Vila Gene Stevens

Vila Gene Stevens (McGilberry) was born July 20, 1941 in Ellisville Mississippi to the late Albert and Maxine McGilberry. She was the eldest of six children. When she was a teenager her family moved from Mississippi to California where she was educated and graduated from Garfield High School in Los Angeles. Vila accepted Christ and was baptized at an early age and later served in various capacities in the church including Treasurer at Conifer Community Church.
On May 18, 1969, Vila married Alfred Stevens in Los Angeles California. Shortly after their wedding they moved to Colorado where they eventually purchased her dream home in the mountain town of Conifer and lived there for over 40 years.
Vila spent over three decades working for the federal government and was a proud civil servant. During her time with the government, Vila worked for Social Security, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Internal Revenue Service where she retired from her position as Chief of Appeals for the Rocky Mountain Region.
After retirement, Vila continued public service through volunteer efforts including working in the American Red Cross phone center during hurricane Katrina and contributing to the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver; one of her most proud accomplishments.
Throughout her life, Vila loved to crochet and travel with her family, especially to places by the ocean where she could sit on the beach, read, listen to the waves, and listen to her music.
Vila was preceded in death by her husband Alfred to whom she was married for 56 years and her sister Etta Raye Moten. She is survived by her daughter Vilenda Stevens; her granddaughter Victavia Stevens; her sister Evelyn Mosley; her brothers Herman McGilberry, Alvin McGilberry, Richard McGilberry; and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.
Funeral Service will be held on Thursday, October 23, 2025 at 10:00 am. A visitation will take place one hour before the service starting at 9:00 am. Following he burial at Fairmount Cemetery the family invites everyone back for a reception at Quebec Place at Fairmount Cemetery.