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1938
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2025
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Cecil Stephens Obituary
Cecil H. Stephens passed away May 21, 2025 after living through Alzheimer's. His age was 86 years. He was born in Greenfield, California to Emery and Gladys Stephens. He attended Shasta Junior College and then Humboldt State University. He loved football and was considered one of the best running backs ever to attend those colleges. He was inducted to the Hall of Fame individually at each college and later both college teams were inducted. He received his fifth Hall of Fame for the Northern California Sports Association.
He married his first wife, Zoe and had two children, Traci and Randy.
He became a carpenter by trade and he built an A-Frame home in Placerville, California with his second wife Serene, who had two children, Debbie and Todd. Many good times were had at that home. The annual Pig Party was the event of the year, celebrated by many family and friends.
He retired and relocated to Bonners Ferry, Idaho in 1992. Serene worked at Road and Bridge and through that job developed a great relationship with many community members. She passed in 2015. Cec was fortunate enough to be embraced by the community, and considered family by many. Pam Baker became his companion in 2016 and took him on many road trips which he so enjoyed.
He enjoyed fishing, hunting, camping, building things and traveling. He enjoyed life.
He has one surviving brother, Gordon Stephens (Isabelle) and four children, Traci LaFevers (Rick) and grandchildren, Carly, Annie, John and Jake, Debbie Freeman (Mike), Randy Stephens and grandchild Randall and Todd Freeman (Stephanie) and grandchildren Mikell, Cade, Jake and Zack, great grandchildren, Cash, Nixon, Luke and Scarlett.
Services will be held at the Porthill Cemetary on August 2, 2025
He will be missed so much by many. We love you Cec!
A special thanks to the Eden Hospice Team and Sunset Home for the amazing care they provided Cec. To leave a message or memory for the family go to www.bonnersferryfuneralhome.com. Bonners Ferry Funeral Home is caring for the family.
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Ray Crawford
August 6, 2025
I was the QB teammate of Cecil´s at Shasta College. In football practice, he would run at the line and do a forward flip over the defense. Never knew anyone else who could do that. He was special!
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