Stephen Harold Edwards

JOY AND SORROW ALIVE WITH JESUS STEPHEN HAROLD EDWARDS 51 OF VISALIA SURROUNDED BY HIS FAMILY, LEFT THIS EARTH ON JUNE 17, 2015 TO BE WITH HIS HEAVENLY FATHER. HE WAS BORN TO HAROLD DEAN EDWARDS OF HANFORD, CA AND SYLVIA DONNA MONTGOMERY OF VISALIA, CA ON MAY 1, 1964. AFTER COMPLETING HIS SCHOOLING, STEPHEN WORKED ALONGSIDE HIS GRANDFATHER ON THE FAMILY RANCH AND CONTINUED THAT RESPONSIBILTY ONCE HIS GRANDFATHER PASSED AWAY TO HELP HIS GRANDMOTHER WHOM HE WAS VERY CLOSE TO. HE WAS A VERY KIND, GIVING AND A GENTLE MAN WHO NEVER MET A STRANGER AND WOULD HELP OTHERS IF EVER IN NEED. HE ENJOYED CAMPING, FISHING, NATURE, COLLECTING ANTIQUES, HE WAS A LOVER OF ANIMALS; ESPECIALLY HIS DOGS. HE ENJOYED VISITING WITH FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS OF THE DOUGHNUT SHOP. HOWEVER, MOST IMPORTANT TO HIM WAS HIS LOVE FOR HIS FAMILY. HIS HEART WAS NOT ONLY FOR HIS BIOLOGICAL CHILDREN BUT ALSO FOR OTHER CHILDREN AS WELL AND TREATED THEM AS HIS OWN. HIS LOVE KNEW NO BOUNDARIES. SPENDING TIME WITH HIS CHILDREN & HIS BELOVED GRANDDAUGHTERS WAS WHAT HE ENJOYED THE MOST. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS FATHER HAROLD EDWARDS, MOTHER SYLVIA MONTGOMERY, HIS OTHER FATHER GEORGE MONTGOMERY, GRANDMOTHER KATHERINE DUARTE, THE MOTHERS OF HIS CHILDREN, PHYLLIS EDWARDS AND DONNA STEPHENS, DAUGHTER MEAGAN (JAMES) SANDERS, SONS STEPHEN K EDWARDS AND KENNETH HOLCOMB AND 2 SPECIAL YOUNG MEN, JACOB & JARED MOORE. SISTERS SABRINA (ROBERT) SHAHAN, KAREN FU, VICKI (MARK) FELTEN, TINA (MICHAEL) EDIZA, GWEN SCOTT & HEATHER MONTGOMERY. HIS UNCLE, DANIEL DUARTE, COUSINS EDWARD DUARTE AND MELANIE MORENO & NIECES, SALENA BARNETT & CAILEN FU, GRANDDAUGHTERS KEIRA & KYLAH SANDERS, AND MANY OTHER BELOVED UNCLES, AUNTS, NEPHEW, NIECES AND COUSINS. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS GRANDFATHER ARTHUR DUARTE AND BROTHER JOSEPH MONTGOMERY. A GRAVESIDE SERVICE FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS WILL BE HELD AT 10:30AM, MONDAY JUNE 22, 2015 AT VISALIA PUBLIC CEMETERY. SPECIAL THANKS TO DR. MARCONI, SANDRA SHADLY, DEBBIE ALDRIDGE & NURSING STAFF OF 3 SOUTH FOR THE COMPASSIONATE CARE THAT WAS RECEIVED WHILE OUR LOVED ONE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL. MEMORIAL DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION OR VISALIA FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD BUILDING FUND.

Stephen Harold Edwards

May 1, 1964 - June 17, 2015