Stephen L. Spanich

Sure feel fortunate to have grown up with you "Duck". Always special to me and unbelievable competitor. How our Lord guided you to be leader and family man is sure something to behold. Love you Steve

Steve Spanich was the administrator for 8 of the years that I taught at Isaac Newton Christian Academy in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. When my first wife passed away, he was one of my rocks to help me through. He was a man of passionate Christian faith. He will be missed here, but enjoyed forever in heaven.

Like Jim Murphy, my memories of Steve go way back over 55 years ago on the baseball diamond. In the summer of 1965, Murph and Steve played for Moline Legion while I played for Galesburg Legion. We represented the 2 Illinois teams in the highly regarded Double I League. Burlington and Cedar Rapids were the 2 Iowa teams in what was arguably some of the best Legion ball in the 2-state area. We hosted Moline Legion in the final doubleheader of the 1965 regular season at Knox College. Steve and I...

To Terri, and to her and Steve´s family. I had the privilege of growing up in a large and loving family, and in a very family driven Catholic high school setting at Quincy Catholic Boys, graduating in 1975. A blessing to have been exposed and guided by some truly wonderful people and educators, on being Steve Spanich. I grew up around Quincy College because of our dad´s involvement in an associated service club, and recall the murmur around this guy when he pitched. Fast forward a few years,...

To the Spanich family, We mourn for your loss but are joyful for Steve's time here on earth to enrich so many lives. I would often sit next to Steve when our sons were playing basketball together for Isaac Newton Christian Academy. We were both very passionate about the game and on more than one occasion we were given the warning from the referee that if we didn't settle down we would be asked to leave. We never got kicked out but we had fun running right up to the edge. Steve exhibited that...

Learned a lot from this man. Taught me many things that I use in my professional career as a school teacher/coach for 36 years. RIP Coach