Birth date: Nov 27, 1993 Death date: Apr 16, 2014
LCPL Steven Wayne Shanks Aney, 20, passed away on April 16, 2014 in Spring Valley, CA. Steven was born on November 27, 1993 in Sacramento, CA, to Charles F Aney Jr and Pamela Thompson. Steven grew up in North Highlands, CA. He gra Read Obituary
Still missing you brother not a day goes by without the hurt haunting me but I know when I make it out this hell ill see you again someday
Missing you every single day of my life… Wishing I could just hear your voice and wishing I could hold you in my arms… I want to play with your hair again… I want to kiss you again… I want to hear how your day went and I want you to tell me a story ending with your cute laugh… I love you and I always will.
Words cant explain what Steven means to me. He is my brother and will always live in my heart and soul. Although he is not here in the body form I will still tell him I love him every day. My life is now dedicated to you brother. I love you
Lit a candle in memory of Steven Wayne Shanks Aney
I had a peace in my heart from the moment I heard that Steven had passed. The peace came from within my heart and I knew for certain that he was in Heaven and that he had already United with my Dad-Dallas Hatzi. I am sad because I will miss my Cousin Steven, as I have missed my Dad, yet my heart is content and the Lord is comforting the pain that creeps in which is only natural for the flesh to feel when they have lost someone. But the Lord continues to remind me that I will see him/them again and we will all rejoice on that day in Heaven!/
Thank you for sharing. I love hearing the stories about him..
My first impression of Steven Aney was that he seemed way too serious. He was my ROTC Color Guard Commander and Flight Commander. As the Color Guard commander, he seemed to always ask me for my opinion on his Color Guard routines. What he didnâ??t know, was that he was already doing everything rightâ??doing everything perfectâ??as it should be. He really didnâ??t need my opinion. As a flight commander, he was always telling all the noisier students to SHUT UPâ??kind of like a prison wardenâ??I absolutely LOVED IT! What I was thinking, Steven was doing or saying. During his senior year, I was looking for a volunteer to be master of ceremonies for our annual Military Ball. Steven volunteered to do it. I told him that he was too quiet and this responsibility was not suited for him. He replied. "I want to do it!" So I let him. He stepped up to the challenge, as all good leaders do. Although I had to â??mentorâ? him throughout the evening, I couldnâ??t have asked for better person to run the Military Ball events. He handled himself with grace, professionalism and maturity. That was one of his many shining moments. After he completed Marine Corps boot camp, he stopped in Highlands to say â??hi.â? We had a very nice conversation. He told me that boot camp was lonely and he was sad at times. He asked me, â??Major, did you ever cry during boot camp?â? I replied, â??Itâ??s normal for trainees to break down and cry during any boot camp.â? He asked me again, â??Did YOU cry during boot camp?â? I looked at him reluctantly and said, â??Yes I did.â? He confessed that he cried too. I think we both realized at that time, that although we were both in the profession of arms, we were both humansâ??who went through similar emotional turmoil during training. Now boot camp is over and we are all crying. Our hearts are breaking because heâ??s gone. His star was too bright to contain on this earth. God has called him home. Lance Corporal Aney is now standing guard at the pearly gates of Heaven; keeping the standard to get in–HIGH. There isnâ??t a doubt in my mind that heâ??s doing everything rightâ??doing everything perfect–as it should be. Much respect and admiration,MICHAEL A. NOCHE, Major, USAF (Ret)
Steven, you have left a lasting impact on the AFJROTC family at Highlands High School. As Color Guard Commander and Flight Commander, you have set the standard high. Our hearts and prayers are with your family. We will miss you so much! Major & Chief
