Steven Robert Mayden

Steven Robert Mayden passed peacefully into heaven on Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at the age of 58 at his home near Lockwood, Missouri.
Steve was born January 9, 1961 in Ogallala, Nebraska, the son of the late Robert (Bob) Mayden and Joan (Peel) Mayden. He was baptized as an infant at St Luke’s Catholic Church in Ogallala and was confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lockwood, Missouri where he was a member.

Steve attended schools in Ogallala and Lincoln, Nebraska; Pratt, Kansas; El Paso, Texas and graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in Denver, Colorado in 1979. A decorated athlete in high school, Steve was an all-state wrestler and defensive back and played collegiate football at both the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colorado and Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, Missouri, where he graduated in 1983 with a B.S. in Business Management. It was while attending Missouri Southern that Steve met his best friend and love of his life, Jane (Schnelle) Mayden. They were married December 30, 1983.

Following college graduation Steve began a 17- year career in Circulation with Gannett and Ottaway Newspapers in Springfield, Missouri; Denver, Colorado; Joplin, Missouri and Traverse City, Michigan. He then began a 19-year career with Information Technology at Americold Logistics of Atlanta, Georgia working from the Carthage, Missouri facility. Steve continued to work into his last days, with the integrity and commitment that was typical of everything he did in life.

Steve served in his community and in business as president of the Missouri Circulation Director’s Association, on the board of the Boys and Girls Club of Joplin, coached an untold number of seasons covering every sport for his children and local youth and helped start the Lockwood Youth Sports Mighty Mite Football Program.

Steve counted his most precious blessings as his wife, Jane Evelyn; his children, Kyle Robert Mayden (Whitney) of Diana, Texas; Stefany Jane Hastings (Craig) of Blue Springs, Missouri; and Chance Steven Mayden of Greenfield, Missouri; his grandchildren, Kelsyn Pannell, Ella Jane Mayden, Emri Chloe Mayden, Elsie Ann Mayden, Jack Floyd Hastings and Brett Matthew Hastings.

Steve leaves behind a legacy of his love of the outdoors which included taking care of his native prairie. He especially enjoyed traveling to see the majesty of the mountains of Colorado, the relaxing beaches of Florida and experiencing America’s National Parks with his wife and family, who made many trips to each with him over the years.

Steve shared his love for and beauty of a covey of quail rising from an old fence row and the explosion of a cackling rooster pheasant over a good German Shorthair Pointer with anyone who would take the walk with him. He loved taking the children and grandchildren out on ATVs for off-road four-wheeling and instilled in them the importance of having a good, handy shed nearby to hang out and listen to music too loud while crafting up new woodworking projects for and with the grandchildren.

Along with his wife, children and grandchildren, Steve is survived by his mother, Joan Mayden, Cheyenne, Wyoming; brother, Scott (Anne)Mayden, County Wicklow, Ireland; sisters, Annie (Doug) Mills, Leavenworth, Kansas; and Cindy Knutson, Portland, Oregon; family brought to him through marriage: his mother-in-law, Jean Schnelle, Lockwood and sisters and brothers-in-law Joyce and Robert Torris, St Petersburg, Florida; Kent and Donna Schnelle, Elaine and Dave Coose, Dwight and Amanda Schnelle all of Lockwood; Greg Hall and Germaine Mounce, Joplin; Mark and Sue Hall, Seneca, Missouri; Keith and Tammy Hall of North Kansas City, Missouri; and a host of nieces, nephews, uncles, aunts and cousins.

Memorials may be made to the Steve Mayden Memorial Youth Fund.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, January 18, 2020 at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Lockwood with burial at the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery at Meinert, Missouri. An informal visitation will follow in the Family Life Center at the church.
Services are under the care of Lockwood Funeral Chapel.