Steven Arthur O'Leary

Steven Arthur O'Leary Father, Son, Brother, Uncle, Nephew, Cousin, Friend and Architect was at home with his family when he passed away peacefully on June 30, 2023.

He will be missed not only for his creative talent as an architect but for his great sense of humor, engaging personality and beautiful, loving soul.

Steve was raised in Los Angeles, CA and Mason City, IA, graduated from California High School: Class of 1982 and from Cal Poly Pomona: B. of Arch.: 1989. He became licensed in 1993 and worked at architecture firms in Southern California where he was the designer of many AIA Design Award winning projects.

While he was a student, he was on the design team as a finalist for the West Hollywood Civic Center Design Competition.

He was a docent at the Frank Lloyd Wright Barnsdall House and with another architect recreated the design of the living room furniture from photographs and built the model that would be used for the fundraising campaign that was used to rebuild the furniture for the renovation.

He was a past instructor at the UCLA extension and Mesa College and a thesis advisor at Newschool San Diego.

He is survived by his three children, Kelley, John and Griffin O'Leary, his former wife, Michele Grace Hottel, his parents, Vilma Toruno Burrola (Richard), his sister Eileen (Chris) Trautwein, his brothers Trevor Montroy & Patrick McGilligan, the O'Leary Family in Mason City, The Toruno Family, his nieces and nephews, Audrey and Hannah (Dan) and Benjamin, Victoria and Nate, great niece Annabelle, great nephew Ian and his in-laws, Barry Hottel, Mary Hottel, Eugene Hottel, and Cliff (Betsy) Eighmy.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, July 29th at 1pm with a reception to follow at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church, San Diego, California where he was an active and cherished member.