The devastated spouse of a well-liked engineer who died following a brief battle with bowel most cancers stated he was ‘cherished by everybody who met him’.
Melissa Wright stated her husband Steven was selfless to the top, believing he hung onto life for a few days simply so he may have a good time her birthday.
Steven, 42, had been match and effectively till November final 12 months when he began to get a “sharp ache in his facet”. He had been hanging a curtain rail and thought he will need to have simply pulled a muscle.
Nonetheless, nurse Melissa, stated when the ache didn’t go away after a few days exams revealed he had bowel most cancers which had unfold and was very superior. Regardless of chemotherapy remedy Steven’s situation worsened and he died whereas being cared for at Alice Home Hospice earlier this month.
Melissa stated Steven, who was a loyal dad to the couple’s two youngsters, Lottie, 11, and eight-year-old Finley, had suffered from ulcerative colitis for a few years, so used to endure a colonoscopy each three years, however sadly the most cancers developed between appointments.
The demise of the engineer has come as an enormous shock to his household, who all dwell within the Fens space of Hartlepool, as a result of he was so match and effectively, report Teesside Reside. Melissa stated Steven had no signs in any respect to point one thing was mistaken previous to the ache in his facet. She stated: “He stated he felt nothing, nothing in any respect. He was actually match and wholesome.”
She stated he used to eat healthily and the household used to like getting out into the countryside and Steven additionally performed five-a-side soccer.
Heartbroken Melissa stated: “He was simply a type of folks that everyone cherished. He was the most effective of the most effective. No-one ever had a nasty phrase to say about him. The youngsters completely adored him. Everybody who met him would always remember him.”
She stated Steven’s dad and mom, Nancy and Tony Wright, are understandably devastated. She stated: “It’s an entire different stage to lose a toddler.”
Melissa met Steven when she was simply 19 and the pair had been collectively for 18 great years. She stated: “He was at Alice Home and he stated ‘I can’t do it anymore’. On June 1 it was my birthday and we had breakfast within the backyard.” Steven died a couple of days later.
Melissa stated: “In true Steven vogue of placing everybody first I feel he simply held on for my birthday. He was the love of my life, my soulmate.”
Anybody who knew Steven, a former Manor Academy pupil, is welcome to go alongside to his funeral service at Stranton Crematorium at 11.30am on Thursday, June 16 and afterwards to the Fens Pub.
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