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Posted On: July 28, 2007 12:14:37 AM Name: Elena Comments:: Would just like to express my deep sadness and deepest heart felt condolences to family and friends http://www.tolive4ever.com |
Posted On: March 26, 2006 02:34:06 PM Name: Brian Laurence Comments:: I \"Googled\" the names of some high school friends and was saddened to learn of Steve\'s passing. I lived on 79th Street in KC and was a year ahead of Steve in school. Steve often invited me over to watch movies, and I especially remember the time we watched Airplane and laughed so hard we fell out of our chairs. It seems we watched that movie three times that evening and could not stop laughing. The horror movies were also a lot of fun. Steve was one of the most creative people I have ever known. My thoughts are with the DeMoss family. Brian Laurence |
Posted On: January 29, 2006 03:55:49 AM Name: Carter Comments:: Steve, Just thinkin\' about you tonight and how much I miss you. | |||
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Posted On: October 11, 2005 12:43:29 AM Name: Edwin DeMoss Comments:: When the first cool front came thru Texas, Steve and I would go aoutside and dance around like a couple of kids. It is cool again and I didn't go out and celebrate; I can't without Steve. We miss you, and think of you every day. |
Posted On: May 08, 2005 04:58:56 PM Name: dad Comments:: it's been 8 years you have been gone and I think of you every day--I miss you so. |
Posted On: July 26, 2002 05:57:35 AM Name: Carter Comments:: Steve was the most thoughtful and generous person I ever knew. He was always thinking of others and always put others before himself. He was never hard to please and always accepted whatever came his way. I cannot ever remember Steve complain about anything, not even once. Steve was shy and quiet and didn’t have much in common with many average kids. He would always be busy doing something and was never bored. He mastered everything that he took on, no matter what it was. When we were little, we used to jump up and down on our beds and play Dr Fun albums. I used to chase Steve with stuffed animals. We used to record television shows with our tape recorders and listen to the tapes as we went to sleep at night. Steve got a present for Christmas one year. Its name was hugo it was a plastic head that came with disguises that we would put on it. We used to chase each other with it. It had a movable mouth that we made it bite each other with. One year for Christmas, Steve got a ventriloquist doll names Simon. Steve used to place disguises that came with the Hugo doll on Simon. We used him many times in the haunted houses that we used to make in our rooms. Steve would put on magic shows for the family. He was very good at performing magic tricks. Mom and Dad got Steve got a really neat Tyco train set for Christmas one year. It was attached to a piece of plywood. Steve and I had bought buildings, trees, shrubs etc. for it. He really had it fixed up. Steve loved the movie Star Wars. He had all kinds of Star Wars toys and other things, and could recite the entire movie word for word. He also liked Burt Reynolds movies when he was little. A few of his favorites were ”Smokey and the Bandit” and “Hooper”. Steve used to listen to Dr Dimento and taped many of the funny songs that were played during the radio show. He had a huge collection of funny songs. One weekend when Mom and Dad went to Illinois to visit relatives, I came home one night and found an entire band playing in the basement. Steve was playing his guitar and having a great time. Steve learned to play guitar on his own and was very good at it. I remember when I used to come in his room to listen to him play. Steve would hand me the guitar and ask me to play as soon as I came in. I was terrible but he acted like I sounded good. Steve used to occasionally call into the late-night TV movie host at a Kansas city local station when they were taking calls on the air. He called in often enough that he became a regular and was remembered by the host. I can’t remember what name Steve used, but he used to say some really off-the -wall things, such as “my uncle used to cut curly of the three stooges hair”. He would go on to say how Curly is alive and well and living in California etc.. He would make the stories up as he went and would really sound convincing. The host really seemed interested because the stories that Steve made up were really off-the-wall and full of detail about subjects that most would never even think of. Throughout the years, Steve and I always had nicknames for each other. They kind of changed on their own every so often. They were really silly names. Our sense of humor was exactly alike, and very few would have probably understood it. After Mom and Dad moved to Texas, Steve didn’t want to go so he moved in with me. Steve used to cook some great meals (we both cooked). He knew how to cook! After a while Steve couldn’t find a job so I kind of pushed him to move back in with Mom and Dad and try his luck out down there. I don’t think Steve really wanted to go at first, though I know that he loved his Mom and Dad, he wanted to try to be on his own. I really felt guilty about pushing him to do that, but when I look back I realize that if Steve hadn’t of moved to Texas to live with Mom and Dad, then he would never have met all of his friends at Safeco. I’m also glad that Mom and Dad got to spend the time with Steve. I wish I would have spent more time with him. Steve drove up from Texas to help me move from my house in Independence to my townhome in Lee’s Summit. I had never seen Steve work so hard in all my life. He really broke his back for me. After we were done we ordered a few large pizzas with everything (and extra cheese of course)! When I’d come down to Texas to visit Mom, Dad and