Steven A. Madow

Steven A. Madow April 27, 1950 – November 26, 2024 Monroe, New York
Steven A. Madow passed away on Tuesday, November 26, 2024, at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, NY. He was 74 years old.
Son of the late Morris Madow & Ruth Cohen Madow, Steven was born on April 27, 1950, in Bronx, NY. He was retired from the United States Government in Suffern, NY. He graduated from Dominican College in Blauvelt, New York in 1972. He was an avid and talented martial artist and began his long career in his young teens in the Bronx. He taught the martial arts publicly and privately up until the time he passed. He was the owner and instructor of his martial arts school, the Dragon Gate School in Orange and Rockland Counties, where he held a Masters ranking in Okinawan Goju Ryu, as well as degrees in Jiu Jitsu, Aikido, Shorin Ryu, and Chin Na. He avidly studied various other styles and body dynamics and would say to those who asked, "I don't do Karate, I am Karate." He was dearly loved and respected, and known to his students as Shihan, some of who came far and wide to train with him. During his career, he was a bodyguard for various government officials and others.
Left to cherish his memory are his wife, Janet S. Madow at home; brother, Robert Madow & his wife Betty of West Nyack, NY, and their children: Adam, Danny & Peter; sister, Lori Kinney & her husband Terry of Middletown, NY, and their children: Amanda & Mallory; as well as his other nieces & nephews: Ralphie, Nicole, Neil, Marissa, John, Richard and James; and his many great nieces & nephews. He will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved him.
Visitation will be on Thursday, December 5, 2024, from 5:00-8:00 P.M. at Smith, Seaman & Quackenbush, Inc. Funeral Home, 117 Maple Avenue, Monroe, NY.
Memorial contributions in Steven's name may be made to Tunnel to Towers Foundation; t2t.org.