Steve Wilson-He was a friend of mine!

Steve Wilson lived from 1947 to 1979, passing away at age 32 from injuries related to a truck accident in Salt Lake. Being raised in rural Nephi, Utah, he and I became close friends. As thirteen year olds, we worked for his Dad-Glen Wilson, taking care of a turkey herd in the area where the Juab High School is now located and south west of Wes Lynn's place. We took turns feeding the chicks at night, then took the family tote gote to travel the streets of small town, USA. If you ever saw the motorcycle scene on the movie "Dumb and Dumber", watching Steve and I motating around town had to be like a future movie titled "Funny But Butt Dumb". With a maximum speed of 20 miles an hour, we decided to head across the Divide to Moroni, to see if there were any girls about. Needless to say, there wasn't any at three in the morning. For me, his funeral was heartbreaker number three, as the small town "Class of 65" had already lost Bradley Brough and Linda Howard, and now another close friend. Once again I cried real tears!  For the past year, I had various photos of him that kept dropping in front of me, even after I gave one to his sister-Linda Steele, a year ago. That is when I knew it was time to say a public thanks to Steve Wilson, who will always be a friend of mine. He served in the National Guard and left a son and daughter-Angela and Anthony Wilson. Steve was a hard worker, and ran on "high octane", with his hands knowing how to fix things. So when Dennis Steele sang "These Hands" at the funeral, it was very fitting. The house photo was taken today, where he grew up. His sister-Linda Steele, didn't stray far, living a block away. It seems she misses her brother like she does Dennis. It is a heartbreaker to deal without the ones we love.