loved taking movies using her 8 millimeter movie camera and showing the movies to family. She made many scrapbooks of her travels, and she gave each of her children a set of scrapbooks of their childhood for Christmas one year. She shared her love of baking with her children and grandchildren. Her white rolled out cookies, buns and cinnamon rolls are her specialities that will be missed the most by them. Arloene came from a large extended family that was extremely important to her. She enjoyed spending time with her siblings and adored all her nieces and nephews. She loved being a mom and grandma and was very proud of her children and grandchildren. She was a wonderfully supportive mother who enjoyed being involved in her children's lives. Arloene's grandkids were blessed with a very special grandma. Her adventurous spirit and love of having fun with family made all her grandkids love spending time with her. They are blessed to have had her in their lives for so long. She is preceded in death by her husband James; parents Nels and Olga; siblings Helen Roed, Margaret (Charles) Scales, Orvis (Lily Ann) Roed, Carlton (Hazel) Roed and Lorraine Berhow; grandsons Steven and Michael Warme; mother-in-law Marjorie Stevens; father-in-law Paul Stevens; sisters-in-law Diana Tresch, Karen Robinson and her husband Jack; brother-in-law Bobby Stevens, two nieces, three nephews. She is survived by her children, Kari (Donald) Morvig, Paul (Rebecca Hill) Stevens, Lori (Jerry) Warme and Maren (Greg) Hawkins; grandchildren Stephanie Warme, Stacey Oftedahl (Aaron), Travis Morvig, Karleen Stevens, Mollina Stevens (Tate), Kiah Morvig (Chris), Melissa (Seth) Bartodziej, Jorgen Stevens (Emily), Julene (Andrew) Hannesh, Jaclyn Hawkins (Ethan) and Matthew Warme; great grandsons, Levi & Austin Oftedahl; sisters-in-law, Sandy Buck, Nancy (Kent) Miner, brother-in-law Earl Tresch and many nieces and nephews. Arloene touched many lives and will be missed dearly by those who knew and loved her.

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Arloene M. Stevens

October 25, 1933 - January 11, 2024

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Arloene M. Stevens

October 25, 1933 - January 11, 2024

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