HowardSteve Crocker Howard came into our lives more than 40 years ago. He took on a dynamic young woman and two challenging boys, and although I didn’t live with him except for a brief period, he made a big difference in my life as he did in all of our lives. He was unfailingly calm, supportive and good natured. He had a quiet joie de vive – an enjoyment of living and a sense of place. He introduced me to sailing and I was immediately taken. In short order I took sailing lessons and bought a boat. It added a lot to my life. I also learned a bit about shopping centers, partly watching him work and partly from a Christmas vacation job taking pictures with Santa in the Lincoln Village shopping center. In recent years we enjoyed discussing his work at SCORE. He was always a gentleman, always supportive, and always a friend. In the words of Steve Stine, he was a real mensch. |