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Bryan Stenstrom Obituary
FRANCIS, passed away on Thursday, June 19, 2008. He was born in Orlando, FL, on December 5th, 1958. Graduated from Mt. Dora Christian Home and Bible School, attended Alabama Christian College and David Lipscomb College. He was an avid hunter and fisherman, founder and part owner of Timacuan Country Club. Loving father of beautiful daughters; Dana, Ashton and Brynn; also survived by his sisters, Julie Stenstrom, Becky Atwood; and a brother, Mark Stenstrom; his father, Frank Stenstrom; step mother, Marjorie; uncle, Douglas
Stenstrom; aunt, Carolyn
Stenstrom. Bryan was passionate about helping children with cancer. He was a member and responsible for launching
Bryan's "Fish on" day which will reach children in the southeast for a day of fishing for the cancer stricken children. Also an annual barbeque will be started by the foundation. Donations to the foundation may be given in Bryan's memory. Evergreen Youth Foundation, Hartman Accounting and Tax Services, Bryan's "Fish On" day, 312 1st street, suite 503, Sanford, FL 32771. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 from 5-7PM at the Oaklawn Chapel of Baldwin Fairchild Funeral Home, 5000 County Rd. 46A, Sanford, FL 32771. Services will be held Wednesday, June 25th at 1PM at Markham Woods Presbyterian Church, Markham Woods Road, Lake Mary, FL, with Pastor Joe
Wendorph officiating. There will be a reception held at
Timacuan Country Club following the Services. Arrangements are being handled by BALDWIN FAIRCHILD OAKLAWN CHAPEL, 5000 County Rd. 46A, Sanford, FL 32771 (407) 322-4263 Please view and sign the family guestbook at www.baldwinfairchild.com
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Memories and Condolences
for Bryan Stenstrom
Dennis Caddie CONE
June 16, 2019
Thank You Bryan for helping us ALL see how being in the outdoors if truly heaven on earth - Love to ALL the Angels and may we ALL find Inner Peace & BE KIND to others = RIP BROTHER - SEE & FEEL Gods love> www.youtube.com/embed/auSo1MyWf8g?rel=0 - Dennis & Laura & Team Cone / PCA
Glenn & Leslie Jacobs
July 1, 2008
Stenstrom Family-
We haven't seen Bryan in a long time, but remember his friendly grin & easy-going ways from years ago at CH & BS. We just learned of Bryan's passing last night & were saddened to hear the news & to know how he struggled against cancer in his last years. Please know that our thoughts & prayers are with you all.
Kirsten Tooke-Smith
June 26, 2008
I may not have ever had the chance to have met Bryan personally but I feel like I have known him my entire life. I have heard plenty of stories from my father Henry Tooke III who is his uncle and my mother Edie Tooke who was his aunt-in-law. He sounded like a great wonderful man. My deepest sympathies go out to the Stenstrom family as they have had two losses in the past few years. Life is really too short and I regret that I never got the chacne to meet such a wonderful person as my cousin. I hope that I will have the chance to meet the rest of them as we all can see life is too short. My thoughts and prayers go out to the family in this time of sorrow but always know that he will always be there. In the memories in the children every where you look there will be a piece of him.
BUDDY HOLTZCLAW
June 26, 2008
My thoughts are with you . Memories of Brian are strong in my mind. I will miss him . Buddy Holtzclaw
Krissy Pearson/Dambaugh
June 26, 2008
Our thoughts and prayers are with you all. I smile as I remember all I can about Brian . He was the kindest person you could ever meet. sincerely ,Kris Pearson, Bill Pearson
Mike Aiken
June 26, 2008
To Mr. Stenstrom, Mark, Julie and Becky my deepest sympathies for your loss. There are so many memories I have of growing up together that I could never write them all here. I can only tell you that all of the Aiken's loved Bryan like he was part of our family. He will be missed, but all of the great memories will live on. Mike (Fred) Aiken
Roberta Montgomery-Riching
June 25, 2008
I knew Bryan from the Christian Home and Bible School in Mt. Dora. I was very good friends with his sister, Becky. In fact, I was so close with Becky, both Bryan and Julie were like family to me back then. I recall many rides in Julie’s blue Maverick back and forth between Sanford and Mt. Dora. All of us were so into sports back then too, we participated in many high school sports events and just plain crazy fun teenager stuff together. Bryan’s favorite name for me was “stilt” since I was so tall. Yes, he and I both got a good laugh out of that one…I liked being tall and he liked telling me in his way....just as a teenager!
