Melik

Walter William "Buck" Melik II, 35, of 228 Morton Ave. died at 7:04 a.m. Sunday at Butler Memorial Hospital.

Born Jan. 23, 1972, in Butler, he was the son of William Earl and Alice Jean Schmidt Okeson.

He was a machinist at Penn United Technology and also worked at Natili's Restaurant at Main and Wayne streets.

Surviving are his wife, Ginny L. Lawhead Melik, whom he married Sept. 15, 2001; a son, Obanyon W. Melik of Butler; two stepchildren, Heather N. Fricke and Michael J. Fricke II, both of Freeport, Ill.; his parents of Renfrew; two sisters and their husbands, Diane Alice and Jason Scholtz of Butler and Della Mae and Tim Ament of Freeport; three brothers, Ronald Anthony Melik of Argyle, Texas, Anthony John and Amanda Melik of West Kittanning and Jason Ross and Paula Melik of Butler; a stepsister, Tammy Albright of Butler; and a stepbrother, William Okeson of West Palm Beach, Fla.

Also surviving are his grandparents, William and Eva Schmidt of Butler and Anthony John Melik of Boone Grove, Ind.

<B>MELIK </B>— Friends of Walter William "Buck" Melik II, who died Sunday, Feb. 4, 2007, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the <B>Thompson-Miller Funeral Home</B>, 124 E. North St.Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at funeral home.Burial will follow at the Butler County Memorial Park, Butler township.Information and a private guest book are available at www.thompson-miller.com.