Obituary: Stephen Paul Lukos, sixty six, of Watertown

WATERTOWN- Stephen Paul Lukos passed away suddenly on the morning of March 24, 2021. He was sixty six years historical.

Stephen became born in Waterbury, on can also 24, 1954 to Carol Anne (Wiltshire) Lukos and the late Simon Francis Lukos, Jr. He attended Watertown area faculties where he took activity in arithmetic, woodworking and gymnastics. He graduated from Watertown high school in 1973.

As a young man, Stephen turned into hardworking, intelligent, and good-looking, but the trick up his sleeve changed into his marvelous engineering intellect. In 1975, he purchased his father's aluminum siding enterprise, japanese Aluminum. The business imported and put in European awnings, as certainly one of its many specialties, but in 1985 after years of frustration with the terrible excellent and repair, Stephen embarked on a mission to invent his personal fabric retractable awnings. He incessantly developed the company over the many years into a massive company of american-made, excellent awnings and solar colorations, beneath the names japanese Awning and Worldscreen. jap's awnings had been installed on surprising structures from the White condominium to the domestic of the Mayor of Moscow and different famous areas akin to Grand primary Station. they are nonetheless manufactured with pride at the enterprise's 37,000 rectangular foot manufacturing facility in Watertown.

whereas starting to be the business in his 20s, Stephen also utilized his engineering genius to bikes, competing domestically and nationally in motorcycle drag-racing within the '70s and '80s. He broke, and still holds, a large number of motorbike drag-racing information each domestically and globally, accomplished on funny Bikes he designed and developed himself. He gave up his racing profession to pursue his passion for carpentry, designing and custom constructing his personal home, additionally in Watertown.

Stephen frequently donated cash to the country wide distinctive Sclerosis Society, the Watertown excessive faculty Robotics team, The Lions membership, Easter Seals and The Possum Queen basis. In 2005, he became invited to join the ancient Honorable Artillery company of Massachusetts; Stephen traveled to a considerable number of nations with contributors of this company including Poland, Germany, Czech Republic and Croatia. His inner most time changed into always spent on his cherished boat on manhattan Sound with friends and family; his proper love become the ocean.

Stephen become preceded in death through his father Simon and his brother Michael. He could be lovingly remembered by his three daughters, Heidi (Tom), Krista (Andrew), and Sadie; his grandchildren, Samuel and Molly; his step-grandson Tommy; his mother Carol; his sisters, Deborah and Sandra (Robert); and his sweetheart, Janice.

a non-public service could be held at his domestic. The Hickcox Funeral domestic, 195 main St., is helping the family unit with arrangements.

In lieu of flowers, donations may also be made to the Possum Queen basis of Litchfield, CT.

Stephen's appeal, inquisitive mind, and sort coronary heart can be deeply missed. His motto in lifestyles was "work hard, play tough" and that he at all times did.