The Haxtun-Fleming Herald - What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope

Steven B. Edwards passed away Monday, Aug. 24, 2020 at the East Morgan County Hospital at the age of 73.

He was born May 12, 1947, in Sterling to Rex and Roberta (Little) Edwards. Steve graduated from Haxtun High School in 1965. He attended Northeast Junior College in Sterling for two years and then attended and graduated from Colorado State University in 1971. During his working career, Steve worked as an agronomist and was district manager for several different seed corn companies. Steve married Nancy Benson in 1967 and they had three children. That marriage later ended and in 1983 he married Judy Bass. Steve and Judy divorced in 2011.

Steve was a people person. He was a former chief of the Hillrose – Snyder Volunteer Fire Department, a member of the Lions Club, the Moose Lodge and the Elks Lodge. He was a member/director of the Colorado Corn Growers Association and a lifelong member of the Colorado Young Farmers Association. He enjoyed bowling, camping, fishing and hunting, driving the country roads looking at grain fields and spending time with family and friends.

Survivors include his children Vicki and husband Eric Whitmore, Frederick, Md., Tanya and husband Foster Cake, Lancaster, Pa., and Ryan and wife Crystal Edwards, Dover, Del.; sister Barbara J. Edwards, Denver; brother Tom and wife Shawn Edwards, Haxtun; and grandchildren Zachary, Aaron, Cole and Sebastian.

He is preceded in death by grandson Joshua; brother Larry Lee; parents; and his loyal companion "Champ."

A memorial service will be held at the Heer Mortuary Chapel in Brush on Tuesday, Sept. 1 at 11 a.m. Inurnment will follow in the Brush Memorial Cemetery Larkspur Columbarium. Everyone is advised that social distancing will be expected and wearing of personal protective equipment as you feel appropriate.