Obituaries

Condolences

• 10/01/2021

  Lynn

  For almost as long as I can remember, Steve was my younger brother. How can a person be so here and then be so gone? Anyway, I wanted to include something here that he wrote in one of his journals, in (I think) February 2011: "The bigger and more cursive my writing, the more my writing becomes a dance from the view of an outsider, the more I become one with the pen, paper and words, the better meditation the meditation is. Meditate brother! Make love to your pen and paper, write a love song for Shirley. The smell of carrot cake frying up in the morning, the kitchen heat and warmth of another person in my life. The healthy taste of vegetable soup, vitamin rich and with maybe ginseng and ginger and some dried scallions or onions. The smell of my wife and I on the bed with our two dogs and cat, all heading into the night. It's the year of the rabbit and moon is gone. They shouldn't call it a new moon I tell my wife. They should call it a 'no' moon. She listens to my worn-out joke, the one only she has heard."

• 10/01/2021

  Christine

  Uncle Steve will be incredibly missed. My favorite memory of him is when he took me to San Francisco as a teenager... we visited downtown San Francisco and took some pictures with some punk rockers, it was a blast... One of my favorite memories. Love you always Uncle Steve, Christine

• 10/01/2021

  Carol Perryman

  As I knew him, 'Steb' was exactly as he is described here - a citizen of the world, a wonderful, ever-seeking and caring guy. I have no brothers, but told him that in my own mind, he was the brother I never had, the one I'd want to have. Much loved, much missed - and much remembered. Love to all the family and to those who will continue to feel his presence for many years to come. Carol

• 10/01/2021

  Elizabeth Baxter

  My deepest condolences to Steve's family. I am so sorry for your loss. Steve was a unique, brilliant, kind and very funny man, and I had so much respect and admiration for him. We knew each other through an on-line quit smoking community (since 2001). Although I never got to meet Steve in person, I feel as though I've lost a good friend. The world is diminished by his leaving. peace, cowboy steb, my friend. ~ onion (from Nova Scotia, Canada)

• 10/01/2021

  Catherine Smith

  Steve was one of my online quit-smoking buddies for around 11 years. He was such a kind, supportive, funny, earnest, special person. The world is a lesser place without his humor, intelligence and kindness. Please accept my deepest sympathy on the loss of Steve. I'll be thinking of all of you and sending healing thoughts to you in the days ahead.

• 10/01/2021

  Carolyn Sue

  I am Stephen's younger sister. We used to play with each other as children. I remember when we lived in Atlanta, GA and I would talk him into playing house with me. I had a cardboard kitchen in the family room. He was so sweet and would play along for a while. Then he would decide he had to go to work. So he would pack up one of our father's briefcases with paper and go to "work". However, he never came back "home"! He was a great brother and we remained close his entire life long. I have so many good memories of him. I am writing about him now in my journal. Love you forever Stephen. Your sister, Carolyn.

• 10/01/2021

  Claudia

  Steve was a gentle and cool guy. He truly cared about the "little guy". He will be missed, though I never met him except on the internet on "oz" I really liked him and trusted him.

• 10/01/2021

  Debbie Simpson

  My most sincere condolences to Shirley and Laurina. We were blessed to have Steve in our lives. He always spoke highly of his family and it's awful that he had to leave us so soon. I loved his humor and sense of simplicity. He was an honorable and gentle person. Thank you for sharing Steb with all of his online friends. He was one of my first online friends back at the Quitnet in 1999 and I'll never forget him.

• 10/01/2021

  Micool J. Donkey

  Steb was flat-out, hands-down the best. Poker, economics, music, humor, life...I am blessed and ever so grateful he shared those experiences and that knowledge and so much more with me and everybody he crossed paths with. I will always carry a part of SteveWonder with me. He loved his family most of all--we know because he never let us forget. He made the world a better place, and I love him.

• 10/01/2021

  Jackie Davis Rodrigues

  Steve was a kind loving man. He was so intelligent that it was scary. He loved to read and listen to music. We traveled to a lot of places and I was there to comfort him in time of need and vice versa. I am so heart broken to know that Steve has left this world so young. I just hope and pray that he is happy in his new home. It seems to me that he was very happy with his life before his untimely passing. We were married for 7 years and I will always treasure our time together. Love Jackie

• 10/01/2021

  Reed

  I have so many memories of my brother Steve. Some of the most vivid are of hikes we took together. The three pictures of Steve in a red shirt in the Photo Gallery are of the one hike we took at Henry W. Coe State Park. I remember that it was Steve who suggested we hike at the park and the pictures were taken with his camera. We hiked to a place called "Poverty Flat". It was around there that Steve told me what he was doing to help someone. I remember being very impressed. Steve had a big heart as well as being very intelligent. We hiked on to Frog Lake and it was getting dark when we got back to the parking lot. Steve will be sorely missed but he will be very well remembered.

• 10/01/2021

  Linda Gunn

  Steve and I were compadres on a website for over 12 yrs. We never met face to face, but we were friends...real friends. He made me laugh and he made me think. This is a man who should have lived forever and in many hearts, he will. fczr

• 10/01/2021

  Tieniu Li

  Steve was the first colleague I met at my first job in this country. He never hesitated to show me the How-To's I needed to know. At lunch with him felt like dining with my family. We haven't see each other in the past few years but he is always in my mind, and will for ever.

• 10/01/2021

  Ali Safari

  I worked with Steve back in Diamond Multimedia. I remember him as being cool, soft spoken and always in good spirits. He was intelligent, kind and easygoing. I ran into him after Diamond Multimedia and went hiking with him several times in different parts of bay area. My deepest condolences to his family. Rest in peace my friend.

• 10/01/2021

  Marty Crump

  Steve was a very kind and funny man. He will be missed. You have my deepest sympathies.

• 10/01/2021

  Sharon

  Steb--Steve--was kind, gentle and so bitingly funny (especially about political matters) that he at times made me laugh so hard I had tears rolling down my face. He had this enormous intellect packaged in the curiosity of a child. I truly have never known anyone like him. He was a treasure. My heart goes out to Shirley and Lorena and all of his family.

• 10/01/2021

  jacque

  Agent steb was a nick name. Cowboy steb was too. We just couldn't spell his name right. LOL I loved his vivacious sense of humor. I will miss his philosophy lessons via world finance and poker. Peace to you Steb. Peace to your family. On to the next.