Steven Woockman, age 67, of Huron, passed away Friday, October 8, 2021, at Providence Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.

His funeral service was held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, October 16th, at the Huron Christian Church. His service was live-streamed through the church's website.

Burial was held at 1:00 PM, Monday, October 18th, in the Hartington Cemetery, Hartington, Nebraska.

Watch Steve's prayer service here.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to: "MAG" Missionary Air Group, PO Box 5160, Burlington, NC 27216.

Steven Keith Woockman was born June 25, 1954, to Raymond and Lorraine (Tweedy) Woockman at Yankton, South Dakota. He grew up on the family farm near Hartington, Nebraska, with his five brothers and one sister.

Steve attended a one-room classroom at Rose Vale District 79, then attended Crofton Public Schools graduating in 1972. Steve worked at Dale Electronics at Yankton, while farming with his father for a year, before attending Nebraska Vocational Technical School at Milford, Nebraska, where he graduated in December 1974, with an Electronics Technology Degree. Steve then started working with the Nebraska Public Power District at Norfolk, Nebraska as an Electronics Technician in 1975; and he did that for the next 23 years. In October 1998, Steve started a position as an Electronic Equipment Craftsman for Western Area Power Administration at Huron, South Dakota, where he worked until his retirement in December 2019.

A life changing event happened on Palm Sunday 1976, Steve was baptized and gave his life to the Lord Jesus Christ.

On October 14, 1978, Steve married Barbara Hill at the First Christian Church at Norfolk, Nebraska, and to this union three children were raised.

Steve served as an elder at the Huron Christian Church. He taught in the Christian Education program, sang with the Praise Team, hosted Bible Studies and had a passion for missions. Steve and Barb hosted many missionaries in their home throughout the years.  His mission trips included going to Haiti and Mexico.

He thoroughly enjoyed visiting and playing with all his grandchildren, as he was a very fun grandpa.

Steve was preceded in death by his parents, Raymond and Lorraine Woockman; his mother and father-in-law, Everett and Jeanne Hill; his grandparents, Otto and Anna Woockman and Albert and Iva Tweedy; one brother-in-law, Terry Hill; one nephew; Blake Woockman; and two grandchildren we never got to meet as they went straight to Heaven.

Grateful for having shared in his life are his wife of 42 years, Barb of Huron; three children and their spouses, Adam and Jennifer of Lincoln, Nebraska, Keith and Jenny of Elon, North Carolina and Emily and James Farrell of Lansing, Kansas; and eleven grandchildren, Evelyn, Vivian, Cora, Malina, Everett, Walter, Henry and Louis Woockman and Lindsey, William and Theodore Farrell.

Steven is also survived by five brothers, Ken and Joann of Hartington, Nebraska, Richard and Vickie of Chapin, South Carolina, Brian and Vicki of Hartington, Nebraska, Gary and Elaine of Crofton, Nebraska and Terry and Maureen of Yankton, South Dakota; one sister, Connie and Steve James of Omaha, Nebraska; two sisters-in-law, Georgia and Terry Fraker of Brandon, South Dakota and Delia Hill of Phoenix, Arizona; one brother-in-law, Harvey Hill of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; two aunts; one uncle; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

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