SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Steven Merrill Flint, 49, of AuSable Forks, N.Y. and Tremont City, Ohio, passed away on
Friday, Oct. 1, 2010 at Hospice of Dayton after a valiant and courageous battle
with cancer.Steven went home to God to be Heaven's
River Keeper.
He was born on March 23, 1961 in Springfield, Ohio the son of Marylin (Zimmerman) Flint and Kendall M. Flint.
Steven graduated from Greenon High
School in 1979. He attended Wright State University for two years, studying
hydrology. He served in the United States Air Force for four years. Steven
worked for the Ohio Chapter of the Nature Conservancy from 1994 to 2000,
beginning as the Riverkeeper for Ohio's rivers and
streams and then worked as the Darby Creek Education and Outreach Coordinator.
Many articles were written about his work as the Riverkeeper.
Steven then worked at the Adirondack Chapter of the New York Nature Conservancy
from 2001 to 2010 as the Terrestrial Invasive Species Project Coordinator. He
belonged to the Smallmouth Alliance, a sportfishing
group, and during this time he gave many speeches and presentations. Steven was
an outstanding writer with many of his articles being published in fishing
magazines and sports newspaper articles. He was a volunteer for the Make-A-Wish
Foundation and was active in the Big Brother Big Sister organization. Over the
years, he filmed five television shows with Don Meissner
for Streamside, which were shown on Public
Broadcasting stations. Steven was very proud of these accomplishments.
Steven was an avid fisherman and a licensed New York State
fishing and hunting guide. He worked tirelessly on behalf of conservation and
the aquatic systems which gave him much solace. Steven was baptized in the Mad
River in Tremont City on Sept. 3, 2010.
He is survived by his mother, Marylin
Flint of Tremont City; father, Kendall Flint of Virginia; brother, Matthew
(Katherine) Flint of New Carlisle; sisters, Kendra Flint Kitzmiller
of Tremont City and Linda Flint Moore of Knoxville, Tennessee; grandmothers,
Venus A. Zimmerman of Springfield, Ohio and Esther Flint of New Hampshire;
three aunts and two uncles of New Hampshire;nephews
and nieces, Robbie Holt, Zach Flint, Caleb Browning, Jack Moore, Holly Flint,
and Sarrah Gaston; grandnieces and nephew, Denise and
David Gaston and Jordyn Flint (his little angel on
earth); and Rebecca Flint, his former wife and close friend.
He was predeceased by his grandfathers, Merrill V. Zimmerman
(his mentor) and Charles K. Flint.
Steven leaves many friends and co-workers who loved and admired
him.
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