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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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