Steven Halbreich *

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On Thursday, September 17th 2020, Steven Edward Halbreich, loving father of Matthew Halbreich, passed away at the age of 66. Steven was born on August 4th, 1954 in Westchester NY and spent his early years in growing up in Long Island area. Steven eventually moved south where he attended American University and then George Washington University where he earned his MBA. He later moved down further south to Winston-Salem where he spent the rest of his adult life and spent most of his career working for Hanes and Sara Lee and RJ Reynolds as Marketing Director. He raised a son Matthew Halbreich. Steven’s main hobbies consisted of spending time with his son and supporting his speed skating career as he grew, taking him all over the country and different parts of the world. Steven was always known as the fun dad who liked to root on Matt and his team mates. “Your dad is a character”, they would say. Anyone who knew Steven, knows that he was never the quiet type but more of the “life of the party” type. He raised Matthew Halbreich who is now 37. He looked up to him and followed in his footsteps with his career path, earning his MBA in marketing just like his father. Over the last year and a half of Steven’s life he battled several illnesses including Lung Cancer, emphysema, pneumonia and beat them all. He was strong, a fighter. In the end it was Pulmonary Fibrosis that got the best of him in a hard fought, tough battle. It is a life taken too soon, but I hope we can celebrate the life he had and the people’s lives he touched and positively impacted. May he rest in peace!