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Mark Dowar posted a condolence
Saturday, May 15, 2021
Dr. Tobe was one of my favourite professors. I took a summer course with him in shrimp aquaculture. Wow! Did Dr. Tobe and his colleagues, Bill Bendena and McNeil open our eyes to some really cool and practical biological research, amazing Thai food, great Thai students, and Singha beer:) -Though I don't think that was part of the U of T course itinerary, or maybe it was....
He didn't just teach the course. He got to know each of us on a real personal level. Like a father he gave advice and provided mentorship. He also gave great tips of places to check out in Thailand. I recall one day he took us to Thailand's tailor to the King for us to get suited up. He also took us to some amazing restaurants. I don't think I've ever tasted such amazing food as to the restaurants he took us to.
He showed us the best of Thailand, took us students under his wing and gave us unique experiences that have lasted a lifetime.
Khob khun krab Professor Tobe, I see you sipping a cold one under the Thailand sunset. Many thanks for your experience, and teaching. M
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Berry Smith posted a condolence
Sunday, January 17, 2021
Steve Tobe was a remarkable person whom I had the pleasure to know as a colleague and fellow insect physiologist at the University of Toronto. A truly talented scientist, he also excelled at life, enjoying it to the full and inspiring those around him. Gourmet, oenophile, traveller, musician: his interests seemed unbounded. Some of my fondest memories include travelling by car with him as he munched his way through an entire jar of hot jalapeno peppers; playing ragtime piano with him as he improvised on his banjo; and visiting him for a demonstration of his latest hi-fi gear where he vastly one-upped my new Senheiser headphones with his high-end electrostatic pair! He will be sorely missed; he truly made the world a better place by his presence.
Berry Smith
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E. Kaufman posted a condolence
Sunday, January 17, 2021
As a single mom of two teenaged sons, I will be forever grateful to Professor Tobe, for offering to mentor one of my boys, when he was struggling badly, and at risk of 'going off the rails. We have lost a very special person, a man with a brilliant mind, and an exceptionally huge heart. He will be greatly missed.
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Bernie and Bertye Gluckstein posted a condolence
Monday, January 11, 2021
Dear Martha,
Our sincere condolences to you about the passing of Steve.The memories of the many years of sharing great wines together are some of my best experiences. I know how close the two of you were and how you shared in his passions. He will be missed by everyone who knew him.
Bernie and Bertye Gluckstein
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Mary Ann McConkey posted a condolence
Monday, January 11, 2021
I have many great memories of Steve Tobe at the University of Toronto, where we worked together over several years. He was on a number of the University's collective bargaining committees, where he added great rationality, wisdom and humour to the process. Truly a wonderful and treasured colleague.
Mary Ann McConkey
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Anne Logan McNamara posted a condolence
Sunday, January 10, 2021
I did not know Stephen Tobe, but certainly know his wonderful wife, Martha. To you, Martha, my most sincere sympathy.
I shall send a note to you, c/o the funeral home, and would love to touch base again when things are more settled, both for you, and for IT, which is what I call COVID. Stay well, and stay strong. With affection, Anne (Logan)
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Pawapol posted a condolence
Sunday, January 10, 2021
My sincere condolences to Martha and Professor Stephen Tobe’s family.
I met Steve for the first time more than 15 years ago and it was a privilege and pleasure to have known him. He was a wonderful and kind man, and I will never forget the contributions that Steve made to Silpakorn University’s Faculty of Animal Sciences and Agricultural Technology.
With my deepest sympathy,
Pawapol Kongchum, former Dean of ASAT
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Nika Ketis Issenman posted a condolence
Saturday, January 9, 2021
I traveled to Thailand in 1999 where I met up with Steve and other scientists. It was a wonderful trip with great company and delicious food. At his home in Niagra, he introduced us to his hot tub in the moonlight which was an adventure. Steve was gregarious, insightful and generous. It was a pleasure to have known him.
My sincere condolences to Martha and his extended family.
