Steven Andrew Weens' Obituary
Steven Andrew Weens, born May 3, 1971, in West Covina, California, was famous immediately - his picture posted in the newspapers for being the first child born in the month of May at that hospital. A year later the family moved to Garland Texas, Steven riding in a car seat on the floor of grandpa's 63 Ford truck with homemade camper driven by his mother to join his birth father in Garland Texas. He had moved to Texas for a job with the phone company. The marriage did not survive the move and Steven was subsequently adopted by his mother's new husband, Terry Rosga. Steven died May 2, 2024, at 1:28 P.M. at UT Southwestern Hospital, Dallas, Texas at the age of 52 from cancer and organ failure which was a result of the aggressive cancer treatment.
He is survived by his parents, Terry G. Rosga and Patricia A. Rosga of Carrollton, Texas, daughter Sydney Alise Weens, age 18, of Frisco, Texas, and his siblings: Brother Michael Weens, and his wife Melissa Martin and son Matthew of McKinney, Texas, Sister Kelly Rosga of Richardson, Texas, Brother Nicholas Rosga and wife Patricia Cuervo of Orlando Florida, Brother Chad Rosga and his wife Natalie and twins Hudson and Emerson of Plano, Texas, Sons of deceased brother Jonathan Rosga, Maddox and Tristan Rosga of Williamsburg, Virginia, daughter of deceased brother Jonathan Rosga, Madison Rosga of Sante Fe, TX, girlfriend, Stacy Laney of Dallas Texas, and many other work and childhood friends.
He was preceded in death by his younger brother Jonathan Joseph Rosga in 2017.
Steven attended Country Place Elementary School, Polk Middle School and graduated from Newman Smith High School in Carrollton, Texas, as well as the University of Texas, in Dallas Texas, forming many friendships that lasted over the years. Along with sports, especially soccer, he enjoyed traveling, especially to places by the ocean, computers, cars, dinner with his family, outings with his friends, experimenting with various musical instruments, his dogs, and was especially thrilled with his daughter's beautiful voice and the songs she sang for him. She was the light of his life.
After 911 Steven felt obligated to join the U.S. Army as a paratrooper in the 82 Airborne and served overseas in the Afghanistan war. He had harrowing stories of missions that did not always go as planned, at one point getting entangled in someone else's parachute but somehow managing to get to the ground in one piece. During the war he was awarded numerous medals.
Unfortunately, he was also exposed to toxic burn pits which adversely affected his lungs and ultimately caused the cancer that took his life.
After returning home and completing college he found his life's work as a systems engineer for a variety of companies, more than we could keep up with, and was fortunate enough to earn enough money to build several lovely homes in Frisco, Texas but later downsized to an apartment in Dallas as his health declined.
The highlight of his life was the birth of his daughter Sydney. His one wish during his illness was to live long enough to attend her graduation from high school this year. Unfortunately, that was not possible.
We are grateful for the 52 years that God allowed him to be a part of our lives.
A celebration of Steve's life will be held 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 12, 2024 at Restland's
Wildwood Chapel.
Inurnment, with military honors, will follow in the Restland Memorial Park Cemetery. His urn will be placed in a bench next to the grave of his younger brother Jonathan.
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