STEPHEN LOWELL McBRIDE

Stephen Lowell McBride of Naperville A memorial service for Steve McBride will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 29, at Shorewood Bible Church, 1900 Hicks Road, Rolling Meadows, IL 60008, 847-253-3072. Born Oct. 1, 1957, in Chicago, he died Friday, Jan. 21, 2011, surrounded by family. Steve grew up in Mount Prospect and graduated from Prospect High School in 1975. He began his career with Mid-American Elevator Company in 1979, as an elevator constructor with the I.U.E.C. Over the last 31 years, he worked his way up to become a senior project manager. He became ill in January, 2008, from a bone marrow disease and lived 2½ years following a stem cell transplant in June, 2008. A few of Steve's passions included his love for family and friends, the building and construction of elevators, his devotion toward people and nature, fishing, golfing, gardening, cooking and of course, the Mustang ! Steve is survived by Claudia, his loving wife of 23 years; his mother, Annie; mother-in-law, Juliana Kurz; siblings, Geoffrey (Cynthia) and Carolyn (George) Schott; brother-in-law, Alexander (Sherry) Kurz; aunts, Dorothy Lear, Mary (Robert) Schloerb, Nancy Busch and Elizabeth Swisher; nieces and nephews, Stephanie (Joe) Bergantine, Jamison, Robert A., Corey, Dylan, Alex W. and Aubrie; many cousins; and his beagle, Lucy. His father, Robert E. McBride, preceded him in death. In lieu of flowers, memorials would be appreciated by asking you to donate blood, plasma or platelets and "paying it forward for Steve" at Rush Blood Donor Center, 1750 W. Harrison, Suite 262 Jelke, Chicago, IL 60612, 312-942-6680 Reception/Appointments, 312-942-7824, Platelet Donation Information, Blood_donor@rush.edu, Platelet_donor @rush.edu; or by making contributions to further research of the Section of Blood and Marrow Transplant, Rush University Medical Center, Director Henry Fung, MD, FRCPE, 1725 W. Harrison St., Suite 834, Chicago, IL 60612. Arrangements were made by Cremation Society of Illinois, 847-577-6505.