Stephen Brito

Obituary of Stephen Brito

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, at West Lawn Memorial Park & Funeral Home in Eugene for Stephen Dean Brito of Eugene, who died Oct. 16 at age 73. The family chose not to list the cause of death.Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. A reception will follow the service at the Keg in Eugene.He was born Oct. 24, 1938, in Shanghai to Carlos and Eva Bulldeath Brito. He married Ann Keenan on Dec. 27, 1958. She died Feb. 9, 2003.He was a certified mechanical engineer. He started out as a lathe operator in the United Kingdom, and became a draftsman and a piping designer in the oil industry, working overseas assignments. He relocated to Portugal to become a restaurateur.Survivors include his domestic partner, Shannon Hawkins; two sons, Dean of Eugene and Craig Brito of Cheshire, England; a daughter, Estelle Craker of Adelaide, Australia; and six grandchildren.Burial will be at 3 p.m., Friday at West Lawn Memorial Park. Arrangements by Musgrove’s at West Lawn Memorial Park & Funeral Home in Eugene.
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