Mass Card

In Loving Memory of
Steven D. Braun
May 16, 1943 February 16, 2004
Funeral Service
10:00 AM, Saturday
February 21, 2004
Glueckert Funeral Home, Ltd.
1520 N. Arlington Heights Road
Arlington Heights, Illinois
Entombment
Memory Gardens
Arlington Heights, Illinois

Farewell Prayer
Thank you Lord for seeing how weary I am,
and letting me rest. The pain is gone;
the peace is beautiful, Your love surrounds me.
I have fought the good fight (I think) and
somehow now at this stage,
no matter what the outcome,
I feel I have won.

My Homily - ‘For everything ther is a season’
I want my family to move on with their lives,
and realize everything is for a reason.
Have no regrets.
Everybody did everything they could.
I love you all and will still be with you.

Obituary

Steven Douglas Braun
Steven Douglas Braun of Arlington Heights Funeral services for Steven Douglas Braun, 60, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, at the Glueckert Funeral Home, Ltd., 1520 N. Arlington Heights Road (four blocks south of Palatine Road), Arlington Heights. He died Monday, Feb. 16, 2004, at his home. Entombment will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Raised in Park Ridge, Steven graduated from Maine Township East High School in 1961. He joined the Marines in November, 1961, serving in Vietnam on two tours of duty during 1964-1965 as a helicopter crewman and gunner in MMH Squadron 365, Marine Air Group 16, 1st Marine Air Wing. He received the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Naval Unit Commendation, Combat Air Crew Insignia, Air Medal, National Defense Service, and Gold Star in lieu of a second Air Medal. He left the Marines in March 1966 as a full corporal. Steve worked for Bell Technologies for over 35 years. He was an avid model railroad hobbyist, creating realistic layouts of many rail systems including the CA&E. At the time of his death he was planning and hoping to complete a new layout of a narrow gauge railroad in Western Wisconsin at the turn of the last century. He had a wide range of interests and knowledge. He was also a skilled artist who enjoyed cartooning to the delight of friends, coworkers, and his grandchildren, Brittany and Ryan Smith, and Rhea and Dylan McGee. Steve was a generous, passionate man of great heart and humor. He had enormous energy and courage, with a fighting spirit that carried him through to the last. He was a loyal and devoted husband, father, brother and friend. Among the many who are grateful for knowing him and who will miss him deeply are his wife, Linda; children, Justin Braun, Sandra McGee, Shanon (Bret) Smith and Richard (Renonah) McGee; sister, Andrea "Andy" Braun Byrne; nephew, Kieron Dwyer; niece, Kate Dwyer; and his best friend, Ed Lakowski Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Friday, at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be given to the American Cancer Society, 100 W. Palatine Road, Suite #150, Palatine, IL 60067. Friends may visit www.dailyherald.com/obits to express condolences and sign the guest book. For funeral information, (847)253-0168.
Published in the Chicago Suburban Daily Herald from 2/18/2004 - 2/19/2004.