Steve, Steve and I used to stay up all night long watching movies and playing on his computer. We would get into chat rooms on the internet and begin all sorts of really strange conversations with people. We would be up laughing our heads off all night long. Once when I came down to Texas to visit, Steve and I had some new movies lined up to watch one evening. When we were ready to watch the first one, we discovered that the video player had stopped functioning. Steve went out and bought a new one immediately so we could watch our movies. For late night snacks, Steve would fix spiced up frozen pizzas for us. While Steve lived in Texas with Mom and Dad, we would talk on the phone and sometimes we would talk a long while and the whole time, a serious word was never said. We would just joke around in funny voices and then hang up. I really miss that. I once complained in front of Steve about not having much money. A few days later I received a check in the mail from Steve for $100.00. He asked me not to say anything to Mom and Dad about him sending me money. Steve was the most thoughtful person that I ever knew. Steve was always providing me with new taped movies to watch. He somehow always knew what movies I would like. He would also tape movies for Tennille as well. My favorite movies to this day are the ones that Steve gave me. Steve was really good on the computer and was designing his own computer games as well as programming using various languages that he learned on his own. From Texas he would dial into my PC at home and send me files. I still have and use many of the files that Steve sent to me. Steve used to send me funny poems and short stories at work through our e-mail system. People passing by my office would think that I was crying because I was laughing so hard. Steve was a very talented writer. While Steve was sick, during one of my visits from Kansas City to see him, I printed off and brought the e-mail stories and notes that we had sent each other. Though I know that it hurt him to laugh, we both laughed together for a long while reading them to each other. Steve was also excellent at drawing. He changed some faces on some magazine covers into funny faces and left them for me. Though he was too sick to tell me about them, he left them for me and I found them. He also taped many movies for Tennille and myself and sent them to me while he was sick. Steve didn’t ever complain even through his sickness. He didn’t want anyone to worry about him. The last time that Steve and I spoke, I was about to leave to go back to Kansas City, and Steve was sitting on the bar stool in the kitchen. I told Steve that I’d be back to see him soon. It wasn’t long after that Steve became very sick and I flew to Texas right away. I arrived there just in time to spend some time with him. Though he wasn’t conscious at the time, I knew that he was waiting for me and that he knew that I was there. That was the hardest day of my life. I will always miss Steve and I will always carry the wonderful memories of him with me. I will always miss him and love him. Carter (Steve's Brother) | |||
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Posted On: July 12, 2002 03:15:57 PM Name: connie price Comments:: Your memory of Steven has touched my heart! The love you continue to show is more than words can express! I know he is proud of the love that continues today with the way you have expressed his memory. Love Connie |
Posted On: July 12, 2002 04:23:47 AM Name: Judy Honeyman Comments:: This is a great tribute to my cousin. I wasn't able to be around him as much as I would have liked since he lived out of state. But as I remember him he was always quiet and always seemed to have a gleam in his eye as though he was always thinking. I know his family misses him more than he will ever know. Carter you have done a great job at keeping Stevens memory alive. Steve would appreciate all that you have done as a brother. Thanks for sharing some good memories with all that visit the web page you have made. |
Posted On: June 16, 2002 05:23:17 AM Name: Kathy and Kurt Simmons Comments:: Kurt and I did not get a chance to get to know Steven,we just heard about his great sense of humor,and I received a letter from him the winter before he was to pass,and he spoke very candid in this letter,stating how it was to hear from him when the big one had hit him,and how he wished he would have taken time to get to know us better,but that letter said it all to me,how kind and sweet he was,and how peaceful he was with knowing his condition,and how very protective he was of his family...brave yes,but also he I believe ,knew he was going to a better place,and knowing that he was going to be with The Lord ,Steven was a very wise youngman beyond his years...I too was saddened by the fact we did not get to know him better,but he was truly loved by all family and friends...One day we will all meet and be joyful together in The Lords' time... | |||
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Posted On: May 12, 2002 02:40:59 AM Name: Edwin M DeMoss Comments:: Steve had a mischevious streak that you could see in his eyes; he never let the cancer destroy his humor. Cancer had blinded him in one eye, which he did not divulge to anyone. I noticed that the eye obviously did not look right, and asked him if he could see all right--he said 'yes dad, see that pink chicken walking around?'. He was very brave and faced his death making it as easy as possible for his mom,dad and his best friend, his brother Carter. I think about Steve every day, when I hear a particular song, see an old favorite movie of his, or sitting on the couch remembering him walking by pointing a finder at me as his way of saying 'hi dad'. I will always love you Steve, and one day will be with you again. |
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