Elisabeth Stevens

It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Elisabeth Stevens on October 24th, 2023 after surviving through a century of struggles and triumphs. A celebration of her life will be held at a future date. Born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia on November 14th, 1920, Elisabeth lost both of her parents, Paul and Apolonia Metzl by the time she was two and a half years old. She was raised by her grandmother and aunt, both of whom were widowed and thus working to also support Elisabeth's two cousins and older brother. Elisabeth began working at age 14 to help support her family and then a few years later, endured the occupation of her country by the Third Reich and the chaos of the Second World War. At the war's end, following a harrowing escape from the Russians coming into Czechoslovakia, she found safety in the area controlled by the Western Allies. Elisabeth began a new life in West Germany working at a US Air-Base and it was there that she met her husband Stanley Stevens, a Technical Representative working for a US Military Contractor. They had one child, Fritz, and moved to the United States less than a year following his birth.