One of the most remarkable things about Steve is that he never retired. He came into the Williams plant every day up until the close of the pinball division and for years after. He was in his late eighties by that point.
I've never had a job before or since where I could walk across the hall and speak with someone that was in the business since nearly the beginning. The man had over 60 years of pinball knowledge in his head and readily accessible. He would always take time to answer any question you had. We avoided a lot of mistakes by having someone like him on our team.
At Steve's wake an ex-coworker remembered a story about how AutoCAD was first showing up on the design floor. Pins were still designed on drafting tables up until the early 90s. Steve saw a few guys trying out AutoCAD and immediately ran to the store and installed it on his machine. He was probably 85 at the time.
Every time I read a HN story about being too old for the job, I remember that story.