Alma Ruth Stephens and Oral Otho Kerns

ORAL OTHO KERNS was born May 2, 1906 in Mendota, Putnam, Missouri,⁴⁵⁶ and died December 23, 1966.⁴⁵⁶ He is buried in Sunset Memorial Park, Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico.⁴⁵⁶

He married ALMA RUTH STEPHENS, daughter of MYRTLE LOWER and JOHN HENRY STEPHENS. She was born April 21, 1900 in Hannibal, Missouri, and died January 4, 1989.¹⁰¹⁸⁰ She is buried in Sunset Memorial Park, Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico.⁴⁵⁶

• Descendant Reports
  • Timothy Hall Descendant Report (Ancestor of Alma R. Stephens)

Children of ALMA RUTH STEPHENS and ORAL OTHO KERNS:

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2. Son
3. Daughter
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5. Son
6. Son
7. Daughter
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9. Daughter

Obituaries

Albuquerque Journal, January 7, 1989¹⁰¹⁸⁰

KERNS—Alma Ruth Kerns, 88, a resident of Albuquerque for 28 years and of Los Alamos for the past year, died Wednesday. She is survived by her sons, Fred Kerns and wife, Lillian of Los Lunas, NM, Clifford Kerns and wife, Marge of Bristol, RI, Clifton Kerns and wife, Gladys of Velarde, NM; daughters, Dorothy Van Hofwegan of Los Angeles, CA, Jean Morressette and husband, Merlin of Moar Park, CA and Lois Olcott and husband, Alan of Los Alamos, NM; 22 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren. Mrs. Kerns was preceded in death by her husband, Oral D. Kerns in 1966 and by a son, Jack L. Kerns in 1967. She was a member of La Vista Church of the Nazarene in Los Alamos. Services will be held Saturday, 2;00 PM at French Mortuary - University Blvd. Chapel, 1111 University NE, with Rev. Rick Hutchinson officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Park, 924 Menaul NE. Pallbearers will be Jack Kerns, Neal and Mark Olcott, Terry Jantzen, Ronald Harrison and Willard Gettemy. Friends may visit French Mortuary Saturday from 8:00 AM until noon.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 4, 190010182	Hannibal, Marion, Missouri	Myrtle Lower John Henry Stephens Alvin Clarence Stephens Alma Ruth Stephens
April 23, 191010181	Hannibal, Marion, Missouri	Myrtle Lower John Henry Stephens Alvin Clarence Stephens Alma Ruth Stephens Clarence Edward Stephens
January 13, 192010183	Hannibal, Marion, Missouri	Myrtle Lower John Henry Stephens Alma Ruth Stephens Clarence Edward Stephens Robert Charles Stephens
April 17, 193010203	Mason, Marion, Missouri	Oral Otho Kerns Alma Ruth Stephens
April 9, 194010204	Hannibal, Marion, Missouri	Oral Otho Kerns Alma Ruth Stephens Son Son Son Son Daughter Daughter Daughter
March 29, 195010206	Los Alamos, Los Alamos, New Mexico	Oral Otho Kerns Alma Ruth Stephens Daughter Daughter