"Steve," by Rebecca Tracey
Steve was the fifth of ten children. His parents were high school sweethearts who started a family after Steve’s dad was in WWII. Steve’s dad worked at his family’s business, a gas station. His mom was a stay at home mom. He and his brothers and sisters attended St. Williams school and then Parker high school.
An influential person in Steve’s life was one of his grandfathers. Three of his grandparents lived with Steve’s family when they were elderly. After Steve’s grandmother died his favorite grandfather moved in. Steve spent a lot of time with him because he was a very nice old man. He was a cement contractor who enjoyed making things out of cement.
Like his grandfather Steve wanted to go into the trades. His mom wanted him to be a priest or a doctor. She signed him up for Latin class at Parker. He switched it to agriculture and she was not happy with him when she got his report card and saw he had not taken Latin. She went to meet his agriculture teacher and she ended up really thinking he was a good teacher so she let Steve continue taking agriculture and shop classes at Parker.
Upon graduation he wished he could be a farmer. He didn’t really know what to do for a job other than that he liked the trades. He was hired at a lumber yard. Since he wasn’t making much money he decided to go to Blackhawk Technical College to be a carpenter. He graduated from their carpentry program.
He worked for himself or with his brothers or other carpenters for a job. He bought an old farm. The house he had to take down because it was in bad condition. He moved into the garage and moved his carpenter tools into the animal’s barn since he didn’t have any animals except his cat.
When he was twenty three at a bar he met his wife. He was there that day because he was moving his friend’s girlfriend and they were taking a break. His wife was there because she was celebrating her brother’s birthday with him. He and his wife dated two years and then were married. They had a daughter and a son. His wife got breast cancer and died. He became a single parent.
In his free time over the years on the farm he turned the garage he was living in into a four bedroom home, he built a garage that he later turned into a studio apartment, he took down the animal barn and made a building to be a carpenter’s shop, and he built a three car garage.
He has volunteered in the community as a woodworking 4-H leader, a religious education teacher, and a Habitat for Humanity worker. His daughter is a singer songwriter. His son has a construction business called Center Construction and Roofing. One of the things Steve still enjoys doing the most is building and remodeling things. He works for himself, other contractors, and the University of Wisconsin to make frames for their printing press.
His hobbies are fishing, cooking, and gardening. He has a girlfriend named Nancy. He enjoys spending time with his family and his family’s dogs.
An influential person in Steve’s life was one of his grandfathers. Three of his grandparents lived with Steve’s family when they were elderly. After Steve’s grandmother died his favorite grandfather moved in. Steve spent a lot of time with him because he was a very nice old man. He was a cement contractor who enjoyed making things out of cement.
Like his grandfather Steve wanted to go into the trades. His mom wanted him to be a priest or a doctor. She signed him up for Latin class at Parker. He switched it to agriculture and she was not happy with him when she got his report card and saw he had not taken Latin. She went to meet his agriculture teacher and she ended up really thinking he was a good teacher so she let Steve continue taking agriculture and shop classes at Parker.
Upon graduation he wished he could be a farmer. He didn’t really know what to do for a job other than that he liked the trades. He was hired at a lumber yard. Since he wasn’t making much money he decided to go to Blackhawk Technical College to be a carpenter. He graduated from their carpentry program.
He worked for himself or with his brothers or other carpenters for a job. He bought an old farm. The house he had to take down because it was in bad condition. He moved into the garage and moved his carpenter tools into the animal’s barn since he didn’t have any animals except his cat.
When he was twenty three at a bar he met his wife. He was there that day because he was moving his friend’s girlfriend and they were taking a break. His wife was there because she was celebrating her brother’s birthday with him. He and his wife dated two years and then were married. They had a daughter and a son. His wife got breast cancer and died. He became a single parent.
In his free time over the years on the farm he turned the garage he was living in into a four bedroom home, he built a garage that he later turned into a studio apartment, he took down the animal barn and made a building to be a carpenter’s shop, and he built a three car garage.
He has volunteered in the community as a woodworking 4-H leader, a religious education teacher, and a Habitat for Humanity worker. His daughter is a singer songwriter. His son has a construction business called Center Construction and Roofing. One of the things Steve still enjoys doing the most is building and remodeling things. He works for himself, other contractors, and the University of Wisconsin to make frames for their printing press.
His hobbies are fishing, cooking, and gardening. He has a girlfriend named Nancy. He enjoys spending time with his family and his family’s dogs.
