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Stephen (Steve) Turner was born in 1951 in Huntington, West Virginia. His early life was spent in East Pea Ridge with his parents, Harold “Bud” and Margaret, and sister Cathy. He was involved in many youth sports, ending most in high school, when he said the others got much larger than him. However, he filled that time with winning his Eagle Scout designation and God and Country award. He also picked up tennis, which he played most of his life. He spent time with a group of friends that remained close for over fifty years: Gary Barnett, Mike Miller, Walter Clark, Frank Davis, Mark Ferguson, Phil Murray and Michael Bunting. Several of these have preceded him in leaving us. He graduated from Barboursville High School in 1969 and attended Marshall University for a couple of years. He the worked for Abbess Men’s Shop before becoming an Efficiency Engineer at Huntington Manufacturing (the Dress Factory). He was briefly married in the early seventies, with a daughter resulting. Beth was always his little girl. She has been a source of great pride and joy for us. Beth has blessed us with a marvelous son-in-law, Shawn Osborne and three amazing grandchildren: Jordan (Banks), Kendal and Landon. Steve remarried in 1979 to Kathy Cook. They meet at Mark and Janet Ferguson’s wedding, starting their courtship with a first date at Jim’s Spaghetti. They were blessed with two sons, Michael and Phillip. Both graduated from Marshall and went on to marry very special women. Michael and Rachel have gifted us with multiple fur babies. Phillip and Heather have the incredible Abram, Sylvia and Maisie. Family was the number one priority in Steve’s life. He loved seeing his children and grandchildren. He was always involved with his children’s activities when they were little; whether sports or academic. His two favorite places to travel to were trout streams and Myrtle Beach. Steve’s parents lived at Myrtle for almost twenty years, so we were there at least once a year. As several companies for which he worked went bankrupt in the 1980s, he found himself making the decision to return to Marshall University to complete his degree through the Regents Bachelor’s program. He received a degree in Industrial Health and Safety. Upon graduation, he began work for Huntington Piping working in Safety. He continued there through several company transfers: eventually acquired by Early Construction. He retired from there in 2013. During retirement Steve spent much of his time helping his widowed mother, Margaret, complete all of her work at home and errands. In his spare time, he began to work for Habitat for Humanity. After his mother passed, Steve needed something else to fill his time. He had fishing with us great friend, Tim Krouse, but needed something more. He discovered pickle ball. Starting at the Y, he was briefly derailed when everything was shut down for COVID-19. They found private places to play. Eventually, back to Ritter Park. There were weeks he was there every day. He developed many good friendships there: Mary Kelly, David Herman, Gibby Gibson. Too many to name them all, he loved his time at the court and was there as a spectator when he had his heart attack. He would have no regrets to location, unless it was a trout stream. Steve had been diagnosed with kidney cancer in September, 2021. He had a kidney removed. Afterwards, there was chemotherapy and then infusion. In April, 2023, he found out he had brain cancer, when he passed, he had just completed two weeks of radiation therapy and was preparing to start Keytruda infusion. That was not to be. Steve was loved by many and will be missed by many more. Steve requested cremation and his ashes strewn at a trout stream. His family will complete the request with a visit to the mountains in the future. Family members include his sister Cathy (Dean) Dippolito and daughters Amy(BJ) Belcher, Andrea, Autumn (Greg) Edwards. Daughter Beth (Shawn) Osborne and children Jordan Banks, Kendal and Landon. One sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Jane and Mike Harrison and children Kevin Allen (Scott) and Rebekah (Brian) Posnosnky. A Gathering of Friends will be held from 3:00 - 5:00 PM on Monday, May 22, 2023 at Henson and Kitchen Mortuary and Cremation Services 6357 E. Pea Ridge Road, Huntington, WV near Barboursville. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the Facing Hunger Food Bank, Salvation Army or the Huntington City Mission. Online condolences and memories may be shared with the family by visiting www.hensonandkitchen.com.

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Stephen Wayne "Steve" Turner

September 23, 1951 - May 19, 2023