Stephen Elliot Widdoes

Stephen ‘Steve’ was a loving father, brother, uncle, Pop, and friend. Anyone who knew him, knew Steve was an unparalleled person in nature, exhibiting no bounds in personality, character, and the paths he crossed. Not only did Steve excel in mathematics and computing figures in his head, but he held an extensive vocab and means of storytelling. In fact, the word ‘stranger’ did not exist in Steve’s vocabulary, especially if you were anyone wearing baseball team attire. For Steve this was the green light to go and strike up conversation, eager and ready to share his far-reaching knowledge of baseball players and statistics. If you had the privilege of discussing baseball with Steve, you would know Roberto Clemente was the greatest baseball player of all time- and that’s a fact! Steve and his spirit are surely on the other side likely sharing this ‘you should know’ knowledge to those around him right now.

Steve was an avid athlete, immersing himself in various sports including playing basketball and baseball during and after his high school years, having graduated from Brandywine High School. Steve graduated from the same school where his father Jay taught, making it difficult for Steve and his siblings to get away with much shenanigans! Graduating from the University of Delaware, he continued on into workforces involving sales, security and even went on to play two seasons for the Delaware semi-pro baseball team Schaefers Brewers. Steve held an exceeding passion and skill to not only play but teach golf, which led him to working as a professional golf caddy on courses up and down the east coast. Before his untimely passing, Steve could be found on the putting green practicing his exceptional stroke, and extending lessons of what he loved most to other golfers, helping improve skills of their own.

Steve loved people and spending time with his family as well as their four-footed fur friends, sharing a mutual love with any animal he encountered. He enjoyed history and promoting inclusivity, books on the Civil war and of course Roberto Clemente. You could catch Steve craving Chinese take-out, Twinkies, hot-dogs with strictly only mustard and relish and vanilla malt milkshakes from his favorite spot in town growing up, The Charcoal Pit. Steve went to the beat of his own drum, and was loving, caring, clever, humorous, generous, and wildly witty.

Steve was preceded in death by his parents Marjorie and Jay Widdoes, of Wilmington, DE, and his brothers Jim and Rick. He is survived by his two daughters Carrie (Kurt) von Koch, of Holly Springs, NC and Shelby Widdoes, of Charleston, SC, sister Mary Ann Redman (Herb) of Schuylkill Haven, PA, as well as his niece, nephews, and grandchildren.

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