- Date Of Birth: May 27, 1985
- Date Of Death: October 29, 2014
- State: Idaho
Steven “Kade” Kidman fulfilled his dream of becoming a commercial diver and left us to explore waters of the unknown on October 29th, 2014.
Kade was born on May 27th, 1985, to Dennis and Bunny (Lavonia) Kidman in Price, Utah. He lived in Spanish Fork, Utah until his family moved to Wentzville, Missouri in 1997. His family moved again to Idaho Falls, Idaho in 2000. Kade returned to Wentzville in 2003. He had a dream of becoming a commercial diver/underwater welder and in February of this year, packed his clothes and left his home to begin the training of his absolute and forever dream. He earned his certificate, complete with a letter of recommendation, from Commercial Diving Academy in Jacksonville, Florida on September 26th, 2014. There will never be a cadet or family more proud of the results of hard work and determination to reach a goal. He returned to CDA on September 29th, 2014 to earn his EMT/DMT and finished the course on October 24th, 2014. According to the instructors of CDA, he passed that course, as well.
Kade loved baseball and played from t-ball to pony league as the catcher from hell. He was an avid St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Blues fan. He was a diehard New Orleans Saints follower. His smile and demeanor gave him countless friends and acquaintances that will miss him forever. He was generous to a fault and never met a stranger.
His greatest love was his family. Daily phone calls to his “Pops” and his
“Mama” will leave sweet memories and a void that reaches to our souls. Kade’s constant, good-hearted teasing of his brothers is etched in their minds and hearts forever. He was loved as greatly as he loved.
Kade is survived by his Pops and his Mama, his brothers, Will (Peter) of Lehi, UT; Scott (Ruby) of Idaho Falls; Dustin (Carly) of Mesa, AZ; and a sister M’Lisa McKee of Boulder, CO; his nephews and nieces, Emerson, Elliott, Chase, Boston, Baylee, Grace, Maggie, Grae, Oakland and his namesake, Elias Kade. He was preceded in his final dive by his maternal grandparents Willie and Joy West Gunn and paternal grandparents L. LaVere and Leah O’Brien Kidman and a very special cousin, Michael Bryan Rasmussen.