What a pleasure it has been reading about the wonderful things Bryan has done as an adult. I do remember his cute (mischievous in my mind) smile and love for the outdoors.
Bryan, you’ve touched so many lives with the gift of yourself in a way that was so natural for you. What a privilege it must be for your family to call you their son, father or brother. May your wondrous loving memory give a warm comfort to all of your family now and forevermore! “Fish On”, my old high school friend.
Sherry-Gardner Grover
June 25, 2008
I don't even know how to do this! To sat goodbye..... Not Bryan. Time is a wicked thing...the way it slips by and leaves dear friends unaware until it is too late. My heart breaks for that sandy haired "Tom Sawyer" always bare foot and care free. His faithful black lab at his side. When I look back through my greatest childhood memories...Bryan and Julie and Becky are there...frozen in time....living the most amazingly charmed life. Not overindulged...but always given the opportunity to be kids. I'm not going to replace that memory with this painful reality....I am just going to keep Bryan alive and well and fishing off the seawall out his backdoor, under the watchful eye of an adoring black lab. Or riding his unicycle up the street, or barreling along on stilts, or over at our house with my brother Chris driving nails in a fort. I'll remember the summer days when we would go out on a property that is now overgrown with homes, but was once just the Took's orange groves. Where mountain of sand entertained us for hours, as we sought to be the king of the hill. Where the true king was the one that could jumping from the top and almost land at the bottom. When I remember my friend Bryan, I will remember the sweetest, most gentle youngman with a huge smile and twinkling eyes. A true southern gentleman in the making. I only got to see Bryan a few times as an adult, and I was so pleased that he was able to keep that sweet, kind heart in tact. Still smiling and overflowing with warmth and love. God is indeed the lucky one tonight. I will hold fast to the knowledge that we will get to see that wide welcoming grin again when God calls us to join Bryan. Meanwhile I think I will ponder a little while longer in those by-gone days of joy and peace. My most heartfelt love and appreciation to the Stenstroms for welcoming me into their hearts and home. I am just so sad and so very sorry!!!!!!
Douglas Griffith
June 25, 2008
Frank and Family,
I have known Frank and his family for what seems like 20 years since my grandma married him. I remember the first time I ever met Frank and Brian was at his ranch and all I wanted to do was have Brian take me riding on "Flash" a horse out back, I can remember asking again and again until my little sister got hit in face by Bosco shes very accident prone. Anyway the last time I saw
Brian he carried himself as he always did as a great southern gentelman. you will always be in our hearts.
Dana Nebergall
June 25, 2008
Bryan,
Almost 15 years ago you gave an 11 year old little girl the dream of her life, the dream most any girl of such age could only hope for... the gift of a horse, "Flash". This is one of those prime examples of how the days and years can pass by without doing those things that are put off until tomorrow. I'd been meaning to catch up with you for sometime now, just to say "hello" and let you know how old Flash was doing... You will never know just how much your selfless act of generosity influenced that little girl of 11 years old, who is all "grown up" now. I will always be grateful for the gift you gave me, the gift of every little girls dream. And just so you know, Flash isn't going anywhere... he's still kickin' at the ripe ole' age of 29 years, and I'll cherish him until the day he leaves this earth to be re-joined with you, his old pal, in the kingdom of Heaven. God Bless you Bryan, and thank you for the kindness and generosity you have bestowed on so many others. You will be missed by many.
Terri Jones
June 25, 2008
Bryan,
I always say the most important thing in life is to be a "happy part" of someone else's journey. In the few short months I've known you, I have seen how many lives you've been a happy part of and how giving you are. Your efforts to bring fishing to children with cancer will live on forever and will touch numerous lives. I pray for the strength and the peace your family and friends will need without you here on earth.
