GADDUM, Stephen E.

(Age 64)

Of Spirit Lake, Idaho died Thursday, April 26, 2007. Steve was born in Little Rock, Arkansas on June 15, 1942. He graduated from Florida University Gainesville with a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism and Advertising. Steve served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. He later spent 15 years in the Coast Guard Reserves doing four years active duty during Desert Storm and the Valdez oil spill. He retired in 1993. Steve subsequently worked for Tracer, a subcontractor at the Submarine Base in Bayview. He retired in 2001. Steve served on the Spirit Lake Planning and Zoning Board and was elected as City Council member in 2005. He was a Spirit Lake Chamber of Commerce Board member, active in the Inland Empire MG Club, lifetime member of VFW and Spirit Lake Food Bank volunteer since the early 1990s. He is survived by wife Becki; sons, John Gaddum of North Carolina and Scott Anderson of South Carolina; daughters, Jennifer Dark of North Carolina, Kim Haldrup of South Carolina, and Alesia Jackson of South Carolina; six grandchildren and Godchild Mikayla Blood of Spirit Lake. Steve is also survived by his four-legged children, Juliette and Hansel. He was preceded in death by mother Maxine Doyle and stepfather Worthie Doyle. A Memorial Service will be 6:00 P.M. Tuesday, May, 1, 2007 at the Timberlake Junior High School Gymnasium on 10th Street in Spirit Lake, ID. A reception will immediately follow at the school. In Lieu of flowers memorials may be sent to the Spirit Lake Food Bank, P.O. Box 432, Spirit Lake, Idaho 83869 or Dachshund Rescue NW, PO Box 1383, Airway Heights, WA, 99001. YATES FUNERAL HOME, COEUR D'ALENE CHAPEL is in charge of the arrangements. Please visit Steve's memorial and sign his online guestbook at www.yatesfuneralhomes.com.

This obit is courtesy of the Spokesman Review newspaper.  Thanks!