June 26, 1931 – January 26, 2016

Steve Melnychuk was born to Vera and Eli Melnychuk on June 26, 1931 at Hamlin, Alberta. Upon leaving home after several family moves, he met Mary Scheltens in Burnaby, B.C. and married her in October, 1957. Their home was a busy place with many activities with grandchildren, great grandchildren, family, and friends.

Steve was blessed with and survived by his loving wife Mary, two children, Randy (Debbie) Melnychuk and Julie (Orest) Romaniuk, five grandchildren, Melissa (Walter) Lindberg, Jennifer (Derek) Bay, Joshua (Robyn) Romaniuk, Mark Melnychuk, Sydney Melnychuk, six great grandchildren and three brothers; Orest (Shirley), Bill (Gloria), and Walter (Jacqueline).

Steve was a logger and a chef in a logging camp. He also worked at Sears in Burnaby in the parts department assembling bikes where he later became assistant manager. Then he moved to Kamloops to manage a lighting store for Henry Electric Ltd. He moved back to Clearbrook and opened his own lighting store in Aldergrove (Steve’s Custom Home Lighting), which still exists today. After the lighting store, Steve worked with Sutton Real Estate in Abbotsford until he retired. He moved to Canoe to an acreage with many fruit trees and a luscious garden. He loved woodwork and carpentry.