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I found this poem in Steve's billfold after he died. He must have been very fond of it, you could tell he'd had it for years. I had it included in his services.
Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea,
But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home.
Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark;
For though from out our bourne of Time and Place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crossed the bar.
~Alfred Tennyson~
In Memory of .......
Steve was the son of Betty (Cyre) and Francis E. Teghtmeyer,U.S. Navy RET. AVCM. As the son of a career AVCM in the U. S. Navy, he attended schools in Ottawa,Kansas; Jacksonville, Florida; Rota Spain; and Virginia Beach, Va.
In his youth, he was active in the School Boy Patrol and also became an Eagle Scout.
He was a graduate of Princess Anne High School, Virginia Beach, Va and later attended Ottawa University at Ottawa, Kansas. Was baptized into the First Christian Church, Virginia Beach, Va.
May 1967 Steve enlisted in the U. S. Navy at Jacksonville, Florida, where he commenced his 27 year distinguished Naval aviation career that took him all over the World. He received his Honorable Discharge and Retirement as a Command Master Chief at the Naval Strike Warfare Center, now known as Naval Strike Air Warfare Center, NAS Fallon, Nv. May 1994. He earned the Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal (1 award), Navy Achievement Medal (3 awards), Good Conduct Medal (6 awards), National Defense Service Medal (2 awards), and the Antarctica Service Medal. He was a member of the Fleet Reserve Association.
After Steve retired he accepted a position with Aero Union Corporation and we moved to Chico, Ca. We had just celebrated our 13 wedding anniversary when he died unexpectedly of cardiomyopathy.
Montgomery Heart Foundation for Cardiomyopathy
What is cardiomyopathy? American Heart Association
