Steve Happe, age 59, of Montevideo, died March 16, 2014 at his residence. Memorial services will take place at 3 p.m. Friday, March 28, at the United Methodist Church in Montevideo. Visitation will take place one hour prior to services that day. A gathering of friends and family will immediately follow the services at the Montevideo VFW Post #380. Service arrangements are with the Wing-Bain Funeral Home of Montevideo. Condolences may be left online at www.wingbain.com.
Steve was born in St. Cloud on Sept. 27, 1954, to Clarence and Katherine (Geyen) Happe. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Timothy’s Catholic Church in Maple Lake. He attended St. Timothy’s Catholic School through the eighth grade, and then Maple Lake High School, where he graduated with the class of 1973. He was involved in Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts with his father being the Scout Leader.
In high school, Steve was involved in wrestling, making it to the state level a couple of times. Steve attended St. Cloud Vo-Tech, receiving a degree in welding. He worked with welding for a short time after which he worked with a company building pole barns.
In 1976, he moved to Montevideo and started his own Service Master Cleaning Service, which he worked very hard at. Steve met Lisa Tostenson in 1987 and they married in 1993. Together they have three children. In 1989, he started Sun Brite Cleaning Service, adding wood floor refinishing to the business. He could make an old wood floor look amazing. He was proud of his business and worked many holidays and weekends. He was also very proud of his son and how he jumped in and ran the business while he was ill.
Steve enjoyed snowmobiling, taking many trips up north. He also enjoyed four-wheeling, just having purchased a new side-by-side four-wheeler. Hunting and fishing with the guys was something he always enjoyed and came with many stories. He enjoyed racing, having sponsored Butch & Troy Berends Race Cars. He also threw darts in many leagues, winning many trophies and playing cards. His favorite vacation spot was the Black Hills area, traveling there with his family several times.
He is survived by his wife, Lisa, of Montevideo; their children: Misty (Chris) Hansen, of Madison; Trystan (Jade Hansen) Tostenson, of Montevideo; and Mareisha (Ben) Sawyer, of Maynard; grandchildren: Zacharee Bendickson, Keegan Conner, Addison Deschampe, Whesley Sawyer, Evelyn Tostenson; step-grandchildren: Brice Lysholm and Kelsie Hansen; his mother, Katherine Happe, of Annadale; siblings: Bonnie (Don) Hickman, of Becker; John Happe, of Howard Lake; Larry (Kathy) Happe, of Montevideo; Celeste (Greg) Graham, of Buffalo; and Rebecca Happe of Annadale; sisters-in-law: Linda (Kenny) Styrbicky, of Danvers, and Lola Minke, of Montevideo; brother-in-law Scott (Jan) Tostenson, of Clontarf; along with aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.
Preceding him in death were his father, Clarence; his sister, Linda Happe; his grandson, Frankee Sawyer; his father-in-law, Roger (Gladys) Tostenson); his mother-in-law, Maurine Tostenson, and his grandparents.
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