Steven J. Soyka

Steven was a childhood buddy of mine. We went to St. Mary's grade School in Poughkeepsie together and were in the same class. Steve lived around the corner and half a block away on Lincoln Avenue when we were kids then. We often played together and our favorite play theme was soldiers and battle scenes we invented. We were so influenced as kids by the Hollywood hero WWII movies so prevalent in the 1950's as we were growing up. Steve was always pleasant and always had a laugh at anything...

Many of us spent our High School years with Steve. We organized group outings and Steve always drove us. He was a great guy. Lots of fun.

It is a sad day. We were High School buddies, both of us were in the service at the same time. I only have good memories of Steve. He was a guy you couldn't dislike. Mike DiAngelo

We grew up together. Great guy. RIP Steve.