It is with broken hearts the family of Andrew Melvin Gillis announce his passing which occurred at Trout Lake, BC. He is survived by his mother Paula Gillis of Saint John, NB, Tony Gillis of Saint John, NB, Matthew Muise of Saint John, NB, Carla Gillis of Langley, BC and several uncles and aunts, nieces, nephews and cousins.
Andrew was born in Saint John, NB however moved to various locations in British Columbia when he was 18. Family was everything to Andrew, though separated by distance he always stayed in close contact. He shared many great times, memories and vacations with family and relatives. He had many friends in Saint John as well as BC, who knew him as "Spanky", who also shared many good times, laughs and fantastic memories. Prior to his passing, he resided in Langley, BC with his sister Carla, her husband Leo and nephews Isaiah, Nathanial, Samuel and Nicholas, who he loved very much. He was devoted and inseparable to his companion dog Murphy. Andrew was predeceased by his father Warren Melvin Gillis, grandparents Melvin and Charlene Gillis and Howard and Jean Lockhart.
† If tears could Build a stairway
And Memories a Lane
I'd walk right up to Heaven
and bring You home again†
Sadly missed by Family
June 14th, 2026
Andrew it’s 3 years and some already! I cannot believe how time flies! It still feels like you left yesterday! I miss you so much! They say time heals but that’s a lie. I smile but there is no happiness behind this smile. The world feels so empty without you here. So many promises broken so many times wasted being mad, so many things we were supposed to do together and places to go! I will never forget those words you said to me at the last place we went together. You pu said I like being with you Carla. You take me to nice places and I really like that! I told you that there were many more places I want you to see with me and you were happy and excited about some of the places I told you about that i was going to take you. I wish you were here with me now to see this place. This is a very special to me that I will post. I know you would have love to see it! I really wish you were here with us tonight. I miss you and love you forever!
August 15th, 2025
Andrew,
There isn’t a day that passes without you in my thoughts. Everything I do, every step I take, carries the quiet hope that you would be proud of me. You were more than my partner—you were my soul mate, my safe place, my greatest love.
Losing you left an emptiness that can never truly be filled. I miss your laugh, your wisdom, the way you saw the best in me even when I couldn’t. I miss the little moments most—the ones that seemed ordinary at the time but now feel like treasures.
You taught me what love really means: patience, kindness, and the unshakable belief in someone’s potential. Even though you’re no longer here in person, I feel you with me—in the choices I make, in the courage I find, and in the moments where I choose love over fear.
I live each day with you in my heart. Every accomplishment, every bit of progress, is for you. I will keep striving, keep loving, and keep honoring the life we dreamed of together. You are my forever, Andrew. I miss you more than words can hold, but I will carry you with me, always.
Forever loving you,
Larissa
May 18th, 2025
Andrew it’s two years today that you have been gone! Not a day that goes by that I don’t think of you. I think about you several times a day. I miss you so very much! I am glad you are with Mom, Dad, Gracie and your best bud Murphy. The boys miss you lots. Nicholas just said the other day he misses you! Whenever we go to Derby Reach. Nathaniel stares at the river and tells me that you promised to take him jet skiing. Samuel sits down on the steps sometimes and plays his guitar and says he is playing for you. Isaiah wishes he would have talked more with you. He was so shy! I wished you could have felt how loved you really were! I wished you could all be with me. I really, really miss you and I will never forget you! You were the best brother anybody could ever have, with the biggest heart I ever known. I wish you would come visit me in a dream so I could see you once again and hear your voice. Love you always Bro!!
December 23rd, 2024
I am in stock. I just see this. Sad Andrew was a great guy when i was in Vancouver with his younger brother and staying with his sister Carla when we hang out with him he was funny and would tell me how it is. RIP Andrew. Sorry to the Paula and Tony and Carla and Matt for your lost to a great guy. Much love to you guys.
May 18th, 2024
Andrew, I can’t believe it is one year! This has been the worst pain I have ever felt in my life! It really does not get any better! I miss you everyday! You were one of the kindest, giving, most generous person I know! Your smile lit up the room! You taught me so much in the little time I spent with you. I learned so much about you too. I did not know how funny you actually were. I learned how kind and caring you can be. I always knew how smart you were and the potential you had. I wish you could have fulfilled your dreams. You had such amazing ideas! I loved all our walks we walked and the drives we took. I loved hearing all the things you knew about. You were the smartest person I know! Sometimes you would be so loud and talked so much that it was overwhelming. What I would give to hear your loudness now and all the talking! I want to hear your laugh, I want to see you smile. I want to call you. I always called you with questions ,stupid stuff but the truth is, is that I missed you and just wanted to hear voice. There so many unsaid words I never got to say, so many questions I have, that will never get answered!!! I miss you Andrew! You were and still are loved by so many!! You made such an impact in so many lives! I wished so many things for you! I believed in you so much! Rest in peace beloved brother! This picture I am about to post is the last place I took a picture of you. It was mothers Day. It was one of the best days I spent with you and the family. You were happy that day! You took me to chopped leaf. You taught me a lot about health. Now I shop at the places you pleaded with me to try! Finally eh! So back to the picture. Where you and Nathaniel stood now stands a new tree one year later. What a beautiful sign it was to see this! You loved nature and a tree grew where you stood on such a happy day! I love you forever my bro!
May 18th, 2024
SPANK! I CAN’T BELIEVE A YEAR HAS GONE BY ALREADY….TODAY HAS BEEN 1 YEAR SINCE YOU LEFT US AND IT HASN’T GOTTEN ANY EASIER. I WATCH VIDEOS WITH OUR FRIENDS (THE FEW OF THEM THAT ARE LEFT) SOMETIMES, AND WE ALL LAUGH AT THE MEMORIES I HAVE ON VIDEO OF YOU BEING FUNNY. I HAVE SO MANY GOOD MEMORIES WITH YOU THAT IT WOULD BE WAY TOO HARD TO LIST THEM ALL BUT I’LL CONCLUDE WITH THIS ONE MEMORY: WHEN I FIRST MET YOU AT YOUR AND KELLY’s PLACE IN COAL HARBOUR, I WAS 21 YEARS OLD THEN, I JUMPED ON YOUR BED AND MADE THAT WEIRD SOUND YOU COULDN’T STOP LAUGHING AT ME & WE WERE CLOSE FRIENDS EVER SINCE. I AM SURE YOU AND KELLY ARE TOGETHER AGAIN, LOOKING DOWN ON US EARTHLINGS MAKING JOKES AND LAUGHING YOUR FACES OFF LIKE NOTHING EVER CHANGED. I MISS YOU SO MUCH SPANK, YOU WERE A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH FOR SURE, YOU ARE GREATLY MISSED BY SO MANY!!!!!!!!!!❤️❤️❤️
April 18th, 2024
11 months today. I have been grateful for a lot in my life. Any time I really want something that was logical I imagined my self with whatever it was. I never would waste much time on things that had no possibility in happening. But now there’s Andrew I spend every day of my life imagining he was with me. Wishing he was with me wanting to be with him and this is the one thing that I will never get again.
March 5th, 2024
Im never going to see my babe again andrew Gillis meant the world to me. He was my partner. No matter what I wanted to be by his side he was proud of me he loved me. He knew my flaws and weekneses and I knew his. We always made it through all the things we went through in the 5 years together. I´ve never felt anything close to this. He was my person my future. I will never get over this.. I love that man nothing will ever replace him. I miss him ever second. I never stop thinking about him. Andrew forever will have my heart.
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