Steven Paul Alkire, BHS 1972

Steven Paul Alkire, BHS 1972

Steven Paul Alkire was born January 9, 1954 in Riverside, California and passed away November 23, 2003 in Los Angeles, California following a two year battle with liver cancer.

Steve attended elementary schools in Glendale and was a 1972 graduate of Burbank High School. He was employed 30 years in the cable industry. Steven will be remembered as a perfectionish who could repair everything. He had a great sense of humor and a constant thirst for knowledge. He was always interested and always interesting. He could be generous to a fault and helped many family members and friends, often giving them their first real jobs.

Steven was a loving husband and father and will be desperately missed by his wife Jode, daughter Jennifer and son Zachary. He is also survived by sisters, Mary Hogan of Portland, Oregon; Susan Fighera of La Crescenta, California; Sandra Pelletier of Hood River, Orgon; Sharon Trecker of Greenville, California; Shirley Strazdins of Lee Vining, California; brother Scott Alkire of Barnard, Missouri; brother-in-law Lynn Fairbanks of Glendale, California; mother and father-in-law Jim and Norma Boyle of Yucca Valley, California; and long-time friend Donna Gibbons of Burbank, California.

He was predeceased by his brother Robert Alkire; his sister Charlene Drown; and his parents Raymond and Mary Alkire. Numerous nieces and nephews will never forget Uncle Steve.

Services were held November 29, 2003 in Yucca Valley. Interment will be at a later date at San Fernanso Mission Cemetery, Mission Hills, California.