Lieutenant Colonel Stephen J. Nolan, 66, of Kewaunee, WI, loving husband of 43 years to Kathryn (Weiss) Nolan, passed away peacefully in Newtown, CT with his family by his side on December 27, 2023. He was born in Norwood, MA on September 18, 1957, a son of the late Paul and Margaret (Falconer) Nolan. Besides his wife Kathryn, Stephen leaves his children Andrea Hoover and her husband Chad, Michael Nolan, John Nolan and his wife Erica, his sister Anne Marie Finneran and her husband Chris, grandchildren Nolan and Brett Hoover and Raymond Nolan, and several nieces and nephews.

A graduate of Norwood High School Class of 1975, he went on to earn his bachelor's degree at the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point and his master's degree at Webster University. Stephen served 23 years in the United States Army. Beginning his service with the 82 ^nd Airborne, he deployed to Grenada in 1983. He went on to command a battery with the 1 ^st Battalion 76 ^th Field Artillery Regiment in Schweinfurt, Germany and an MLRS battery with the 10 ^th Field Artillery Regiment in Bamburg, Germany. Serving with the Marine Corps out of MCB Hawaii Kaneohe Bay, he deployed to Mogadishu, Somalia in 1993. He subsequently went on to deploy with the 21 ^st TAACOM out of Kaiserslautern, Germany to Croatia in 1998. Stephen retired out of the 5 ^th U.S. Army at Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas in 2002, receiving the Legion of Merit.

Following his retirement from active duty, he worked for the Department of Defense as a Congressional Liaison at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. Upon his retirement in 2021, he received the Meritorious Civilian Service Medal. In his free time, Stephen enjoyed traveling with his wife Kathryn, where they fished around the world, spending time with his grandsons, and hunting with his beloved dogs Penny and Nina.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday, January 2, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. DIRECTLY at St. Stephen Church, 6948 Main St., Trumbull, CT. Interment with Military Honors will be held on Tuesday, January 9, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. in the Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery, N2666 County Rd. QQ, King, WI 54946. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in his name may be made to Stephen's favorite charities, Smile Train, Inc. ( www.smiletrain.org ) and Tunnel to Towers Foundation ( www.t2t.org ).