Carl H. Steinwender

BREATH OF HEAVEN
HOLD US TOGETHER
BE FOREVER NEAR US
LIGHTEN OUR DARKNESS
POUR OVER US YOUR HOLINESS
HELP US TO BE STRONG---- 

IT IS WITH GRATITUDE FOR A LIFE WELL LIVED THAT WE ANNOUCE THE PASSING OF MY BELOVED 
FATHER, CARL HERMAN “STEP” STEINWENDER ON JANUARY 5, 2023.  CARL WAS BORN ON
NOVEMBER 16, 1922, IN LEXINGTON, OHIO.  HE WAS THE SON OF MABEL (LOZIER) STEINWENDER
AND CARL F. STEINWENDER.   DURING MANY OF HIS YOUNGER YEARS, HE LIVED WITH HIS GRANDPARENTS WHO CAME FROM GERMANY.  CARL GRADUATED IN 1940 FROM GARRETTSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL.

HE WAS PART OF WHAT IS KNOWN TO BE THE GREATEST GENERATION AND ONE OF THE PROUD MEN WHO FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR II.  CARL WAS HONORED TO SERVE HIS COUNTRY IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY.   AS A GUNNER ON A B24 BOMBER, ACCORDING TO HIS PILOT, MEYER MINCHEN, A FEW OF THEIR MISSIONS WERE TOP SECRET.   HIS TOURS OF DUTY TOOK HIM TO ENGLAND, AFRICA, AND THE AZORES.

ON JUNE 8, 1946, CARL MARRIED JEANNE JOHNSON, WHO PASSED AWAY IN 2010. THEY WERE MARRIED FOR 64 YEARS. CARL AND HIS WIFE ATTENDED MANY OF HIS FLIGHT REUNIONS, ONE OF WHICH THEY TRAVELED TO ENGLAND.

CARL ALWAYS HAD A PLAN AND ATTACKED LIFE WITH PASSION, LOVE AND THE GOAL TO EXPERIENCE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.  HE SPENT SUMMER DAYS IN HIS GARDEN AND SHARED THE REWARDS OF HAVING A GREEN THUMB WITH HIS NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS, AND FAMILY.  HE ENJOYED HUNTING AND, FISHING.  MANY OF HIS HUNTING/FISHING TRIPS WERE SHARED WITH HIS SON-IN-LAW, BEN, GRANDSONS, ERIC AND BRYANT, FRIENDS, JIM AND LARRY HARRINGTON, AND DON STILES. HE FREQUENTLY TOOK CHESTNUTS FROM HIS BACKYARD AND PLANTED THEM IN THE AREA WHERE HE WAS HUNTING, HOPING TO GIVE BACK TO NATURE.HE ENJOYED SURF FISHING FREQUENTLY AT THE OUTER BANKS, NORTH CAROLINA. 

CARL HAD MANY TALENTS, ONE BEING AN AVID CABINET/FURNITURE MAKER. HE MADE SOLID CHERRY CLOCKS AND GAVE THEM TO DEAR FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS FOR KEEPSAKES.

HE RETIRED FROM ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL IN NEWTON FALLS AS A MILLWRIGHT AFTER THIRTY YEARS WHEN THE PLANT CLOSED IN 1977.  HE THEN WORKED PART TIME AS A CONTRACTOR FOR HAROLD RISING.  BEFORE ROCKWELL, HE ALSO HAD BEEN EMPLOYED BY GIBSON CONSTRUCTION, THE RAVENNA ARSENAL AND THE BASKET FACTORY IN GARRETTSVILLE. 

CARL WAS A MEMBER OF THE ORDER OF EASTERN STAR, NEWTON FALLS MASONIC LODGE, A 32ND DEGREE MASON OF THE VALLEY OF CANTON, A SHRINER, THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 0674, AND THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS.  HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST CONGREGATIONAL OF WINDHAM.

CARL'S LEGACY AND SIMPLE APPROACH TO LIFE WILL BE REMEMBERED AND REPLICATED FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.  HE WILL FOREVER BE REMEMBERED BY HIS ONLY CHILD, HIS DAUGHTER, REBECCA (BEN) GASKELL; HIS GRANDCHILDREN, ERIC (JEN) GASKELL, BRYANT (AMANDA) GASKELL; AND HIS GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, WHOM 
HE ADORED, MORGAN, BENJAMIN, AND ETHAN GASKELL.  HE WOULD ASK DAILY HOW HIS BABIES WERE DOING.

CARL WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS; HIS SISTER, MARTHA REBECCA NELSON; HIS BROTHER, GEORGE EUGENE STEINWENDER AND HIS NEPHEW, BRUCE NELSON.

WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO LEE ANN (HERRINGTON) DEAN FOR HER ASSISTANCE AND CARING WAYS THROUGH THE YEARS WITH DAD; THE SPECIAL CARE HOSPICE OF THE WESTERN RESEVE PROVIDED AND NURSES, LISA AND LORETTA.  ALSO THANK YOU TO ABBY LESKO FOR HER ASSISTANCE AND COMPASSION AND FOR THE LOVE AND SUPPORT FROM CARL’S NIECE, SUE (NELSON) DAVIS.

THE NEWTON FALLS VETERANS HONOR GUARD AND THE UNITED STATES NAVY WILL HONOR CARL FOR HIS MILITARY SERVICE AT 10:30 A.M. ON SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 2023, AT THE WINDHAM UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, 9029 N. MAIN STREET, WINDHAM, OHIO 44288. THE HONORS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE MASONIC SERVICE BY THE NEWTON FALLS MASONIC LODGE #462.  OFFICIATING THE SERVICE FOR CARL AND HIS WIFE, JEANNE, WILL BE PASTOR CONNI MCCAMBRIDGE.

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