STEPHEN ALAN MELCHER Sr.

Steve lived a few houses away from my home in Kansas City. While we were both students at Pembroke Country Day we became good friends. I have fond memories of our time together during those years. We both loved sports and I remember watching what many consider the greatest football game every played between NY Giants and Baltimore Colts in1958 at his home. We played many games of basketball in his back yard. Our friendship continued and he was kind enough to put me up for a few days when...

Steve and I were very good friends at Pembroke Country Day, 8th grade. We spent the better part of a summer, about 1957 at each other's house.

I had an antique wire recorder (like a tape recorder, only using wire). we would pretend that we were radio DJs, mostly doing comedy schtick. Steve had a terrific sense of humor, very dry at times, but could get off a great one line. One routine was a before-the-game interview with Rocky Verdant, head grounds keeper at Municipal Stadium. I was...

There is no other Steve Melcher. He was a smart, kind, funny, empathetic man whom I will miss for the rest of my life. I was so lucky to find him.

Adrienne C.Melcher

I have loved him totally since 8th grade, through Williams college roommate times, B-school on opposite coasts; on a fabulous trip with Carl Helmstetter and me to Europe in 1964. He was my gallery banker and always a great advisor. He was naturally and inherently the funniest guy i ever knew, even in the distress of his last months. He is irreplaceable and i will miss him profoundly.

Adrienne, what a dear sweet man he was. Ron and I always looked forward to your visits to San Diego, especially Ron since Steve's favorite place to go for steaks was the Red Tractor and that was the only time Ron would eat one. We feel your pain and he will be dearly missed. Love Nowell and Ron

Adrian -- Susan and I were both so saddened to learn of Steve's passing. For so, so many years he was both a great friend and a real confidant. We both did Border Star, Pem-Day and then back to public high school at the same time. While I got to First National before he did (while he was at Continental) we were true compatriots during our many years together at FNB. It was wonderful to have gotten together with the two you when we first moved to SoCal -- before you moved back to KC. When I...