Steven Frank Tuchfarber, 80, died October 4, 2026, in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Steve was born December 26, 1945, in Davenport, Iowa, the fourth child of Katheryn and Edmund Tuchfarber. At age three, the family moved to Los Alamos, New Mexico, where Steve grew up with his siblings Edythe, Kay, and brother William (Bill).Steve graduated in 1964 from high school at The Abbey in Canon City, Colorado. From there he joined his parents who had relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada, where he attended UNLV for one year. He then enlisted in the U.S. Navy where he served for several years before he was honorably discharged. He served aboard the USS Constellation during a Vietnamese Deployment.Steve had a long history in the defense industry working for Philco Ford (later Ford Aerospace), in Woomera, South Australia and later Manchester, New Hampshire, then to San Jose and Santa Maria, California. He joined TRW in Santa Maria and relocated to Las Cruces, New Mexico then to Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia, twice and then boomeranged back to Las Cruces.Surviving family include sister Kay Thurn, Lois Rivera, of the family home; children: Erik (Jesse), Shayne, Katheryn Podschun (Joerg); grandchildren: Ethan, Miranda, Adelaide Tuchfarber; Isabella Kosanovich, Ayden, Dylan, Thyago Tuchfarber; Mina Perez, Nico and Luke Podschun and many nieces, nephews and cousins.Steve was preceded in death by his parents Katheryn and Edmund; sister Edythe and brother Bill; grandparents Edith & Edward (Pa Mick) Coffield, Elizabeth (Bess) and William (Bill) Tuchfarber; Aunt Rose Taylor, Uncle Joe Taylor, Mike, Paul and Bob Thurn; and Mike Taylor.

Services to be held November 11, 2026, at Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral, 1240 S. Espina, Las Cruces, NM. Rosary at 10:30 a.m.; Mass at 11 a.m.