RAPID CITY - Steve Marsico, 56, Rapid City, passed away Monday, Dec. 6, 2010, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. He was born July 9, 1954, to Stephen E. Marsico Sr. and Velma Crocker in Denver. He moved to South Dakota with his mother and sister in 1957, and after living in Pierre, they made their home in Rapid City where he met his lifelong best friends. He attended General Beadle where he was the sixth grade class president, North Middle School and Central High School. He played pony league baseball and was a member of the track and football teams of CHS. He was proud to be a Cobbler. After graduating in 1972, Steve moved to Las Vegas where he lived and worked at Caesars Palace with his sister, Nancy. He also lived in Dallas and Phoenix before returning home to Rapid City. In 1977 he met his wife, Sharee Anderson, and they were married in 1984. He worked in construction for over 30 years in Rapid City, where he built the reputation as the best drywall subcontractor in town. Steve and Sharee are parents to three daughters, Terra, Karisa and Alexis. He loved spending all of his free time with his girls. He lived for coaching his daughters in softball and cheering them on in their other sports. He was a proud father. In 2003, their family was completed with the birth of his granddaughter, Jadeyn. She will always be "Papa's girl." Steve's sense of humor made him such a likeable person. He had the ability to make anyone laugh. He enjoyed sharing his humor. He will be forever missed by his family and friends. Steve's family includes his wife, Sharee Marsico, Rapid City; three daughters, Terra and Lexi Marsico, both of Rapid City, and Kari Marsico, Savannah, Ga.; his granddaughter, Jadeyn Marsico, Rapid City; his mother, Velma Gilbertson, Rapid City; a brother, Ray (Rebecca) Gilbertson, Indianapolis; a sister, Nancy (Craig) Murdock, Black Hawk; and numerous nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. He was preceded in death by his father, Stephen Marsico Sr.; his stepfather, Thomas "Bud" Gilbertson; his grandparents; two aunts; and a nephew. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 10, at Calvary Lutheran Church with the Rev. Dwight Stensgaard officiating. In lieu of flowers, a memorial educational fund has been established for his daughter, Lexi.