Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Stegner, Eugene Arthur 1953
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Independent Enterprise
Payette Independent
Payette, Idaho
January 29, 1953

EUGENE ARTHUR STEGNER, PIONEER FRUITLAND RESIDENT PASSES

Eugene A. Stegner, pioneer Fruitland resident, passed away at his home, 
Thursday morning at the age of 84 after a brief illness.

Mr. Stegner had been affected by a heart condition for some time and had not 
been able to do heavy work, but was able to be up and around, his wife 
reported.  He was truly Fruitland’s first citizen, he opened the E. A. General 
Merchandise Store there in 1906.  

The Stegner Store was located on the corner of 4th street and what is now 
highway 30.  In the foreground between the railroad tracks and the road, was a 
beet dump, and the Arata Warehouse is standing on that spot today.  

Mr. Stegner built the first home in Fruitland, the one the couple lived in when 
he passed away.  He was also the first postmaster in Fruitland, and was 
appointed in 1911.  They closed the store in 1929, and he engaged in day work 
around Fruitland, and opened a shoe cobbler store which he ran for many years. 

Mr. Stegner was born January 21, 1869 in Sunman, Indiana, and was married to 
Jean C. Newell, December 29, 1898 at Custer, Minnesota, and came to Fruitland 
in 1902 from Minnesota. He was a member of the Methodist Church in Minnesota.  

Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Jean Stenger; two sons, Carl Stegner of Delano, 
California, and LeRoy Stegner of Fossil, Oregon; one daughter, Opal McBride of 
the Oregon Slope, eight grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. 


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