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July 22, 2021
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Steven
May 25, 2020
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Steven
May 25, 2020
I MISS YOU SO MUCH LOVE DAD
October 20, 2013
Thinking of u steve and wishing things could of been different. Still hurts when i remember how much life you had compared to anybody i know(to this day) and how that ended way too soon. Would of switched places with you then when it happened just like i would today, but i know that can never happen. You will always be a bright thought in my mind due to your unique ability of bring out the best of a person u liked. I was lucky to of known u and your family and i thank u for that steve, but its still tuff not having u around even after all these years. Still working "hit out with why the man up stairs took u too early, one of these days i'll understand it but i don't know when thats going to be. I guess in a nutshell what i am trying to say it that i miss you but proud to of been your friend on your time on earth!
Kris Gunder
September 16, 2012
Happy Birthday Scuba! Miss ya lots
Kris Gunder
August 29, 2011
Thinking about you today. Miss ya Scuba
Kassey
September 17, 2010
Happy Birthday!!! Miss you tons!!!
cindy
March 12, 2010
Still think about you, Stevie.
Lots of things still pop up in my mind
so clearly, like you were just here.
Kassey
October 14, 2008
**I MISS YOU AND LOVE YOU**
Your mother
September 16, 2008
How old would you be today, five years feels like yesterday. What would I give to go back 27 years ago today. I wish you were here so much, it's more than I can stand. Not a day goes by that you aren't somewhere in my mind or conversation. You can't hear me now, but I can still hear you, and I don't believe you can see me, but I can still see you. And what that means is until I don't have any memory left I will be miserable, and surely you know that.
Kassey
March 14, 2008
I can't believe it has been 5 years!!! I can close my eyes and still see those big ole dimples and beautiful smile!!!! I love you and miss you so much!!!
Nancy Berry
September 16, 2007
Happy Birthday Stevie!! I have thought of you all day today! Actually a day doesn't pass by that I don't! Wish you were here to celebrate!! I love and miss you!
Cindy Welty
August 18, 2007
To you, Shelli
I pray often for you,Steve,and the kids. I hope you are finding comfort in His word.
I cannot wait for the day to see your son's bright smile again.
Love in Jesus,
Cindy
Gregory Clark
September 7, 2006
Family Custer,
I just came across that obit in my desk drawer at work - Stevie's. I miss that I used to hear about him from time to time when talking to family there. As Stevie's birthday approaches, I hope you all are busy, happy, prosperous, and doing well.
Corey McKinney
January 12, 2006
Stevie,
I can't believe it's been nearly three years since you passed on. And I apologize to all for losing touch for so long. I do still think of you all often, and I do still consider you all my close family. When I did finally hear the news through Kassey, I was sad at first, but then thought of all the joy you brought into mine and may other peoples lives. You still live on in all of our hearts, my friend. I still smile when I think of fighting with you over a knight rider car when we first met, and running across the apartment complex in my underwear so I could eat Sheli's delicious pancakes. Thank you for some of the best times of my life, Corey
KRIS GUNDER
March 16, 2005
Scuba,
It has been two years since you left us and it still feels like yesterday you were with us. My family misses you just as much as the first moment we had heard of your tragic accident. I know God has His reasons and we don't always understand "why". We miss you Scuba!
To the Custer family: All our love and prayers are with you. Keep all of the good memories close to your heart.
Love,
Rick, Kris & Taylee
james romero
March 13, 2005
i think about u all the time steve, and sometimes i wonder how your life would be now. Still after two years your passing does not sit right with me, i can't understand it! i know god must know what he is doing but we never got enough of your life here on earth. time heals alot in life and i know everybody that knew you during your time here was blessed in there own way! anyways you and your family will always be in my thoughts and prayers.
Jeannie Custer
September 23, 2004
Happy Birthday Stevie,
I wanted you to know that we will never forget you. Your birthday was extremely hard on all of us. I wanted you to know that we thought of you with love on your birthday and today. We thought of you yesterday and will think of you everyday of our lives. We think of you in silence and we often speak your name remembering all the good times we had together. Now all we have are memories. Your memory is our keepsake with which we will never part. God has you in his keeping and we have you in our hearts. With all our love Grandpa Blaine, Grandma Barbara, Aunt Jeannie, Cousin Christopher, Aunt Kim, Uncle Ozzie, Cousins Stephanine, Ryan and Travis
Kris Gunder
September 17, 2004
Happy belated Birthday Scuba!!
