Stephen A. Applin, 64, passed away on August 12, 2011 from a heart attack.
Steve was born on November 26, 1946 in Caspian, Michigan to Anne and Arthur Applin. He spent his childhood in Michigan, until his family moved to Helena in 1956.
Steve attended Helena High School and then graduated with a degree in electrical engineering from Montana State University in 1968. After several years in ROTC, he went on to serve his country as a captain in the U.S. Army, during the Viet Nam war.
After his tour of duty, he worked in various states in the northwest as an electrical engineer. He finally returned to his beloved Montana and spent years fishing, hunting and rafting with his dad.
He was an avid and talented gardener, whose green thumb could produce berries, watermelon and cantaloupe, even in our short growing season, and he kept family, caregivers and neighbors generously supplied.
A bachelor for his entire life, he put the needs of his family foremost and spent his later years caring for his sister and his elderly parents and he was generous in his giving to them in every way.
Steve was preceded in death by his sister, Debbie Applin. He is survived by his parents; his sister, Cheryl Hanson (Kirk); brothers, Jeff Applin (Elaine) and Kirk Applin; and by four nieces and nephews, Kirsten and Kevin Hanson and Christy and Eric Applin.
A private family burial will take place at Montana State Veteran's Cemetery at Fort Harrison.
In lieu of flowers, memorials in Steve's name are suggested to the American Heart Association, http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, http://www.nationalmssociety.org/donate/index.aspx, or the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, http://www.cff.org/GetInvolved/ManyWaysToGive/MakeADonation/.
Steve was born on November 26, 1946 in Caspian, Michigan to Anne and Arthur Applin. He spent his childhood in Michigan, until his family moved to Helena in 1956.
Steve attended Helena High School and then graduated with a degree in electrical engineering from Montana State University in 1968. After several years in ROTC, he went on to serve his country as a captain in the U.S. Army, during the Viet Nam war.
After his tour of duty, he worked in various states in the northwest as an electrical engineer. He finally returned to his beloved Montana and spent years fishing, hunting and rafting with his dad.
He was an avid and talented gardener, whose green thumb could produce berries, watermelon and cantaloupe, even in our short growing season, and he kept family, caregivers and neighbors generously supplied.
A bachelor for his entire life, he put the needs of his family foremost and spent his later years caring for his sister and his elderly parents and he was generous in his giving to them in every way.
Steve was preceded in death by his sister, Debbie Applin. He is survived by his parents; his sister, Cheryl Hanson (Kirk); brothers, Jeff Applin (Elaine) and Kirk Applin; and by four nieces and nephews, Kirsten and Kevin Hanson and Christy and Eric Applin.
A private family burial will take place at Montana State Veteran's Cemetery at Fort Harrison.
In lieu of flowers, memorials in Steve's name are suggested to the American Heart Association, http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, http://www.nationalmssociety.org/donate/index.aspx, or the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, http://www.cff.org/GetInvolved/ManyWaysToGive/MakeADonation/.
Stephen A. Applin, 64, passed away on August 12, 2011 from a heart attack.
Steve was born on November 26, 1946 in Caspian, Michigan to Anne and Arthur Applin. He spent his childhood in Michigan, until his family moved to Helena in 1956.
Steve attended Helena High School and then graduated with a degree in electrical engineering from Montana State University in 1968. After several years in ROTC, he went on to serve his country as a captain in the U.S. Army, during the Viet Nam war.
After his tour of duty, he worked in various states in the northwest as an electrical engineer. He finally returned to his beloved Montana and spent years fishing, hunting and rafting with his dad.
He was an avid and talented gardener, whose green thumb could produce berries, watermelon and cantaloupe, even in our short growing season, and he kept family, caregivers and neighbors generously supplied.
A bachelor for his entire life, he put the needs of his family foremost and spent his later years caring for his sister and his elderly parents and he was generous in his giving to them in every way.
Steve was preceded in death by his sister, Debbie Applin. He is survived by his parents; his sister, Cheryl Hanson (Kirk); brothers, Jeff Applin (Elaine) and Kirk Applin; and by four nieces and nephews, Kirsten and Kevin Hanson and Christy and Eric Applin.
A private family burial will take place at Montana State Veteran's Cemetery at Fort Harrison.
In lieu of flowers, memorials in Steve's name are suggested to the American Heart Association, http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, http://www.nationalmssociety.org/donate/index.aspx, or the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, http://www.cff.org/GetInvolved/ManyWaysToGive/MakeADonation/.
Steve was born on November 26, 1946 in Caspian, Michigan to Anne and Arthur Applin. He spent his childhood in Michigan, until his family moved to Helena in 1956.
Steve attended Helena High School and then graduated with a degree in electrical engineering from Montana State University in 1968. After several years in ROTC, he went on to serve his country as a captain in the U.S. Army, during the Viet Nam war.
After his tour of duty, he worked in various states in the northwest as an electrical engineer. He finally returned to his beloved Montana and spent years fishing, hunting and rafting with his dad.
He was an avid and talented gardener, whose green thumb could produce berries, watermelon and cantaloupe, even in our short growing season, and he kept family, caregivers and neighbors generously supplied.
A bachelor for his entire life, he put the needs of his family foremost and spent his later years caring for his sister and his elderly parents and he was generous in his giving to them in every way.
Steve was preceded in death by his sister, Debbie Applin. He is survived by his parents; his sister, Cheryl Hanson (Kirk); brothers, Jeff Applin (Elaine) and Kirk Applin; and by four nieces and nephews, Kirsten and Kevin Hanson and Christy and Eric Applin.
A private family burial will take place at Montana State Veteran's Cemetery at Fort Harrison.
In lieu of flowers, memorials in Steve's name are suggested to the American Heart Association, http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, http://www.nationalmssociety.org/donate/index.aspx, or the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, http://www.cff.org/GetInvolved/ManyWaysToGive/MakeADonation/.
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