Wednesday, March 24, 2021
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My memories of Steven go back to our childhood as well as August of this year when I was lucky enough to spend with him and his loving wife Marie. I think when I think of him I think of a leader. He had a magnetic personality that he used for good. As a child and adolescent he had a good family and he wanted for nothing but he developed an excellent moral compass and this included the sense of the importance of the dignity of work. He was generous with the commodities that money cannot buy namely he gave you his time and caring and this was a treat that he spread to the children he loved and we all did benefit. Steve and his wife were generous hosts through decades. They were married almost 40 years. I was very lucky to be best man . He had tremendous speed, physical strength, musical ability and he was artistic. He was a terrific husband and father but also a godfather, a son, a brother, my first cousin and friend, a grandfather,uncle, and nephew. He could talk about politics but he did not play politics. He had many roles during his life but one of the ones he was most proud about was his years in the construction trade which included activity in New York before and after 9/11. He called me for my birthday only earlier this month. He was the type of person that really cared about people and he showed it in his thoughts and his deeds. Until then, I have the memories, the life lessons he shared, the laughs, and yes of course pictures of us and family. May his memory be eternal.
