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Carl Glenn Stevenson
Born December 28th, 1917 in North Hollywood, California
Died September 8th, 2021 in Red Rock, Arizona
Carl grew up in Southern California in the 1920’s and 30’s with his mother, Henrietta and brother Robert after losing their father, Walter to the Spanish flu epidemic in 1918. His mother never remarried and he and his brother worked to graduate from college, his brother from law school at Berkley and he from UC Davis. He is survived by his wife of nearly 50 years, Betty and four children, Thomas, Mary Jo, David and Barbara, as well as 4 grandchildren, Sam, Dawn, JC and Scott.
Carl lived a long and full life. After graduation from UC Davis in 1936 with a degree in Animal Science he worked as a professional farrier at Santa Anita racetrack and on various ranches throughout the West, wandering about the country as cowboys are prone to do. In 1941 he was drafted into the U.S. Army for WWII, serving until the war was over in Europe in 1945. He was the first NCO in the U.S. Army to command a veterinary hospital and after further training in Ft. Bliss Texas, his unit was shipped to Morocco to support their calvary in combat in North Africa. After Morocco his unit moved to Sicily where he followed General Patten’s into Germany and the end of the war.
After returning home he was discharged and did various work related to cattle ranching and feedlots. In 1947 he married his first wife, Patricia, the mother of his children, who unfortunately passed away in 1971. In 1951 the family moved to Continental, Az. from California where he went to work for Farmers Investment Company (FICO) putting them into the cattle business which expanded from one feedlot in Continental to a second in Sahuarita a few years later, as well as a large ranch in Agila, Az. He left FICO in 1965 and moved to Red Rock, Az. where he bought a small, rundown feed lot, rebuilt it and increased the capacity. He made his home there until his passing. Later two farms were added to the operation to help produce feed for the cattle. In later years the operation was run by his son, David. Carl was a pioneer in the cattle feeding business and introduced new practices that were adapted by the industry and was later entered into the National Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame. Having lived a long and productive life, he died at home in Red Rock surrounded by his family.