Brother James Stevens, f .m.s.
April 25, 1940 - August 18, 2010
Brother James Stevens, fms, was born April 25, 1940 in New
York, NY to John Stevens and Grace Williams Stevens. He died
on August 18, 2010 at Saint Patrick's Home in Bronx NY after
suffering multiple strokes .
1956-58
Marist Juniorate, Esopus NY
1958-1960
Marist Novitiate, Tyngsboro MA
1959
Received the Marist Habit 15 August 1959
1960
Professed first vows 15 August 1960
1960-1963
Marist College, Poughkeepsie NY
(BA mathematics)






1963-1971
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Teacher at Cardinal Hayes HS, Bronx NY
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1965
II
Professed Perpetual Vows, Poughkeepsie NY
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1971-1972
II
Teacher at Mount St Michael, Bronx NY
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1972
1
st John's University, Queens NY
MS in Mathematics Ed
1972-1974
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;~acher Christopher Columbus HS, Miami,
1974-1979
II
Teacher Msgr Edward Pace HS, Miami FL
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1979-1987
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Teacher Our Lady of Lourdes HS,
Poughkeepsie NY
1987-1988
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second Novitiate, Fribourg, Switzerland
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1988
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Hawkstone Hall, England
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1988-1994
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~~acher, Mount St Michael Academy, Bronx
1
summer
1994
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Marist High School, Kobe, Japan
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1
1994-2010
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Teacher Our Lady of Lourdes HS,
Poughkeepsie NY
1
2010
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burial Marist Brothers Cemetery, Esopus NY
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Obituary appearing in the Poughkeepsie Journal, August 20 and
21, 2010
Brother James Stevens
POUGHKEEPSIE. Brother James Stevens was born in New York,
NY and entered the Marist Brothers hers Novitiate, Tyngsboro,
MA IN 1958.Brother James received the Marist Habit in 1959.
Brother James taught mathematics at Cardinal Hayes High
School and Mount Saint Michael Academy, Bronx NY
(Archdiocese of New York), Christopher Columbus High School


and Monsignor Edward Pace High School, Miami FL (Archdiocese
of Miami).
He was presently teaching at Our Lady of Lourdes High School,
Poughkeepsie, NY. Brother James graduated from Marist College
and received an MS in Mathematics from Saint John's
University, Queens, NY.
Brother James is the son of the late John Stevens and Grace
Williams.
Visitation will be held Friday, August 202, 2010 from 2 to 4 and
7 to 9 at the Timothy 0. Doyle Funeral 370 Hooker Ave,
Poughkeepsie New York 12603.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 9:45 am Saturday August
21, 2010 at St. Mary's Church, 231 Church Street,
Poughkeepsie, NY.
Burial will follow at the Marist Brothers' Cemetery in Esopus,
New York
Vince Poisella writes (6 Sept 2010):
I am happy to see that you marked the passing of Jim Stevens.
I heard about his death around the time when I was finalizing
the August issue of MA but did not make any mention of it
because I knew nothing more. Although Jim was in the group
after me at Tyngsboro and Poughkeepsie, he was on the quiet
side and was difficult to get to know. My connection with him,
though, was a rare one: my Mom who died at age 94 in
February 1905, knew Grace Williams, Jim's Mom. I believe they
worked with each other in their single days, back in the 1920s
and 1930s and kept in touch over the years. A strange twist is
that Jim died at St. Pat's in the Bronx. That's where Mom spent
her last month or two. I would visit John Colbert whenever I




came up to see Mom. Connections are a part of our story.
Connections make memories more meaningful.
posted 21 August 2010; addition made 6 sept 2010; minor revisions 2 December 2011