Obituary of Stephen Ray Peck
September 12, 2020 Steve Peck, 77, died from COVID-19 at his residence in Woodburn, Oregon.
Stephen was born July 2, 1943, the son of Fran & Donna Peck, owners of the Riptides Motel on the Taft waterfront in Lincoln City. Steve was a 1962 graduate of Taft High School.
Steve enjoyed the beach, salmon fishing, and watching his dad set off 4th of July fireworks from the Taft dock. In 1955, he caught a 41.5 # Chinook in the Siletz Bay Salmon Derby.
His first job was delivering papers for the Oregon Journal which won him a trip to Disneyland. Steve went on to work at Kenny’s IGA, the Elks club, the city of Lincoln City and Goodwill Industries.
Steve loved Jesus and talking about the Bible. Baptized by the Cornerstone Pentecostal Church in 1988, he spent many years witnessing for Jesus, mostly in Couch Park. Steve was an artist, poet, and musician. He enjoyed attending Christian singles dances, rock & roll, cats, bikers, hot rods and blondes. He idolized Elvis and spent hours with his guitar performing for others, including joyous hours entertaining from street corners along Burnside in Portland.
Despite many hardships, Steve always lit up with a smile to see friends & family and maintained his positive attitude. He was a kind, gentle man and will be missed by many.
Steve is survived a huge extended family including his cousin, Mina Bacigalupi and the loving family of friends at French Prairie. A celebration of life will be held at a later date.
Memorial donations may be made to Street Roots, streetroots.org Street Roots creates income opportunities for people experiencing homelessness and poverty by producing a newspaper and other media that are catalysts for individual and social change. Portland Street Response, a plan Street Roots proposed over a year ago, is a non-police first responder system for street crises. Instead of police officers, medics and crisis workers will be dispatched
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