As of this writing over $22,000 has been raised. Hudson Valley Honor Flight is setting up a memorial outside its headquarters on West Main Street in Walden.Ī GoFundMe was started to help his fiance and young children. My thoughts and prayers are with his fiancé Nicole and his entire family." "Steve was a wonderful young man, a proud veteran. "I am heartbroken to hear about the passing of Steve Nicoli who died after a battle with COVID-19," Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus said. Hudson Valley Honor Flight is a nonprofit organization that flies veterans to Washington, D.C., to visit the war memorials. Steve's passion for our country, his community, and our veterans is the reason Hudson Valley Honor Flight has honored so many veterans these past ten years," Hudson Valley Honor Flight wrote on Facebook. "Our hearts are heavy and the entire Hudson Valley Honor Flight Family is grieving. Nicoli was an Army veteran, a father and step-father, husband-to-be and the founder of Hudson Valley Honor Flight. At the age of 13, and with a birthday coming up next week, Mikey will have to adjust to life moving forward, after losing both of his parents."
"Steve's sudden passing is especially tragic in that he leaves behind his 13-year-old son Mikey, who also lost his mother, Marie, in 2013.
"Steve lost his battle with COVID-19 and it was a devastating loss to all of us," a GoFundMe states.