Steven Allyn Abraham, age 72, Retired Navy Chief Warrant Officer 4, unexpectedly stood his last watch on February 27th, 2022.
Steve was born February 4, 1950 in Winona, MN. After graduating from Winona Senior High School in 1968, he attended and graduated from Winona Technical Institute and then joined the Navy in 1971 and retired after 31 years of service. Steve worked at Rochester Public Utilities for many years after which he moved to Elk Mound, WI where he married and served his community as the Elk Mound Village President, 2nd Medical Training Brigade Command Family Readiness Volunteer and an active member of Calvary Baptist Church until his death.
Steve enjoyed reading, scuba diving, windsurfing, kayaking, sailing, fishing, shooting, collecting and
traveling. He fervently served God, country, family, church and community and loved to learn new
things through conversation and research.
Steve is survived by his wife of 17 years Major Cynthia Mather Abraham, DVM of Elk Mound; mother
Ruth (Schreiber) Abraham of Winona; brother Ronald (Roxy) Abraham of Winona; sister Eileen (Carl)
Maki of MN City; son Craig (Christy) Abraham of Mesa, AZ; daughter Jennifer (Gabriel) Atencio of Parker,
CO; daughter Julie (John) Duff of Cave Creek, AZ; step-son Ethan Fagen of Menomonie, WI; four
grandchildren Paige and Ashley Abraham, Ian and Andrew Atencio; and nieces Ramie Abraham and
Grace Maki.
He is preceded in death by his father, Allyn Abraham.
Visitation will be held at Stokes, Prock & Mundt Funeral Chapel, March 14, 4 - 8 pm.
Service will be held at Calvary Baptist Church, Eau Claire, WI, March 15, 10:00 am, Lunch and burial to follow. Visitation will be one hour prior to service. Burial will take place at 2:00pm, Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery (N4063 Veterans Way, Spooner, WI 54801).
Memorials can be made to Gospel for Asia and Food for the Poor.
All are welcome to attend all events.