Thanks for including me in your FB group. Steve Alvis, my husband of 22 years (and PHS grad) died on May 14, 2006. There were a few articles in the local Lincoln Nebraska newspaper about his untimely death. Heres one of the articles. KZUM chief Alvis dies By JEFF KORBELIK / Lincoln Journal Star\ May 16, 2006 Steve Alvis had a heart as big as his trademark voice. It explains why the KZUM radio general manager was so well-liked and respected in the community. “To me, he just commanded the stage,” friend Deb Arends said. Indeed he did. Whether it was at the community radio station, his many years at NET Television or cooking gourmet meals for his friends, Alvis, with his booming voice and gregarious personality, had a knack for being the center of attention. In a good way. “He just loved life,” friend Richard Keith said. “He loved everything about it.” Alvis died Sunday in Venice, Fla., from accidental head injuries suffered from a fall from a four-wheel service vehicle. He was in Florida on a fishing trip with Keith. He was 58. The news came as a shock to family and friends. “Our main task today is breathing,” KZUM program director Craig Lowe said. After all, it was just last Thursday, when Alvis and his wife, Tammy, had had friends over for dinner, which they often did. Alvis loved to cook. So much so, he became a member of the United States Personal Chef Association and had within the last year launched Alvis Culinary Creations, an in-home, personal chef service. Download March 24 Podcast featuring Alvis Every Saturday morning he made French toast and served it to his wife in bed. “In 22 years of marriage I cooked maybe a dozen times,” Tammy said, fondly. On Thursday, Alvis prepared a wilted spinach salad, adapted from his mother’s recipe, and pizza with marinated peppers and four kinds of cheese. On the following day, he hooked up with longtime friends Ray Dilley, David Feingold and Larry Kubert from NET and Tom Ineck, KZUM board president, to share conversation and cigars at Libations, Too. The quintet gathered every couple of months or so to talk about cigars, media issues, music, and, of course, food. “We never spent a lot of time on work stuff,” Feingold said. “I remember we toasted his vacation and told him we would talk when he got back.” Born in Princeton, Ind., Alvis enjoyed a 40-year career in broadcasting which began in the Navy running a radio and television station aboard an aircraft carrier. He was a television producer at stations in Evansville, Ind.; Providence, R.I.; and Miami, where he produced sports programming that included Miami Dolphins pre-season football, NASL Striker Soccer, University of Miami football and Super Bowl remotes. He came to Nebraska in 1984 and worked as an executive producer of sports and special events programming at NET Television for 17 years. He took over KZUM in 2002. Although he is best known for producing NET’s popular “Big Red Wrap Up,” Alvis enjoyed featuring women’s and nontraditional sports, which included his Emmy-nominated documentary on wheelchair Olympian Cheri Becerra. “He had great vision,” former Nebraska volleyball coach Terry Pettit said. “He was a critical element in the development of Nebraska volleyball.” Alvis also was active in the community and served on many organizations, including the Community Services Fund board of directors, Friends of the State Museum, Historic Haymarket volunteer, Cornhusker State Games, National Junior Olympics and Celebrate Lincoln. Alvis is survived by his wife, Tammy. Services are 3 p.m. Friday at First-Plymouth Congregational Church, 20th and D streets. Memorials should be sent in care of the church. There will be a celebration of Alvis’ life at Barry’s Bar and Grill following the service.
Posted on: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 22:27:34 +0000
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