Steiner, John

Dr. John Steiner DVM, DACT, 64, passed away Monday, May 26, 2008, at the Albany Medical Center.

Dr. Steiner attended the NY State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and graduated from the NY State College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell in 1968. In 1970 Dr. Steiner founded an equine practice in Mahopac, NY; in 1989 he sold his practice and started an equine practice in Lexington, KY. In 1992, he joined Hagyard, Davidson and McGee in Lexington were he specialized in stallion and mare reproduction. Most recently Dr. Steiner began working with Rhinebeck Equine as a Theriogenalogist.

He was a diplomate of the American College of Theriogenologists, and served as President in 2005-2006.

Dr. Steiner was born April 11, 1944 in the Bronx, NY, to John and Ludmilla Steiner.

He is survived by his wife Geri Steiner of Lexington, KY, two children Jeffrey and Jennifer Stiener of Connecticut; a sister Hilda McDonald of Treasure Island, Fl; two step-children, Melinda Sponseller of Cincinnati, OH, and Peter Boulong of Lexington, KY; three grandchildren, Megan Boulong, and Charles and Owen Sponseller; and his very good friend and colleague Glenda Meadows of Lexington, KY.

Friends will be received Wednesday beginning at 1 PM; a celebration of Dr. Steiner’s life will begin at 2 PM. A reception will follow the celebration at Café Lucchaela at the Red Hook Golf Course.

In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that anyone wishing to make a gift in honor of John do so to a joint AAEP/SFT/ACT Memorial Fund that has been established through the AAEP Foundation. Donations can be sent in Dr. Steiner’s name to the AAEP Foundation at 4075 Iron Works Parkway, Lexington, KY 40511 or online at www.aaep.org/foundation_make_gift.htm