Nika Ketis Issenman
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Josie Vincent posted a condolence
Saturday, January 9, 2021
Dear Martha
Please accept pour condolences.
Remembering you fondly from your days as Principal of Blythwood Public School.
Our thoughts are with you.
The Vincents
Josie, David, Maggie, Annabelle and Mac
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Janet Mcclelland posted a condolence
Saturday, January 9, 2021
Best love to Martha, my generous and supportive colleague in elementary school teaching, as together we tore back the curtains on injustice to let the sunlight rush in. I miss our time together. Janet McClelland
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Kathy Webb posted a condolence
Saturday, January 9, 2021
My condolences to Martha and Stephen’s family. I have fond memories of Stephen from The Madison Avenue Pub in Toronto where he would lunch weekly with members of his lab. He was known as “Cockroach Steve” to us who worked there. Once a year we would have “Thai Day” at the pub and Steve would be in the kitchen cooking his favourite Thai food with our chef.
He ate the hottest spiciest chicken wings we could make. An amazing man, he will be missed by many.
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Glenn Wyant posted a condolence
Friday, January 8, 2021
I recall 40 years ago joining our ham radio group to operate
in radio contests from Steves Lakeshore road location.
Steve brought us all together and we became lifelong friends.
His spirit and over the top friendship will not be forgotten.
Martha my thoughts are with you..... Glenn Wyant
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Sylvia Ley posted a condolence
Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Steve was my first research advisor. I was a teenager when I first walked into his office, but he always treated me with respect and never any less important. In his lab, I fell in love with research. My research topics evolved over the years, but his influence remains within me when I mentor my students.
Sending my thoughts and love to Martha and family.
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Tony and Margaret Hamnett posted a condolence
Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Steve touched, influenced and changed the lives of those who were fortunate to have known him. I found these lines from Godspell which encompasses how I will forever remember the “Best” of men.
Some men are born to live at ease, doing what they please,
Richer than the bees who are in honey,
Never growing old, never feeling cold, pulling pots of gold from the air,
Summers at the sea, winters warm and free, all of this and we get the rest,
But who is the land for, the sun and sand for?
You guessed, it’s for the Best.
Martha, our thoughts and prayers are with you.
Much love
Margaret and Tony [from the heady days at the University of Sussex]
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It is so lucky for me to be one of Steve's student. He is wise and encouraging as a supervisor, and funny and charming as a friend. Before knowing Steve, I never knew that supervisor can also be a friend. Five years in steve's lab, I have experienced a lot of new things that would never happen to me if I didn't come to his lab. He and Martha helped me to adjust the life in Toronto. I never saw Steve get angry or impatient. As a supervisor, he is not ask me to finish my experiments like a boss, but be there to help me like a friend. He is always smiling like in the photos. He is loved by all the students in the lab.
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Cam Donly and Carol Richardson posted a condolence
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
It is hard to believe it has been thirty years since we were swept into the world of Insect Biotech Canada upon returning to Canada, and there came to know Steve. As part of the insect neuropeptides section of the group, there were many good years of scientific achievements and lasting friendships. They truly were the good old days, due in no small part to Steve’s leadership and care and attention to all of us. Luckily for us, despite the following years leading in divergent directions scientifically, we were able to then get to know another side of Steve, the Niagara gardener and local wine connoisseur. As part time residents in NOTL, it was a treat to visit the farm on summer weekends and marvel at the prodigious output of the garden, which Steve and Martha so generously shared. The best eggplant anywhere! But Steve’s Thai chili peppers - only for the experienced! Thank you so much Martha, he is deeply missed.
