Tuesday, July 23, 2019 5:26 am

ROCHESTER - Stephen C. Slawnwhite Sr. died peacefully on Friday, July 19, 2019 at his home in Rochester after a five-year battle with cancer. Born in Boston on December 9, 1939; he was the son of the late Phoebe H. Slawnwhite of Saugus, Mass.
After high school Steve served in the Army as an MP in Texas and in South Korea. He and his family moved to New Hampshire in 1985, where he worked as a manager at Weatherwatch Oil Company in Portsmouth and later owned and operated S&S Energy in Newington, and more recently Steve's Heating and AC Service.
He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Ginny (Billows) Slawnwhite; a son, Stephen C. Slawnwhite, Jr. and his wife, Katrina; and his daughters, Marjorie Connor and her husband, James of Strafford, N.H., Bettie Slawnwhite of Rochester and Judy Stewart and her husband, David of Fuguay-Varina, N.C. Steve also leaves five grandchildren, Jameson, Taryn and Emberlyn Connor and Dylan and Blake Stewart.