Steven R Berke was born in Cambridge, MA and grew up in Newton Center, MA. He attended Newton High School and the University of Oklahoma. He worked summers with his father at Berke-Moore Company, a builder of bridges and civil engineering works. After serving in the U.S. Army he was employed in the financial industry in Boston. He enjoyed his last thirty working years at Pioneer Management where he was active in mutual fund administration. Steve loved living in the city of Boston as a 40-year resident. He died peacefully in his apartment at age 87. Steve is survived by his sister, Louise Berke Wulff and his brother-in-law Kurt Wulff. His mother Emily Louise Raymond Berke predeceased him in 1998 at age 100. His father Steven Ross Berke passed away in 1963 at age 69.