Steven Travis Goble

Steven Travis Goble of Lake Odessa, Michigan, was 31 when he died in early May 2014. At the time of his passing he worked for RSS Mobile Repair in Grand Rapids, and his funeral arrangements were handled by Rosier Funeral Home (Mapes-Fisher Chapel) with services at St. Edwards Catholic Church in Lake Odessa. Published funeral notices describe him as a local worker and member of the Lake Odessa community whose family and friends gathered to remember him at services held the week after his death.

Public records available through regional obituary listings and local news identify Steven by name, age, town of residence, and employer—facts that speak to a man who lived and worked in his community. The published notices offer the most direct public record of the family’s chosen remembrances: a funeral service in a hometown parish and arrangements entrusted to a nearby funeral home. Those details point to a life rooted in a small Michigan community and to the people who came together to honor him.

Separate official and news documents describe the circumstances surrounding his death only as part of the public record. An investigation by the Ionia County prosecutor later found the officer-involved shooting to be legally justified and characterized the event as an instance of what prosecutors described as “suicide by cop.” Those investigatory conclusions are a matter of public record and have been reported by regional news outlets. While those findings appear in the public record, they do not define the whole of Steven’s life. He was a son, a coworker, and a local man whose family chose to mark his passing with a parish funeral and community support.

Because available published obituary notices do not include an explicit calendar birth date, and because personal details in public sources are limited, this remembrance focuses on verified facts and on honoring Steven’s humanity rather than on speculation. Even when public records are spare, it is important to recognize a person’s place in family and community: people gathered to mark his life, and the funeral arrangements named the parish and local funeral home that cared for his family during that time. Those practical choices reflect the intimate, personal responses of family and friends who survived him.

Steven’s life mattered to those around him. This page records the respectful, verified facts of his life and passing so family, friends, and community members can find a concise, dignified remembrance rooted in the public record.