FREDERICK A. STEELE JR.

FREDERICK A STEELE, JR. Age 68, died March 31, 2017, at his home in Santa Fe. Fred was born in Jersey City, NJ, June 15, 1948, to Frederick A, Sr. and Harriet Mueller Steele. He spent his boyhood in Oklahoma City, OK, before joining the Vietnam-era Marines, where he served in Okinawa, Japan, achieving the rank of sergeant. He moved to Santa Fe in 1972, and here he found his home. Subsequently work took him to Texas, Colorado and the Middle East to pursue his career as a technical specialist for NASA, in Houston, University of Colorado chemistry department in Boulder, and various oil exploration companies in the Middle East. In 2008, he returned to New Mexico and settled, once again, in Santa Fe. He was preceded in death by his parents, his sister, Patricia Calise, and his childhood friend, Clay Martin. He is survived by his brother in law, Guy Calise of Bristol, RI, his nephew Andrew Steele Calise, of Rhode Island, numerous cousins, his friends Louisa Pacheco of Espanola , Amber Duran of Santa Fe, and his friend of forty five years, Marilyn Downing Staff of Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Those of us who knew him will always remember his kindnesses, his sense of humor, the twinkle in his eye, and his ability to spin a yarn to amuse us all for the rest of our lives.