Cam & Carol
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Suzette posted a condolence
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
My condolences to the Tobe family. I am sincerely saddened and sorry to hear of this news. During my undergraduate years (2004-2008) I worked in Prof Tobe’s lab. He was always kind, funny, and generous. I will never forget the work opportunity he gave to me and those times he treated all of us at the lab at the Madison’s. What a beautiful soul. Rest In Peace, professor
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Tuesday, January 5, 2021
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เสียใจมากๆค่ะ อาจารย์สตีฟให้ความห่วงใย เป็นผู้ให้จากใจอย่างแท้จริง ท่านเหมือนพ่อเลยค่ะ
My deepest sorrow. Steve always cares for people. He is a giver from his heart. He gives and cares like my real father
นันทา พงษ์กิ่ง Nantha Pongking
Former Manager of Cha-am Condominium, Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand
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Flanny posted a condolence
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Condolences to the Tobe family. Stephen was a mentor who gave me both guidance and the freedom to carve my own path! He will always be remembered fondly.
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My deep condolences to Martha and Steve’s family. Steve is a great friend, a great scientist, and a great giver. The establishment of “Professor Stephen Tobe and Friends Research Studentship” at Silpakorn University has been an inspiring force for several Thai students. Yes, "He will remain a force in many lives forever".
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Tamar Mamourian posted a condolence
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
My Deepest Condolences to Professor Tobe's Family. Professor Tobe was one of a kind. A smart scientist, a great mentor to many and a gentleman. You will be terribly missed Professor Tobe. Rest In Peace.
Tamar Mamourian
CAO Cell and Systems Biology
University of Toronto
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My sincere condolences to Martha and to Steve’s family. I am very touched and deeply shocked by this very sad news. I am also very grateful for having had the honor, pleasure, and opportunity of closely interacting with him. Since more than 25 years, our group in Leuven successfully collaborated in several studies with Steve and his lab. Until the moment of his retirement, we have exchanged techniques, ideas, and lab members. Our scientific discussions were always very interesting, mutually respectful and often enjoyable. Steve had a great passion for science and he inspired and encouraged many people, while he also enjoyed the social aspects of a scientist’s life. A scientific discussion with Steve was often ‘celebrated’ with a good glass of wine, or a Margarita. Steve was also a great (co)organizer of the highly qualitative -and very memorable- INC meetings in Thailand and other exotic places. In February 2020, just before the corona crisis impeded international traveling, Steve and his wife Martha still attended the INC meeting on Okinawa, where they clearly enjoyed being part of the INC community once more. His fatal illness was not yet obvious. Needless to say that this passing away is a big loss for his wife Martha, his family, friends and colleagues in science. We'll all miss him a lot, and will keep so many good memories. Rest in peace, my friend!
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Francisco Martinez-Perez posted a condolence
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
My condolences to Martha and Steve's family on the loss of a mentor and my friend.
Steve was always a role model so much: in his human, scientific qualities, his love and passion for studying the neurosciences in insects and crustaceans. Thanks to him I was able to do postdoctoral studies at the University of Toronto. I will always be grateful to him for the opportunity he gave me to learn from him, but above all for his trust and friendship.
Unfortunately I did not have time to talk to him and inform him that everything I learned in his laboratory began to bear fruit in this COVID-19 pandemic, since thanks to the Thai cockroach that I loved so much I have been able to develop a molecular diagnostic system here in Colombia that I hope in the near future and be able to publish it for the benefit of humanity, as it was what it taught me.
Since I finished my stay in Canada and returned to Mexico and now in Colombia every day I follow his example and teachings to be a good man, committed to science, but above all helping university students to whom I transmit all the teachings that I learned of him, to form them as he did with me.
My sincere condolences to Martha and her family, Thank you Steve.
Francisco José Martínez Pérez.
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Julian Dow posted a condolence
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
I was on a plane to Hong Kong, and got talking to the dapper gent across the aisle, only to discover that he was a fellow insect biologist. After that, it was always a pleasure to talk to him at conferences and to admire his intrinsic coolness. I will miss him!
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Robert Laliberte posted a condolence
Monday, January 4, 2021
Always in awe of him. A really cool 'guy' with an infinitum of depth (of character and smarts) to back it up. A mountain of a loss, and an equal measured height to live up to. My deepest condolences Martha, thank you for sharing him. We love you. Robert, Summer, Reagan, Scarlett and Rian.
