07-Feb-1959 - 18-Apr-2021
Passed away on Sunday, April 18, 2021 at his home in Tiny. Beloved husband of Bobby. Loving son of Helen and Jens Kaasgaard. Steven will be fondly remembered by his extended family and friends. Co-founder of the Canadian Green Party; Steven made significant contributions to a wide range of environmental efforts during 4 decades of activism; in the 1970s he worked to protect farmland in the Brampton area, and in the 1980s fought to protect water quality in North Simcoe; he began writing the World Nuclear Emergency Day alert in March, 2011. Residents of North Simcoe will remember him as the guy who risked his own well-being, and political career aspirations, back in the 1980s, when he employed direct action efforts, to draw media attention to the Perkinsfield Waste Dumpsite, and the risk it posed to the well-being of residents. Closure of the site soon followed. Cremation has taken place. Arrangements entrusted to the Nicholls Funeral Home, Midland.
