{"id":110,"date":"2024-05-30T16:19:52","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T16:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lupekat.com\/Steve\/?page_id=110"},"modified":"2024-08-09T00:53:22","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T00:53:22","slug":"to-the-memory-of-steve-collins","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lupekat.com\/Steve\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Collins: A Celebration of Life!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-accent-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-669513ed wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div id=\"stevesmemorialanimation02_hype_container\" class=\"HYPE_document\" style=\"margin:auto;position:relative;width:100%;height:700px;overflow:hidden;\">\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/lupekat.com\/Steve\/Steves_memorial_animation_02.hyperesources\/stevesmemorialanimation02_hype_generated_script.js?70482\"><\/script>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1da03c2a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-444d5ee8 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"min-height:100%\">\n<p class=\"has-heading-font-family has-x-large-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.2\">Robert Stephen (Steve) Collins<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Celebration of Life!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Took place on Saturday July 27<sup>th<\/sup>, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6:15pm start&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the LGBT CENTER &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>208 13<sup>th<\/sup> St.&nbsp; NYC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-heading-font-family has-x-large-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.2\">Room 301<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ITINERARY<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WELCOME<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SONG<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SARAH CRISPO (will be accompanied by a pianist) \u2013 youngest of the group of the singing lessons from Joyce. She\u2019ll sing \u201cLamentation of Orpheus\u201d composed by Joyce Hope Suskind and dedicated to Steve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READING \u2013 email Alex Reading selections&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SPEAKERS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>HELEN BREEN <\/strong>She\u2019ll introduce the song \u2018Long Boy\u2019 from the Album they worked together on \u2018Soldiers &amp; Sweethearts\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>2. <strong>CATHY CALLE<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. <strong>CONNIE RETTLIER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. <strong>JESSICA COLLINS WATKINS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5. <strong>ALEX SALINAS<\/strong> (husband)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6. <strong>ALEX ISHKANIAN <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>VIDEO<\/strong> &nbsp; (20 minutes).&nbsp; <em>Born Free,&nbsp; Getting to know you<\/em> (the King and I). <em>People<\/em> (Barbara Streisand). <em>Been Alive <\/em>(Company original broadway cast). Wives and Lovers (Dionne Warwick)&nbsp; I\u2019m so glad we had this time together \u2013 Carol Burnett.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CANDLE LIGHTING (WITH DEE &amp; JESSICA) with the background of the song \u201cThere&#8217;s A Long, Long Trail\u201d (Steve Colling and Hellen Breen).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BLESSING<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FINAL WORDS&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9fe8ed88 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-container-content-0733e5d0\">Write something for Steve:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-contrast-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/lupekat.com\/Steve\/index.php\/leave-a-message\/\">Leave a Message<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9fe8ed88 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-container-content-0733e5d0\">If you can&#8217;t make it here is a link to a live stream:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-accent-3-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/Dkcn6PJlZVU?si=AvWxszTtshGLKkN2\">YouTube Live<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-base-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d89aad35 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-549b0c86 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-column-is-layout-4f15e8fe wp-block-column-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<p>Steve Collins has been very important to all of us. Specially to me. I&#8217;m his husband Alex Salinas and I put together this website to honor his memory. We&#8217;ll have pictures and videos of fun times. There&#8217;ll be a section where friends and family can leave their memories as well.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-119bc444 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>For Steve<br>A friend died this morning in his sleep.<br>We knew it was coming but hoped it would not.<br>His smile and easy laugh were what came to mind not his illness, treatments, pain, and palliative care.<br>What if somewhere our bodies are somehow kept. intact like long-dead steadfast explosive stars?<br>Who&#8217;s to Know for sure where we go beyond<br>this movie palace we create in time and space.<br>Might there be a realm we slip into after death<br>-not heaven, Eden, not paradise but a place where we still have some chance to chime?<br>Joan Lauri Poole<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-87beb0d0 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-container-content-9cfa9a5a\">Robert Stephen Collins (Steve) was born in Paris Texas in 1954. He was raised in the town of Pittsburg, TX (about 2 hours from Dallas). His was a large family, four brothers and two sisters. He had an average childhood in small town USA. He&#8217;s family run a franchise of the Piggy Wiggle that built lots of memories. But when he was old enough to leave he did.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>He travelled to the city that never sleeps and made a home there. He had the type of personality that charmed people and made lots of long lasting friendships either from work, his singing lessons with Joyce Hope Suskind, his support group or neighbors. He loved everything broadway and a memory and extraordinary ear for recognition that rivals modern computers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>He was also a kitty lover. In every important moment in his life there was a faithful feline companion. He would call Smokey his soulmate. He was also at the core a romantic, always longing for love and companionship. in 2016 he met Alex and establish a relationship that only grew stronger during the lockdown and the pandemic. Finally, on October 2021 they decided to get marry in the paintoresque town of Saugerties NY. In a very small ceremony conducted by his long-time friend Jeddah. unfortunately after only two years  Steve was diagnosed with a lymphoma a cancerous tumor that ultimate spread in different parts of his body. He fought long and hard doing everything that the doctors recommended until they themselves could not find a solution and sent him to home hospice care. On the very early morning of April 3rd his soul left his body. He, however, wasn&#8217;t alone his loving husband Alex stay next to him until his last breath. Steve was loved until the very end \ud83d\udda4.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Stephen (Steve) Collins A Celebration of Life! 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