Steven Poquette died November 24, 2020 at the age of 73. He was born in Spokane to his parents, Glen and Beverly Poquette. At Mead High School he enjoyed football, wrestling, and debate. He was also active in DeMolay. He married Susan Phipps, his wife of 53 years, in 1967. Steve graduated with Honors from WSU in 1969. There he met several lifelong friends in the Sigma Nu Fraternity.
Susan and Steve served in the Peace Corps for two years as teachers in the Marshall Islands. After serving in the Peace Corps, Steve attended and graduated from the University of Washington School of Law. He worked in private practice for a few years before starting his 30-year career with the Farm Credit Bank system. His last 13 years of Farm Credit Bank employment were with CoBank in Atlanta and Denver.
Many family weekends were spent at Priest Lake. Hiking, fishing, mushrooming, berry picking and mountain biking were all enjoyed with children and grandchildren. There were very few mountains and ridges surrounding the lake that he didn’t explore with his family over the years. Steve loved math problems and spent many hours solving both word and math puzzles.
He will be greatly missed by Susan, their sons Pete Poquette (Holly) and Matt Poquette (Alison), his brother Ed Poquette, sisters-in-law Polly Phipps and Barbara Buckalew (Allen), and close family friends Mark and Debbie McLaughlin. He was a favorite of his grandchildren, Amara, Sierra, Marissa, DJ, Justin, Gabriel, and Andalucia.
Honoring Steve’s wishes, the family will gather privately for a celebration of his life.
Richard F Abell
Steve -I will miss you -we had such fun -great times -loved seeing you at WSU and working with you and Sue all these years-we go back buddy D-D-Dick
Samantha Gai Chamberlain (Kostelecky)
I was so sorry to hear of Steve's passing. I remember him well, but hadn't seen or heard from him or about him for so long. I really appreciated reading his obit and hearing all about his accomplishments in life. Rest In Peace Steve. My condolences go out to his family.
Dianne Gounaud (Harder)
I remember Steve well but haven't seen him since high school. I am so sorry to hear of his passing. My sincere sympathies to his family, I too enjoyed reading his obituary and seeing all of his wonderful accomplishments in life.
Mary E Jackson (Jackson-Lambert)
so sorry about Steve good times with him
James K Bartholomew
Steve's obituary and tribute wall are at heritage funerals. There are some additional comments there about his time at WSU. The family might appreciate any memories you care to leave there.https://www.heritagefunerals.com/obituaries /Steven-Poquette?obId=19304042#/celebrationWall
Jeanne M Tweedy (Loddeke)
So sad to hear of Steve's passing. Through our six years of school together, we had a friendly, running feud over which of our dogs, (Jet Charlotte Tweedy or Sue Brett Poquette) was the cutest, smartest, friendliest and most obedient in the known world! Now that he is across the Rainbow Bridge with them both, they are lucky enough to have a very special person with them and we were lucky enough to have known him. RIP
Mary Hyatt
So sorry to hear about the passing on of one of my "star" debaters. He has always been a very memorable past student.
Scott T Gibbs
This is really very sad news. I had hoped to see Steve and Sue at the 50th reunion but I suspect the fires hear Prikest Lake kept them away that year. We last met at one on the early reunions some years ago. It is a wonder we both lived as long as we did and have, given some of the antics we participated in our senior year of high school. It really was touch and go a couple of times. I'll try to remeber only the fun times and not the scary ones. I hope Steve is able to save us all a place where we can be together again when our time on this earth is completed. He was a good high school friend and I send my sincere condolances to Sue, Eddie and the rest of Steve's family. Sincerely, Scott Gibbs