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Koss Market on Hastings
Street.
Nearing bar mitz-
vah year, Steve sharpened
his dancing abilities at Joe
Cornell’
s, where he was Mrs.
Cornell’
s favorite partner for
box-step and jitterbug.
He was a proud Mumford
Mustang (Class of ’
64) and
a member of the Esquires,
a club that met at the JCC
on Meyers. He liked playing
in pick-up games of basket-
ball and late-night hockey
with friends and took up
photography, assembling a
darkroom in the basement
cellar.
He graduated from
Michigan State University,
where he was a member of
Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity,
and he became a lifelong
Spartan fan.
Steve made a career in the
carpet and flooring busi-
ness, working at Beckwith-
Evans, Reimer Floors and as
co-owner of Creative Floor.
Where others may admire
design or furnishings, he
never went anywhere with-
out appraising the quality of
an installation job, the fin-
ish and match of the seam,
the spring in the pad, the
loop or the dreaded ripple.
In 1984, Steve married his
true love, Mary, and togeth-
er they raised a family. A
happy foursome with their
children, Cathy and Josh,
they laughed and played.
They shared a beautiful-
ly satisfying life with their
extended families, adding
in their children’
s partners,
grandchildren, great-grand-
children, neighbors and
friends.
Upon retirement, Steve
could be most readily be
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