We love and miss you very much!
Love
Rick, Kris & Taylee
Kris Gunder
March 15, 2004
The Custer Family:
My deepest sympathy for all of you in such a difficult time. My family was thinking of you yesterday and all weekend. I only wish things could be different but God has His reasons. If there is anything we can do please let us know.
Lots of love and prayers,
Kris, Rick and Taylee
Cindy W
March 15, 2004
One year. One year without those bright white teeth and deep-set dimples. I miss you, Stevie.
You told me to buy a Mercury and whenever it broke down, you would fix it...that was one year ago.
You must be watching, because that old thing is still running.
You'll always be in my heart.
Jeannie Custer
March 13, 2004
Dear Steven and Sheli,
I know this is a very difficult week-end for you both. I just wanted you to know that you are in my thoughts and prayers. I love both of you so much and I wish I could take this pain from you. I know that God is with you and Stevie and he will see you through this sorrowful time. I just wish there was something I could do to ease the pain. I will keep you all in my prayers. I love you. Jeannie
Blaine, Barbara, Jeannie and Christopher Custer
March 12, 2004
Dear Stevie,
It's hard to believe only a year has past since you left us. We miss you dearly and think of you every day. We all love you very much and time and distance will never change our feelings for you. You are our shining star and we look forward to seeing you again some day. Love forever and always, Grandpa and Grandma Custer, Aunt Jeannie and Christopher.
Kris Gunder
February 14, 2004
Happy Valentine's Day Scuba!
We miss you!!
Kassey Hice
December 25, 2003
Stevie,
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! I will be thinking of you all day!!
I LOVE YOU!
Kassey
KRIS GUNDER
December 22, 2003
To the Custer family:
I hope you have a blessed Christmas. We will be thinking of you in this difficult time of the year. May all of you find Peace this Christmas. My prayers are with you.
Lots of love,
Rick, Kris & Taylee
Kassey Hice
November 28, 2003
Happy Thanksgiving, Stevie!!!!!
I LOVE YOU,
Kassey
November 26, 2003
Happy Thanksgiving
Kassey Hice
September 22, 2003
Stevie,
Happy Birthday!! I know I am 6 days late but you know how I am. Just because I am late doesn't mean I didn't think about you. I thought about you all day; but then again I think of you all day everyday. I miss you so much. You have always had a very special place in my heart and always will. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!
Kassey
Kris Gunder
September 16, 2003
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SCUBA!!
WE MISS YA :0)
Kris Gunder
September 14, 2003
Sheli and "Big" Steve:
We have had some time to spend with you and your family that I am only thankful that "Scuba" touched our lives so that we could have the times late at night sitting and talking, laughing and just being there for each other (especially for me when Rick is out of town) Sheli you are the most incredible Mother I have ever met. I onley wish I could have all the patience you have to raise a family like yours!! Your family has touched a big part of my heart and I will always pray and think about all of you. I hope the next few days are not really hard for you but how can they not be? We miss you Scuba!!!
Rick, Kris & Taylee
* *
July 15, 2003
I miss you.
Kris Gunder
June 13, 2003
Well it has almost been 3 months and still the thought of you being gone is unreal. Some people say that they don't believe in "signs" well for me I do believe. I believe I have had many signs that you are watching from above and I know I will continue to have signs! It is unbelievable how much my family misses you and thinks about you. Some might think that it is crazy to keep writing but for me it is a healing process! Keep sending me signs Scuba. I know you are watching :0)
Kris, Rick & Taylee
Barbie Jonas
April 24, 2003
Shelly
I am so thankful for your friendship and pray for you every day. I can't begin to feel your pain but if I could take it all away I would in a second. You are such an inspiration to me, you have such patience and are such a wonderful mother. I just wanted you to know my heart breaks for you please let me know how I can help you. Remember me when you need a friend. God Bless You.
