Stephen Nicholas Blust was born the day after Christmas, 1944 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He died suddenly September 6, 2009. He graduated from IU and pursued his Master's degree at South Bend. He taught Language Arts at Westview High School in Topeka, Indiana for 33 years. He then moved back to Indianapolis to be near and care for his mother, Ethel Blust, who survives him. He also is survived by long time companion Duane Brown.