Barbara A Stepko

BARBARA STEPKO, 64 of Middlesex, NJ, passed away on July 22, 2024 at RWJ University Hospital Somerset after losing a courageous battle with Pancreatic Cancer.

Barbara was the daughter of Frank and Eleanor Stepko.  She attended Middlesex High School and after graduating NYU, she worked as a writer and editor for a variety of national magazines.  Among these, Seventeen, McCall’s, Women’s Health and InStyle.  After leaving InStyle as Senior Editor she started her own freelance business.  Her later work appeared in such notables as People, Health, Southern Living, AARP and the WSJ.

She is preceded in death by her mother and father, Aunts, Irene Lyon and Eileen Podwats, as well as her Uncle Richard Lyon.

Barbara is survived by her Brother, Donald Maggie of Middlesex, and her beloved and rambunctious Golden Retriever, Snickers.

Memorials may be given to The Pancreatic Action Network

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