B.M. Stevenson

Dr. B. M. “Doc” Stevenson, 87, of Kearney died Sunday, March 2, 2014 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Funeral Services will be Thursday, March 6, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at First Lutheran Church in Kearney. Rev. Eric Lesher and Rev. Rebecca McDermott will officiate and burial will be at the Kearney Cemetery. Visitation is planned one hour prior to services at the church on Thursday. Military rites at the grave will be provided by the Kearney American Legion Post #52, Kearney V.F.W. Post #759 and the United States Navy Military Honors Team. In lieu of flowers memorials are suggested to the Shriner’s Hospitals for Children, the Kearney Area Animal Shelter or the Kearney Community Theater. Visit www.hlmkfuneral.com to leave a message of condolence. Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral and Cremation Services in Kearney are in charge of arrangements. He was born April 4, 1926 in Iowa City, IA to Basil and Nelle (Bowden) Stevenson. He graduated from High School in Fulda, MN in 1944. He was a veteran of WWII, serving in the United States Navy from 1944-1946. He attended Worthington Jr. College then the University of Minnesota. He then graduated from the University of Iowa Medical School. He served his internship at Hurley Hospital in Flint, Michigan and then his surgery residency at Hurley Hospital and then the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. On September 4, 1951 He married Beverly Knutson in Hadley, MN. The couple lived in Iowa City, IA then Flint, Michigan. They moved to Kearney in 1960 and Dr. Stevenson was associated with Kearney Clinic until retiring in 1991. He was a member of the First Lutheran Church in Kearney, Rob Morris Masonic Lodge in Kearney, Tehama Temple Shrine Club in Hastings, Kearney Elks Lodge #984, Kearney American Legion Post #52, American Medical Association, State Medical Association, Buffalo County Medical Association and was a Fellow in American College of Surgeons. Dr. Stevenson served on the Kearney Airport Advisory Board, St. Luke’s Home Advisory Board, Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation Board and the University of Nebraska Foundation Board and the Kearney Area Community Foundation Board. He enjoyed hunting and fishing, was a pilot and was an avid tennis player. He and his wife Beverly were honored with the Philanthropist Award by the Kearney Area Community Foundation. Dr. Stevenson and his wife; Beverly were honored for their support of the YMCA capital campaign, the Museum of Nebraska Art, the Merryman Performing Arts Center as well as the city’s parks. Scholarships have been established in their names to benefit students and athletes at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. He is survived by his daughter Mary Stevenson and Arnold Ring of Kearney, son; Bill and wife Dawn Stevenson of Augusta, Maine and grandson; James Stevenson of Augusta, Maine. He was preceded in death by his wife in 2010 and one sister.

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B.M. Stevenson

April 4, 1926 - March 2, 2014