Thank you for being a happy part of my own journey.
Kathy Lee
June 25, 2008
Bryan,you will be missed so much, but now you are in a much better place and free from pain.Look forward to seeing you again and finishing our talks.
Kathy Lee
June 25, 2008
Bryan,you will be missed so much,but you are now in a much better place, and free of pain. Can't wait to see you again some day to finish our talks.
carla stafford
June 25, 2008
To my "beloved Bryan," Few words were spoken because you liked to "keep it simple." You guarded your heart. We had the world, but we were so afraid of hurting that we missed many opportunities. Time cannot be reversed, but memories of love and love itself will remain eternal. You are the "love of my life", and you gave me the greatest gift that I could ever imagine. I will always have a remembrance of you in our beautiful daughter Brynn. She loves you so much. She was proud of you. We feel robbed of the time we had left together, yet we are grateful for every moment spent with you. We both would give anything just see you "one more time again". You are not gone from us, you are just in that "Hunter's Paridise in the Sky".You are healthy, happy and free of pain. I suspect that you have loved ones at your side. I'll miss your beautiful smile, your laugh, your hugs, your kiss and your touch. I won't say goodbye, I'll just say "Until we meet again". I will watch over Brynn, Dana, and Ashton as best I can. You have three beautiful girls. I am certain they will be "ok" under your "watchful eye". Remember that "God is in control" , sometimes you had a hard time with that. You made an imprint upon our hearts and we are all blessed by the presence of you in our lives. Leave in peace, knowing how very much you are loved, and that your life lives on with every "beat of my heart". You live on in those girls and the blessing of every life they touch. That blessing began with you, for without you, they wouldn't have life. Rest in peace my beautiful Bryan. Know that we grieve for ourselves that you are not here with us now, yet we rejoice in the love in which you touched each of us with being a part of your life. We love you, we miss you and we cannot wait to see you again. I love you forever, Carla
Ronda Galloway
June 25, 2008
The last time I saw Bryan we talked about school days at CH & BS and about our childern. Our youngest daughters also went to pre-school together. He always had a great smile and gentle spirit. All of his friends & family are in my thoughts and prayers during this time!
Scott Prince
June 24, 2008
Dear Bryan,
A dear friend and brother to all at Coot Creek and beyond. A man full of all the things good in people that we can only strive to be. Always giving, even when your strength was tested and your will tried, you were there, for your family, for your friends, for the people and things you believed in. May your dreams live on in those that loved you and may all your wishes come true. We'll miss you my friend.
Chris Gardner
June 24, 2008
Oh my goodness the times we had. Listening to you laugh was like listening to a baby laugh it was very contagious. I think we played every sport there was together and you won them all and usually won them laughing. I was reminded of a time when you caught an interception and as you were running it across the goal (barefoot) you were playing with a yoyo and laughing....that was Bryan. Remember catching those big bass in the July 4th pond....yea it was early May. We all will miss you my friend but our memories live on in our hearts.
June 24, 2008
To The Stenstrom Family,
Our hearts ache for the loss of Bryan. Frankie and Mark you are in our thoughts and prayers.
Mark Pell and Libbey Ford
Morris Griffith
June 24, 2008
Dear Bryan,
As my friend and brother at Coot Creek fishing camp, I will miss you. Your passing from life was too soon for me to really know why you always had a smile, a pleasant word, and honest heart. Now I know. Your mission was not here on Earth. Your mission is in the the heaven above to help those children who you gave everlasting memories to with their first fish and outdoor adventure. You gave something special and you are someone special.
Crockett Hunter
June 24, 2008
I will never forget the days growing up and Bryan was the only male "big kid" in the neighborhood who ever paid any attention to me, the "little shrimp". He was the first to teach me how to tie a fishing knot. Julie, Becky, Mark and Frankie I am keeping you in my thoughts.
Crockett....
