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Emily Stevenson

Emily Stevenson

Emily Stevenson

Emily Stevenson

Emily Stevenson

Profile Information

  • Maiden Name:
  • Nickname:
  • Hometown: Champaign, IL (US)
  • Throwing Hand: Right
  • Batting Hand: Right
  • Born: July 26, 1925
  • Died: December 30, 2012

Emily StevensonHistory

Team Position Uniform #
1944 Milwaukee Chicks Catcher 14

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 MESA, Ariz. – Emily E. Stevenson, 87, passed away on Sunday (Dec. 30, 2012) in Arizona, where she had resided since 1981.

Born on July 26, 1925, in Champaign, she remained there until her retirement in 1981. She then moved to Mesa, Ariz.

Her career included playing professional women's baseball as catcher for the "Milwaukee Chicks" in Wisconsin in the early 1940s, then working for the C.S. Lewis Department Store in Champaign, and she had a 30-year career as a civilian employee at Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul.

She enjoyed bowling and achieved membership in the Illinois Women's Bowling Association and the exclusive 600 Club.

She was preceded in death by her parents, George T. and Edith Stevenson, and five brothers.

She is survived by her sister, and several nieces and nephews.

The Hansen Chapel of Prayer Mortuary, Mesa, Ariz., was in charge of arrangements.
Burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery, Urbana, IL.

Author: Champaign-Urbana News Gazette

Contributed By: Merrie Fidler

Copyright: Champaign-Urbana News Gazette


LeagueBatting Record

Year Ga AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG
1944 32 74 12 12 0 0 0 5 3 12 8 .162

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