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Ann Zimmerman posted a condolence
Monday, January 4, 2021
Martha, I am so sorry to hear about Steve's passing. He was always so vital, I can't image he is gone.
I was his colleague for over 40 years at UofT: first in the department of Zoology and later, he in Cell and Systems Biology, me in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. In spite of our disparate research interests, we shared a love of science, gardening and teaching, We taught together in the Faculty's first year 199 seminars from their inception to our respective retirements, along with our colleague Peter Harris. Over many pre-class lunches at the Mad, we argued over the day's curriculum, marked essays and just enjoyed each other's company. We also shared a conviction that science needed to be shared with the general public in ways that conveyed its relevance and intrigue. We also shared a graduate student who tossed us both over for med school.
A good friend, a great scientist, gone far too soon.
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Megumi Fuse posted a condolence
Monday, January 4, 2021
I was so sad to hear of the loss of this great man! He was such an inspiration for me as an undergraduate student. He pushed so hard and expected so much and made us better scientists for it. I remember our conversations - discussions and debates - over glasses of wine. I remember the sincerity when he asked how you were. I remember the twinkle in his eye in all our conversations, whether in Thailand, Mexico, Toronto or Niagara-on-the-Lake. I lost track of him for many years and I am so glad I was able to reconnect with him only last year after so many years away, but the meeting was far too short. I will miss him, and he will be missed by all of us.
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Rick Ruegg posted a condolence
Sunday, January 3, 2021
My heartfelt sympathies to Martha and Steve’s family on the loss of a mentor, a colleague and my friend. I first worked with Steve on an invitation to UC Berkeley while he was on sabbatical. It was apparent from the beginning that Steve and I shared many interests and it was a continuation of a long relationship with the Davey-Tobe family of invertebrate physiologists. My favourite memories include dinner at the Auberge d’Ill in Illhaeusern with the Daveys and Tobes, wine harvesting in Niagara with Jennie Davey, the Feyereisens and Frau Schmidt, touring Yosemite with Steve and Martha and, of course, the Davey retirement party in NOTL. It’s also worthy of note that everyone had a “not so complimentary” nickname. During such hard times, it is comforting to have memories of Steve that will always bring a smile to my face. Thank you, Stephen.
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Jim and Renee Hoculik posted a condolence
Sunday, January 3, 2021
I met Steve in the early 80s in a field in Niagara on the Lake, full of amateur radio enthusiasts with their antennas and radios. Our paths crossed and we connected. Many of us from the area helped Steve “grow” his amateur radio station at his Niagara-on-the-Lake “home away from home” and spent many hours there enjoying each others’ company and the airwaves. I also had opportunities to visit him in his lab at U of T and see the scientific side of Steve. You can’t miss the antennas when driving near his farm area, and I spoke of Steve or thought of him with each pass. Steve was an amazing and interesting man, a life well lived and a big loss to so many. My deepest condolences
73 VE3XO… DE VE3MMB Jim Hoculik
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Jose L. Maestro posted a condolence
Sunday, January 3, 2021
Dear Martha,
My most sincere condolences from Barcelona. Although we only shared a few weeks of work and the birthday date (he very kindly congratulated me every year), I will always remember Stephen as a brilliant scientist, mentor to many, and a very nice and fun person. I can only speak about his scientific side but I want to celebrate his tremendous contribution to science and how grateful I am
Jose
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KEN DAVEY posted a condolence
Saturday, January 2, 2021
In offering my condolences to Martha and the family I observe that at my age, I should perhaps be accustomed to having friends die, and Steve is not the first of my former students to die. But when a much younger friend passes, I confess to anger that one so young should be taken too early.
