“Steve Jobs Eulogy of the Day: The eulogy that Steve Jobs’ sister, Mona Simpson, gave at his memorial service at the Memorial Church of Stanford University was published today in the New York Times.
In the eulogy, Simpson talks about meeting her brother for the first time, his work as an innovator, his philosophy of aesthetics, his illness, and the life he lived with his family.
It portrays Jobs not just as a widely revered innovator and CEO, but as a person who was humble, whimsical, and always interested in learning.
“This had to be done. Even now, he had a stern, still handsome profile, the profile of an absolutist, a romantic,” Simpson said of the moments leading up to his passing. “His breath indicated an arduous journey, some steep path, altitude.”
She says at the very end of the eulogy:
Steve’s final words, hours earlier, were monosyllables, repeated three times.
Before embarking, he’d looked at his sister Patty, then for a long time at his children, then at his life’s partner, Laurene, and then over their shoulders past them.
Steve’s final words were:
OH WOW. OH WOW. OH WOW.
[NYTimes]”