- Date Of Death: January 1, 2016
- State: Pennsylvania
Steve Flood, age 68, passed away from pancreatic cancer on March 13, 2016. He was born in Philadelphia to the late Samuel and Catherine (Foley) Flood. Steve was educated at St. Joe’s Prep, Father Judge, and LaSalle University, earning a bachelor’s in business and graduate work in engineering. He served as an Army medic in Germany during the Vietnam era, treating illness and injuries and helping deliver babies (even on a helicopter). Employed as a sales engineer with Shingle & Gibb for nearly 40 years, he worked with major companies in the Lehigh Valley, Berks, and Schuylkill counties to integrate safety and efficiency solutions in the manufacturing process, specializing in automation. Steve loved his family and friends, classical and Celtic music, birding, vegetable gardening, travel, hiking, camping, fishing, and kayaking. He refreshed the blazes along the hiking trail through Lake Towhee Park for 20 years. He is survived by his wife Sara George, daughter Nicole Flood and her partner Scott Stollery, son Peter Flood, sister Mrs. Anne Lorenz and brothers Cmdr Peter Flood and Monsignor J. Michael Flood. Services: St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Applebachsville, 837 Old Bethlehem Rd, Quakertown, PA 18951, on Saturday, March 19, 2016, 11 am. Reception to follow at the church. Contributions to the church or to Hawk Mountain, 1700 Hawk Mountain Rd, Kempton, PA 19529.
