Steven Cole Decoster ’55

Steve died Apr. 19, 2002, of Alzheimer's. He was reared in St. Paul, Minn., and attended the St. Paul Academy. At Princeton he majored in English and studied in the American civilization program. He was a member of Campus Club and was involved with IAA sports and Whig Clio.

Steve attended Harvard Law School and enjoyed a 30-year career as a prosecuting attorney for Ramsey County, Minn. He was proud of his record as an appellate advocate with more than 1,000 cases in appeals courts.

Steve had always been a poet at heart, writing poems in notebooks and scraps of paper over the last 25 years. Early in 2002 a number of his poems were published under the title Water's Edge: Poems and Reflections. "He wrote with passion and joy about the natural world that he loved, and about God, and especially about his beloved St. Croix River."

Steve is survived by his wife, Anne, son Shawn, four stepchildren, and four grandchildren. To them we extend our sympathy.

The Class of 1955