Steve Happe

Steve was born in St. Cloud on September 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 8th 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 3 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 4-wheeling, just having purchased a new side by side 4-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. Surrounded by his family, and after a courageous one year battle with lung cancer, Steve passed away peacefully on March 16, 2014 at his home. He was 59. He is survived by his wife Lisa of Montevideo, their children: Misty (Chris) Hansen of Madison, Trystan (Jade Hansen) Tostenson of Montevideo, 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.