Stephen Paul Rowan

Steve grew up here in Lincoln, Rhode Island. It is so sad to learn of his passing. Sympathy to his family and friends.

I met Steven when I was seven and my family moved to Lincoln. It was a hard change for me, and then there was Steve who I didn´t see often but when I d he had a ready smile and a kind word. Through the years we would see each other in the hall of school or the band room. I admired his passion for music and the saxophone, envied it more.
Of course school ended and off we all scatter to the wind. I´d run into him once in a while during the college years. His passions still alive and well. Over the years I wondered how he was and would remember the smile and kind words.
The world is a better place for having had him in it!

I got to know Steve when we worked on a State Farm wildfire assignment in the fall of 2020 in Northern California. He was very friendly and easy to work with during our assignment.

We shared our history of where we had lived and currently live, amongst other topics.

He said if he ever visited Texas, he would look me up. Next year in 2021, he and Margaret were visiting San Antonio, TX where my wife and I live. We got together and had lunch at one of my wife's favorite Mexican restaurants. Glad we got together and glad they got to visit SA.

Our condolences on Steve's Passing.

Gary & Rebeca Grieco.