Steve Wei-Chang Huang
August 25, 1958 - January 01, 2013
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Steve Wei-Chang Huang
August 25, 1958 - January 01, 2013
Obituary
Steve Huang was born in Pu-Li, Taiwan, on August 25th, 1958 to Shao-Yao Huang (father) and Wei-Tz Hu (mother). Steve is the youngest of four children in this middle class family of two boys and two girls. Due to his father’s job relocation, Steve spent his childhood in many cities, such as Pong-Hu, Ping-Dong, and Shin-Chu –all with great memories. The family eventually settled in Taipei where Steve spent his high school years.
Steve attended Tamkang University in Taiwan, majored in International Trade Business. During that time, Steve was convicted and baptized to follow Christ at age 20; he consistently did daily devotions and applied what he learned from the Bible to his life. Steve met classmate Tsai-Wei Tung and served together at college campus. Upon graduating from college and serving in the military for 2 years, Steve came to the United States and studied at the University of Detroit where in 1985 he earned a Master of Computer Science degree. Steve established his career in various companies – Compuware, Caterpillar Inc. and Plymouth Tube. His last job title was Integration Architect. During his 25-year career, Steve had many outstanding accomplishments; he loved his work and was fascinated with the evolution of technology in his lifetime.
In 1986, Steve married Tsai-Wei in Detroit, lived there briefly then moved to Peoria, IL. Both son Peter and daughter Joy were born in Peoria. In 1996, the family moved to Chicago suburb Naperville where the kids grew up and where they found long lasting friendships. Attracted by nice weather, Steve and family moved to California Orange County in 2011.
Steve enjoyed eating a lot, especially enjoyed eating with friends. He always considered “chef” as his unofficial second career. Steve was good at and loved many sports, especially Ping-Pong and tennis. He made many good friends through these sports.
Faith and family life are two focuses in Steve’s life. Wherever he lived, Steve loved to open his house to friends for Bible study and evangelism. As the spiritual head of his household, he led the family in attending a local church and conducted family worship at home, and raised his children with Biblical principles. He also served the Lord faithfully through serving people in various ministries, inside and outside of church.
During the final five years of Steve’s life, while battling colon cancer, he continued to serve the Lord without wavering. He was especially effective in evangelizing and encouraging cancer patients through sharing his experiences in faith and his cancer treatment. Nonbelievers were led to the Lord, other cancer patients were encouraged, and many lives were touched.
Steve fought the good fight; he has finished the race; he has kept the faith. Now, there is in store for him the crown of righteousness.
37 responses to Steve Wei-Chang Huang
June Han says:
January 6, 2013
After Steve & Terri’s family moved from Peoria, to work in Caterpillar. They lived in Camelot Cir, (RiverRun), and attended WCAC. Our family also moved to Knoch Knolls Rd, about a mile from their house. Our kids, Josiah & Victoria, Peter & Joy, who are pretty close in ages, grew up together, and finally I was so glad to see all of them attended Neuqua Valley High Sch together, one grade apart. I remember when they were young, the kids used to play in their swing set in the backyard, while Steve would busy himself with the barbecue. He would pride himself grilling the beef steak to perfection, while we waited patiently to enjoy it. I guess, our complimenting him being a good cook, made him bolder to try new dishes. Later, he even ventured to grow his own chili plants in small pots on the deck. When he grew too much and couldn’t make the chili sauce fast enough, he would give the chili or plants away.
I also remember during our crazier younger days, your family & ours, and few others, drove to Chinatown restaurants for midnight snack at half the price after 10pm. After eating, while us adults continued to eat and chit-chat, our children, being good Naperville kids, would fall flat on their faces to sleep on the greasy table. Those times, being the good hearted man, Steve would always volunteer to drive to spare us, especially Luke falling asleep at the wheel. Steve, now RIP with our Lord Jesus. Luke (your tennis buddy), Josiah, Victoria & June Han would miss you dearly. Someday, we’ll see you on the other shore! Luke reminds you again, don’t forget to save him a good tennis court:}
Anne Liu says:
January 7, 2013
Uncle Steve’s passing was a loss for which the magnitude cannot be expressed into words. However his life was a true testament to the enduring strength, compassion, and selflessness that the Church has been trying to teach us since day 1. He embodied all three qualities by the time he passed so well that I do not hesitate to call him a true man of God and a chosen one among the sheep. Noone is born perfect and noone leaves this world without a stain, but we all do what we must to follow in Jesus’s image and echo the values and behavior his life and death at the Cross exemplified.
I learned a lot this week after hearing of the sad news; many thoughts occurred and the one that stuck with me through all this time was the issue of my own stubborn and selfish pride. Once you conquer your own pride you are not afraid anymore to grovel and to pursue what feels righteous. Uncle Steve was one of the strongest men I knew and I know that all strong men have a sense of pride and dignity that naturally envelops them. At the very end, I do not think he cared anymore and was satisfied that his life had touched so many others and that he left his family in good hands. In the end, which is really a new beginning of his afterlife, I am sure that the words “come faithful servant, come rest in me” rang through to him and that he was able to finally and let go of his earthly worries and pain.
Today I was reading the book of Peter and these verses just seemed to flow in the most natural way, and reminded me again of Uncle Steve.
It is written that “to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you/who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time,Be ye holy; for I am holy,For all flesh is grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth away/But the word of the Lord endureth forever” (1 Peter Chapter 1)
My condolensces go out to Aunt Terry, Joy and Peter, but I want to reassure you that this is not the last we have seen of Uncle Steve- I for one still feel that his spirit is watching over everyone. Live godly lives and let that thought motivate you to be better and do more, just like he would have done if he was still amongst us. I will never forget his kindness to me in my darkest hours and have drawn from this the supernatural strength I need this week to brace myself for the many challenges of this New Year.
Anne Liu
Derrith Lambka says:
January 7, 2013
Steve and Terri were our back-door neighbors in Naperville in River Run for several years and Terri and I have kept up via email and FB after they moved to CA and we moved to Oregon.
What a shock to get Terri’s email about the invitation to Steve’s memorial service. My heart sank to learn that Steve had died and yet at the same time I so clearly can picture Steve being warmly welcomed and embraced by Jesus, who Steve knew well, and then Jesus proudly introducing Steve to his Father God. I expect too that Steve is seeing people who he helped introduce to Jesus and they are thanking him for his role in their salvation. Steve is out of physical pain. He is at home with his Lord Jesus Christ. I know this for certain.
And all the rest of us are missing him here on earth.
What I most remember about Steve is:
1. His calm kindness that drew you in to want to know where he got this peace…from the Lord he would say.
2. His love of Jesus, Terri, his children, his church family, good food, tennis and ping pong, technology – in that order. He had his priorities right before he got sick. He knew what mattered the most: faith, family, friends, food and fun.
3. Steve being a human “bridge” to people to Christianity. Terri’s invitation to his service reinforced that – it is in both English and Chinese and there’s even a webcast for the service.
4. How much Terri loved and relied on him as her strength, her comforter, her friend and life partner.
5. How much he loved, and how proud he was, of Peter and Joy for who they were as people.
Sending tons of hugs and love through prayer and the world wide web.
Derrith & Evan Lambka
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January 7, 2013
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Helen Mo says:
January 7, 2013
Lit a candle in memory of Steve Wei-Chang Huang