Love Barbie
Kris Gunder
April 16, 2003
It is really hard to believe that it has been a month since you have been gone. You are still thought of every day in certain things that we do. We are getting ready to go to Moab, UT and this was a trip that you were going to go with us. We will be thinking of you the whole time we are up there doing our usual-4 wheeling!! You will be missed this weekend, but I know you will be watching from above :0)
Kris, Rick & Taylee
Phyllis Van Prooyen
April 3, 2003
Sheli and Steve; Holding your children in the highest priority of your life and teaching them in the ways of the Lord now leaves you with no regrets. Such peace! I am so proud of you for being a witness to all the lives you - and Stevie -have touched in these twenty-one years of his life. How marvelous that you can see the evidence of God's Will even as you grieve for this special and wonderful person. Our heartfelt condolences to you and all those you love.
Ray and Phyllis Van Prooyen
h sterling
April 2, 2003
Our Lord will give you comfort and will allow this tragedy to touch lives even in your loss. May he bless you all.
James Romero
March 30, 2003
I only knew Steve for a little over 3 years, however in that time I observed a young man with a good work ethic, grow into a great Ford Automotive Technican. I have been a Ford Auto Tech., going on 14 years and in that time I had seen my share of tech., helpers. The thing that made Steve different (and better) than any helper I ever had, was his ability to roll with punches(take the good with the bad)and most importally learn from them. As Steve would tell me right now after reading this "you bull s___ your friends and I'll bull s___ mine lets not bull s___ each other". The bottom line is that we were tight friends and I will miss him!!To the parents(Shelly and Steve, and all of the family)thank you for making me fill good about Steve's life instead of sad. Hopefully I have helped you a little with your loss. In the end we will all see Steve again in gods hands(and thats a fact!)
Stephanie Leonard
March 24, 2003
Dear Mr & Mrs Custer,
I am a very close friend of the Craw family and I only met Steve once a very long time ago. I just wanted to let you know that your whole family is in my prays. May God Bless and Keep you...
Proverbs 3:5&6
Cindy Welty
March 24, 2003
My warm thoughts and prayers to Stevie's family...I know you were proud of him as you told me so. And you should be. He is so missed by me because of the person he was.
What character you instilled in him. Happy, caring, considerate, hard-working, loyal, generous, and the smile of an angel. I know I will see him again one day. Until then, thank you Stevie for every day that you brightened in my life. God Bless your family.
Cindy Welty (The Back Nine)
Roger and Carolyne Anderson
March 21, 2003
Steve, It broke our hearts when we found out today about the lose of your son. Please know that you and your family our in our thoughts and prayers.
Rick
March 19, 2003
Steve, i will never forget you as will many others. I greatly enjoyed being around you no matter what we were doing, working, wheeling or camping. We always had good times and you always lit up a room when you walked in. There will always be a place in the hearts of my family, Taylee, Kris, and me. I will think of you everytime im out wheelin or camping and will miss you very much.
Mike Lewis
March 19, 2003
Scuba Steve, I only knew you for a few years but the last few months we were very good friends. Working with you made the days go by with ease & the times away from work were even better. The best time I had was camping/four wheelin with you & your dad. I'll never forget that. You were everybody's best friend. Thanks for all the great times, I'll miss you alot but God had a reason to take you. I think he wanted a best friend "You".
Tami Sepp
March 19, 2003
Dear Steven, Shelly, and the Custer family,
I was devastated to hear the news of your terrible loss. I remembered the first time we met you and Stevie as we ventured off to that Toastmasters meeting so many years ago. We never got there because the rain flooded the streets, the van broke down, and Todd, Stevie, and I had a blast just the same. He became a priceless addition to our circle of friends and went from my little brothers’ friend and easy prey for childhood wrestling matches, to a brick wall of muscle and good natured brawn. I always delighted in seeing Stevie. We would kid around, and I enjoyed teasing him about cuddling with Boo Boo. Such a funny match, that little dog in Stevies huge arms. He will be forever remembered as the beloved friend he was to each of us. I am so sorry I couldn’t make it to the ceremony today. Please accept my apologies and know that I love you guys and am thinking of you from Chicago. Again, I send my deepest sympathy.
