Dr. Stephen C. Textor, 75, passed away at home surrounded by his wife and family on Wednesday, February 28, 2024, in North Central Florida near Ocala. He was born on June 3, 1948, in Denver, Colorado, to Dr. Jerome Textor, M.D. and Margaret Sias. He lived in Colorado until age 10 and then moved to Minnesota where his father practiced medicine. Stephen grew up in Anoka, Minnesota, where he played hockey and won a high school football state championship as an offensive guard. After high school he moved to the west coast, where he graduated from Stanford University in 1969 and from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine in 1973. The day before graduating medical school, Stephen earned his pilot’s license. He fondly described aviation as his favorite hobby, observing that he had been a pilot longer than he had been a doctor. He operated and maintained a 1973 Beechcraft V35B Bonanza with friends in Minnesota for more than 30 years, flying over 2,600 hours as pilot-in