There will be a time for a full scientific obituary later, and an opportunity for reflection on Steve’s extraordinary life at the celebration of life. Tonight I will do as I did when I first heard from Martha that Steve had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. I will open a good bottle (I have one last bottle remaining of Ch Moulin Pey-Labrie 1998 from Canon Fronsac) and let my mind drift over the good memories from the more than 50 years that I have known Steve. First at McGill, where he was a member of a very exciting group of students and post-docs that happened to come together in my lab at the Institute of Parasitology: Steve, Brian Dumser, and Bill Hominick as students, with Graham Pratt and Erwin Huebner as post-docs. All working on different problems (Steve on pregnancy in tsetse, Dumser on hormonal control of sperm production in Rhodnius, Hominick on competition in parasitic nematodes in the hind-gut of Periplaneta, Huebner on uptake of Vg by oocytes of Rhodnius, Pratt on the effects of JH on the growth of the ovary in Rhodnius and me on the effects of mating on egg production in Rhodnius), it was an astonishing assortment of really bright people
I will always treasure the memory of my 65 th birthday celebration that Steve organized at Niagara on the Lake. It lasted 3 days, and the participants, many of whom came from a great distance, were put up in the Queen’s Landing Hotel without charge, and the JH meeting that we organized at NOTL.
There have been countless restaurant adventures over the years, ranging from a gastronomic tour of the south of France to sea bass in a beach restaurant in Spain.
These and many other memories that chronicle the gradual reversal of the mentor-mentee relationship is where my mind will be tonight. I have had a career of great privilege in the academic world, and among those privileges was having Steve as a student, colleague, and close friend.
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Linda and Ralph Blatt posted a condolence
Saturday, January 2, 2021
Martha, we send our deepest condolences for the loss of your beloved husband Stephen.
You weathered the storm together and we can’t imagine the depth of your sorrow.
I was in awe reading of his outstanding status in the scientific community as he never spoke of his accomplishments whenever we were together.
It wasn’t his style. Instead, we talked of our early years and experiences that occurred in NOTL. Farming was in his blood. Although he died far too young, his life was well-lived. He will be missed by all the Tobe family, his friends and his colleagues around the world. It’s sad to say goodbye.
Love Cousins Linda and Ralph Blatt
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Susanne Neupert posted a condolence
Saturday, January 2, 2021
Dear Martha and family of Steve,
I am very saddended to hear of Steve´s passing. The world has lost a wonderful person full of passion for science, red wine and life. My deepest condolences. I will miss him!
Susanne Neupert, Cologne/Kassel
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Bill and Louise Hominick posted a condolence
Saturday, January 2, 2021
Thank you, Stephen, for 52 years of friendship and memories. Like the Institute of Parasitology Christmas Eggnog Recipe Committee (the two of us by invitation only) requiring several meetings with multiple tastings. Like the Pernod-fuelled tour of French vineyards and restaurants in the Hominick VW Camper Van. Like me driving, you navigating, Italian drivers honking and yelling as we toured Tuscany traffic circles. Like our joint three day party in Ban Kwai celebrating our 60th birthdays, with over 60 family and friends in joyous attendance. Like countless delicious meals prepared lovingly with your home-grown veggies, not to mention bottles of wine for inspiration. Like the ham radio mast-raising weekend at the farm, so it looked like a spy centre and could be seen from St Catharines. For 52 years, it was a privilege to share life with you and Martha, through many good times and some more challenging. That is what friendship is all about. Today is one of the hard times in life, and that is why we are sad. But the memories are truly happy, and they will sustain us always. Rest in peace old friend, you deserve it. Bill and Louise Hominick
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Dear Martha. This is so sad and please accept our condolences. We have lost a great scientist, a mentor and a friend who was always most generous and a wonderful host. We will all miss him and remember fondly our shared adventures around the world. Our thoughts are with you. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to help you - we are Niagara neighbors.