Love, Tami “Tamale” Sepp
Tammy Duby
March 18, 2003
Dear Custer Family,
You are all in our thoughts and prayers. You are such a special family, and Stevie was blessed to have all of you. I know how much he loved all his brothers and sisters and cousins. Steven and Sheli, you were such wonderful parents to him. Whenever I remember Stevie, I see this incredible smile and sparkling eyes. It seemed he always had a friend with him, or was on his way to help somebody out.
Our love and prayers, the Duby family
Rocky Gray
March 17, 2003
Steve (Scuba) I will miss You..
I have had the pleasure to know a fine young man who was full of life and as gentle a human being as one could know!!Working with Steve was always a pleasure.At the dealership we work in such close confinds that we become more than fellow employees or friends to each other but we seem to become a second family.And thats who steve will always be! To Mr.& Mrs Custer you have my deepest of sympathies and I wish you strength and peace during this time of tragedy.Your pain is our pain but to know a Person like Steve is to know that people like him live in our hearts forever.
Ruth Ann Speer
March 17, 2003
Steve and Shelly -- Was shocked to hear of Stevie's accident and am so sorry about your loss. I know he had lots of friends -- on Phoenix FD and PD, at school, work and in the neighborhood -- who will miss him. Like others have said, his memorable smile attracted all of us to him.
Rick, Kris & Taylee Bounds
March 17, 2003
To the family of Steve (or as we call him Scuba or Curly locks according to my daughter)- Steve will always have a place in our hearts! Steve made such an impression on my daughter that most men rarely make. Steve had a personality that you could only adore. I bet there is not one soul on this earth that did not like Steve. Steve will always be in our thoughts and our hearts. Our prayers are to his family in this time of grief. Lots of hugs and prayers.
Rick, Kris & Taylee
Chris Crosthwait
March 17, 2003
I'm the payroll clerk at Chapman Lincoln Mercury and the first time I met Steve I was absolutely amazed at his beautiful eyes-That's the window to the soul they say,and that was very apparent upon speaking to him-just a plain "good" beautiful person.I was very lucky to have known him,even if it was just for a short time. He left a mark in my heart.
Mr. and Mrs. Custer you should be very proud of the marks he left which are nothing but well respected.
Chris Crosthwait
shara HELMSTADTER
March 17, 2003
Custer Family: I worked with Steve at Chapman Lincoln-Mercury and I will remember a young man full of life and happiness. He had a absolutely beautiful smile! We will miss him dearly.
Frank Sieracki
March 17, 2003
I've known Steve about five years. In the time I've known him He came across as a person who would'nt hesitate to stop what he was doing to help someone else. I'm going to miss Steve.
Robert Rose
March 17, 2003
Steve worked for me for about two years. I was very relieved to hear Steve had a relationship with Christ. His constant happiness and inner peace was evident to all who knew him.
D. Hall
March 16, 2003
I did not know Steve, but want to express my sympathy to his friends and family. Sincerely, Moon Valley Resident
Shirley Thomas
March 16, 2003
Dear Custer Family-
I worked with Steve and would go out with him after work quite a bit. I was with him the last night he was alive and I will remember that night forever. I will always miss his smile and looking into his beautiful eyes.
Curt Clark
March 16, 2003
Dear Custer family,
I only met Steven once & I could
tell instantly that I was shaking
the hand of a young man that had a
very positive lifestyle & outlook.
That was a real pleasure to see
opposed to a lot of young people
that don't. There's no doubt that
he was a positive influence to a lot
of people around him. You have my
condolences & my families.
Gregory Clark
March 16, 2003
Dear Custer family,
I wish I would've known Stevie better than I did. What I did know of him I found very-admirable. He gave his Jacket to Scotti when they both were likely freezing near-to-death at the George Strait concern. I was very comfortable with having her go with him - I hope you might know that says a lot. If something I can do might help, I'll be there as quick as an old Honda can go. Please accept my condolences...
KayEllen, Don & Jason Buckner
March 16, 2003
The Lord needed the brightest SMILE to light the gates of Heaven, so he chose Steven. We will always remember the kind, smiling, respectful, fun-loving young man who gave us so many beautiful memories. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.
Joe & Zona Unruh
March 15, 2003
To the family of Steven:
It was a pleasure to have known Steven and he will be missed by so many of us. We are sure there is a new shining star in the heaven, know that our prayers are with you.
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