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Memorial for Stephen C. Power, Jr.
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Born in Okinawa, Japan on Sep. 21, 1971
Departed on Jan. 27, 2010 and resided in Washington, DC.
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Mar. 26, 2010
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Mar. 26, 2010
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Please click on the links above for locations, times, maps, and directions.
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Stephen Charles Power Jr., 38, a musician, writer and poet, died Jan. 27, following a fall in his Washington apartment.
Born in a U.S. Army Hospital in Okinawa, Japan, he lived for most of his life in Montgomery County, Fairfax County and, most recently, the District. Steve graduated in 1989 from Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville. He attended Montgomery College in Rockville and Franklin Pierce College in Rindge, N.H.
Steve's musical compositions demonstrated his talents with piano, guitar, voice and percussion. While at Franklin Pierce, Steve created his own radio show that featured a wide variety of musicians and their works.
He became a part of the Washington, DC, punk-rock music and arts scene even before he graduated from high school. He was guitarist, bassist, and vocalist for the band Peking Spring, and was drummer, guitarist, and vocalist for the original lineup of the band Food.
Steve promoted his musical, literary and creative works in Word Up!, the fanzine he created. He distributed Word Up! at Olsson's Books & Records, his employer at the time. He performed on the stages of the now-defunct but venerated local musical and cultural havens the Barbequed Iguana and dc space.
Through much of his adult life he struggled with the after-effects of a head injury he sustained in an automobile accident in 1989. He fought countless struggles, the most significant of which blindsided him as tragedies do. He was a dynamic, creative, expressive soul, whose inner torment found joyful, unique expression.
Steve recently asked his parents to bury his remains in Texas near their home in Boerne, nestled in the Texas Hill Country near San Antonio. He was always dedicated to his creativity and artistic integrity, the ambitions of which were as vast as the Texas sky. When visiting his family, he would walk through the trees, blissfully absorbing the sun and the gentle breeze in the shade while he sat to calmly smoke a cigarette.
Steve is survived by his parents, Stephen Sr. and Jo-Ann of Boerne, Texas; a brother Jason and sister-in-law Renee of Walnut Creek, Calif.; and sister Ann of Seattle, Wash.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Pathways to Housing DC, Attention: Christy Respress , Director of Developement. 101 Q Street, N.E., Suite G, Washington, DC 20002 (www.pthdc.org)
PLEASE REFER TO UPDATED SERVICE INFORMATION!!!
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