A few photo memories of Okinawa in 2020, the Mad in 2001 and 60 trips around the sun where Joanna and Alison were so welcomed. Ian and Angela
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Judy Tobe posted a condolence
Saturday, January 2, 2021
Dear Martha:
Our deepest condolences on this very sad news. A huge loss for the world of science and discovery, and for those like us who admired and loved him. Our thoughts are with you.
Judy Tobe and Gary Geller
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Elwyn Isaac posted a condolence
Saturday, January 2, 2021
Dear Martha,
We are very saddened to hear of Steve's passing. We enjoyed his company, as usual, at the INC meeting in Okinawa in Feb 2020. I have been trying to remember when we first met and I am sure it was at a meeting in Strasbourg in the early 80's when I was a post-doc with Huw Rees. We then met (and shared Thai meals) at the Insect Neurochemistry and Neurophysiology conferences at the University of Maryland 1986 and 1989. Then there was the annual INC meetings in great locations, which Steve organised with Ron Nachman. All wonderful memories of excellent science and bonhomie. Steve provided me with valuable guidance and support throughout my career at Leeds, for which I am most grateful.
Please pass on our condolences to all Steve's family.
Elwyn and Liz Isaac
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June Wright and Michael Laliberte posted a condolence
Saturday, January 2, 2021
Dear Martha: My deepest and most heartfelt condolences. He will be missed by all.
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Roger Huybrechts posted a condolence
Saturday, January 2, 2021
Dear Martha and family of Stephen,
As member of the insect science community we had the pleasure to get to know Stephen(Steve) as an enthousiast researcher. For me he was the cockroachman as I learned to know him in Poland some 40 years ago. We did not have much conversation when we met yearly thereafter but I always appreciated his dedication to science in general and especially his work about JH and its regulating peptides.
We will always remember Stephen in a positive way and evidently we will miss him!
Roger Huybrechts, Leuven-Belgium
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Guy Smagghe posted a condolence
Saturday, January 2, 2021
Dear Martha, family of Steve, The world stopped turning a moment when I heard this sad news. We met earlier in February 2020 in Okinawa at our traditional INC meeting, just before the world got closed due to covid-19. For me the INC meetings were the place to be every year for already more than 15 years, where also Steve connected to friends and colleagues, as a gentleman, exploring new ideas, sharing his opinion during the sessions. Will miss you Steve for your inspiration, your friendship, to share a glass of good red wine! Rest now.
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I just found out that my father-figure, mentor, and an amazing scientist passed away after valiantly battling pancreatic cancer. Dr. Stephen Tobe, thank you for nurturing and cultivating my intellect and interests in scientific research. I am who I am and where I am today because of you. Your lab, at The University of Toronto, was a second home to me as I loved the countless hours I spent there, micro-dissecting the corpora allata from cockroaches and running Western Blots. Your lab was also where I made life-long friends/family like Xaine Bhatia, Koichiro J. Yagi, Jane Linley, Olivia D'Souza, Jessica Alos, & Rodney Kwok. Thank you for all of your fatherly and worldly advice, for the knowledge you imparted to me, and for tolerating the very estrogen-rich environment we tormented you with! I will miss your witty sense of humor, your love and dedication to insect physiology, our memorable times at The Maddie, and your generosity. I will never forget you and will miss you tremendously, but I am so thankful that you are no longer suffering. The fact that we are eating Thai food tonight, is apropos. Love you Dr. Tobe. Please accept my sincerest condolences, Martha.
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Cynthia Lenaerts posted a condolence
Friday, January 1, 2021
Dear Martha,
I'm so sorry for your loss. My deepest condolences to you and your family. I only worked briefly in Steve's lab, but long enough to see what a great man he was.
Kind regards
Cynthia Lenaerts
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Sharon Ogue posted a condolence
Friday, January 1, 2021
Dear Martha:
I was extremely sorry to read your email announcing Stephen’s death on December 31st.
Although I did not know Stephen well or see him often, I was always impressed by his intellect and very engaging personality.
My sincere sympathy to you, Martha, and to all family members.
With caring regards,
Sharon Pogue
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