Stephen Turner

I was walking by your apt on pine street with fond memories of having dinner with Andrew and four dogs, each obediently sitting at a corner of the table, knowing they´d each get a morsel in the end. Miss our great times together

Remembered Stephen today his birthday. We had a lot of great celebrations. My favorite was his 40th when I bought him or scrimmaged for 40 different gifts and I wrapped everyone of them from very small things to bigger things he opened them so quickly it was so much fun! Miss you much.

I miss you so much and all our great times. Dearest Emma and all the dogs in our lives.

Stephen and I met at SF State in 1970. We lived in Verducci Hall and hung out with Joan and Andy. He had a mischievous sense of humor, and we shared a lot of laughs. I was a drama major and he starred with Kit McDonough in my Directing Class final, "A Taste of Honey", in which he was perfectly cast and was a natural actor! I have a letter he wrote to me when he went back to Sunnyvale the next summer. I stayed at my parents' house in San Mateo. We grew apart for several years, and reunited...

I met Stephen 14 years ago when I took my new dog, Freddie, to Huntington Park. His dog, Emma, immediately came over to check us out, and Stephen followed right behind. We all became friends and for the next four years until I moved out of the city he spent a lot of time together. In time I got a second dog, Cubby, and over the years we logged many miles walking the dogs around Nob Hill. Both Freddie and Cubby absolutely adored their “Uncle Stephen.” One of the funniest things I’ve ever seen...

Stephen was my dear friend for many years in SF. When I first met him I was cast in San Jose Repertory's "Streetcar Named Desire", Stephen's favorite play (he knew every line)! I am a dog lover and bought him his dear dog Emma as a gift soon after his darling Lucy passed. He actually carried my dog, Mona, down the stairs after she passed...I call that a true friend. I'm shocked and saddened to hear of his loss..he is missed.

This is Stephen's sister, Grace. He will be dearly missed. He had a wonderful sense of humor and I would laugh with him even as we would be just driving down the road. (Always people watching!) We were with him in his last moments of life and I know that he felt us there with him.I will think of him often. His Loving sister, Grace 6/29/08