Steve Kormos slipped away peacefully with family by his side into the presence of his Lord and Saviour at the age of 82 years.

Steve was born January 27, 1932 to Steve and Mary (nee Somogyi) Kormos on the family farm near Willowbrook. He was the fourth of six children. In 1944 the family moved to the Waldron Goodhope area where Steve attended Goodhope School and farmed with his brothers for the majority of his life.

Steve was a proud farmer - he took great pride in his land and his herd of cattle. Farming was not just a way of life, it was a passion. Other than farming, Steve also worked on the oil rigs and in the logging camps for a number of years. He was also employed as a phone lineman and could fly up and down a pole faster than a monkey in a tree. However, the love of his family and his farm brought him back to his true passion,“farming”.

Steve was also an excellent and knowledgeable handyman, he could help fix anything, and he would help anyone in need.

Steve met the love of his life in 1964. He married Ellenor Pittlik in 1965, and they were blessed with five children, Cathy, Tim, Bonnie, Tracy and Cindy.

Steve never had a lot of extra time with all the farm work, but when he did, it was quality time spent with his family and friends.

Steve always had a love for music and dancing. He also enjoyed skidooing, curling, playing cards, socializing and fastball. He loved playing fastball and took great pride in coaching his “boys”, his “team”. Another one of Steve’s most favourite things was going fishing. He loved to fish with his wife but always looked forward to packing up the boat and camper and heading out on the annual “boys” fishing trips.

Steve was a family man, and there was nothing he would not do for them. He taught them to love the simple things in life!

Steve was a nature lover. He liked to hunt as a younger man, but as he got older, he would feed and watch the deer right in his yard. He also loved to feed and watch the birds around the house. He loved “his dogs” and they loved him too as they would go everywhere with him.

After retiring off the farm, Steve moved to Melville and would often be seen having coffee uptown or heading out on the highway with the golf cart in tow and one of his golf buddies for the day. His grandchildren and great grandchildren brought a special twinkle to Steve’s eyes. He always had that twinkle for his family, his friends or someone he had just met - but his grandbabies made his eyes sparkle just that little bit more.

Steve was predeceased by his parents, Steve and Mary (nee Somogyi) Kormos; siblings Andy Kormos, Ted Kormos, Mary (John) Bodnarek and John Kormos.

Left to celebrate Steve’s life are his loving wife Ellenor; his children and grandchildren: daughter Cathy (Walter) Mihalicz, Chantel (Steve) Hruska (great-grandchild little Lux), Curtis (Jesselyn Nixon), Jordan; son Tim (Heather) Kormos, Ashley (Chris) Nygren (great-grandchildren Rayna and baby boys 1 and 2 ♥ ♥, Dustin and Tyson; daughter Bonnie (David) Grodecki, Hannah and Tyler; daughter Tracy Lingel (Wayne Baeck), Tanner and Tiffany; daughter Cindy Winand (Andrew Kirk), Matthew and Caitlyn; his sister Eileen (Russell) Griffith, sister-in-law Donna Kormos, as well as numerous family members, extended family and his many, many, many friends who he would have thought of as family.

May I Go Now?

May I go now?
Do you think the time is right?
May I say goodbye to pain filled days
and endless lonely nights?

I’ve lived my life and done my best,
an example I've tried to be.
So can I take that step beyond the light
and set my spirit free?

I didn't want to go at first,
I fought with all my might.
But something seems to draw me now
to that warm and loving light.

I want to go, I really do,
it's difficult to stay.
But I will try as best I can
to live just one more day.

To give you time to care for me
and share your love and fears.
I know you're sad and are afraid,
because I see your tears.

I'll not be far, I promise that,
and I hope you'll always know.
That my spirit will be close to you
Where ever you may go.

Thank you so for loving me
and know that I love you too.
That's why it's hard to say goodbye
and end this life with you.

So hold me now just one more time
and let me hear you say,
Because you care so much for me,
you'll let me go today.