Laura Cone
June 23, 2008
Bryan, My 21st Century Warrior. You battled and won many contests over the last ten years I have known you. But, none was fought more courageously then the battle you raged against cancer. You fought to live and give your best to your family, friends and others over these past months. I knew you were in tremendous pain, I saw your frustration and listen to your words, watched you walk down a path and ponder your next thought about what was coming next, the challenges the future held and the battle you would need to fight. And through it all you fought with dignity, grace, love, that wonderful smile and never complained. I will miss you coot creek brother but your heart and smiles will be with me always. We will carry on your Wish to help the kids, because you will be with us guiding us to help others fight their battles from above. So I say my farewell and see you soon on the banks of Heaven's Creek, pole and bucket of bait in my hands and a Chocolate Lab at my feet. Love Your Camp Sister.
Laura A Cone
Dennis Cone
June 23, 2008
I have been truly blessed to have spent over 20 years with my friend Bryan especially the last 10 months with him at our fish camp and the Mentors Club fish farm. I'm truly honored Bryan called on me and help plan his last days and share the deep faith he has in God. We prayed together to protect his kids, family, friends and loved ones.... Yes, It wasn't about Bryan but what he could do to help others and that is the reason he stated Bryan's " FISH ON " Days for kids battling cancer.... A simple southern boy with a warm smile and a heart big enough to share with the world. I will miss you dearly my friend but will enjoy my walks in the woods, fishing on the pond and camping under the stars even more knowing you are up stairs helping us all. When you find a penny.. pick it up and say a prayer.. It may be from Bryan or your loved ones.
Enjoy heaven where there is no catch and release... FISH ON BRO... We got your wishes covered down here.
To find out more about Bryan's Fish On day and see photos, please copy and paste this link into your browser:
pcaworldwide.com/bryansfishonday
and then click on Bryan's family photo.
(turn your speakers UP :)
Our prayers are with Bryan's family and friends.
Julie Stenstrom
June 23, 2008
My dearest brother, It was an honor to be able to take care of you in your time of need. You are a great father, brother and friend to many people. You had that mischevious smile and kind heart that all loved. I will always cherish the talks and laughs we had the last two weeks of your short life on earth. I know you are in the best fishing hole in heaven without the pain and suffering you went through here on earth. Save some fish for me and Liz when we get to see you one day in heaven. I will miss you Bryan but I know you are in a much better place and free from pain. I love you with all my heart. Your lagacy will live on forever here as you touched many, many lives in a very positive way. May you be at God's side and be at peace. I love you!
Julie
Roger Ledlow
June 22, 2008
I always loved Bryan and it would be hard to find anyone who didnt. Oh my goodness the memories. We go all the way back to our years at Mt. Dora Bible playing sports and graduating together. We had a very close knit group of guys who made alot of memories together. We also shared some college times together at David Lipscomb. Bryan always made you laugh just to hear him laugh. I hardly ever remember Bryan in a bad or negative mood. I am greatly saddened by his passing as we have lost a wonderful man and lifelong friend.
Joyce Layton
June 22, 2008
My deepest sympathy to all of Bryan's family. I've known his parents, aunts and uncles, since childhood and remember when Bryan was born - same age, same first name as my son. May you be comforted knowing Bryan is in the eternal care of our loving heavenly Father.
Joyce Jones Layton
SHS Class of '54
Bill Allen
June 22, 2008
I have known Bryan for almost 30 years. We first met when we had the opening day of Dove season on the Stenstrom property near Lake Mary. He was always a very fine person with a smile and a pleasant word for everyone. Over the years we hunted together at other hunt camps and I always looked forward to seeing Bryan. He would come through my office, Seminole County Tax Collector, every year to renew his hunting and fishing license. That was the last time I saw him. He will be missed. We have lost one of the good ones. I offer my sympathies to all of his family and friends.
Nancy Siegrist
June 22, 2008
My deepest condolences to Bryan's family. I pray the pain of his loss will subside soon leaving you only with joyful memories. Bryan was nothing less than the most kind and gentle man I ever knew. He shared his heart of gold with anyone who would accept it. It was my pleasure to have him in my life. I will always remember and cherish his long gentle hugs. "Hugs are Healthy" he'd always say. He will be missed dearly. Bryan fought a long battle and is finally at rest. God Speed my friend until we meet on the other side. You will always be loved.
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