Mr. Stephen Paul Kostuik

Following a long and successful career in the minerals industry, Paul passed away on Saturday, September 4, 2010 surrounded by his family at Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver as a result of complications due to cancer. Paul was the loving husband of Donna (Martin), and the proud father of his four children Jennifer, of Vancouver, Stephen, of North Vancouver, Martin (Luba), of Nashville Tennessee and Paula, of Chicago Illinois. He was also the proud grandfather to Paul, Anna and Rachel. Paul was born on November 3, 1939 in Malartic PQ, the son of the late John Kostuik and Mabel Ann (Beadman) Kostuik.

Paul was the brother of John, Phoenix Arizona, David, San Francisco California, and Jacquie Wallace of Toronto. He was also loved and remembered by his brothers-in-law Peter Martin, Terry Martin, Richard Belch and his sisters-in-laws, Susan Belch, Jill Martin, Marion Martin, Elizabeth Kostuik and Jessica Kostuik, and by his nieces and nephews Selby, John, Andrew, David, Shane, Sherry, Mitchell, Terry, Tara, Kim and Mark.

Paul Graduated from Queen’s University in mining engineering in 1961, and obtained his MSc in engineering in 1964. Paul and his beloved Donna had been somewhat nomadic, as befits the career of a mining engineer. He began in the goldfields of Northern Ontario, moving to the gigantic potash reserves in Saskatchewan, onto Kerr Addison Mines in Toronto and then New York City as vice president of MolyCorp, Paul had that rare combination of analytical clarity and sense of mission to build on his initial technical and operating experience and achieve great success as a senior executive and director of Vulcan Materials in Birmingham, Alabama, a Fortune 500 company, then as president of Quintette Coal in Vancouver, and subsequently as chairman of Jordex Resources. Most recently, Paul had a private consulting practice and was director of Kirkland Lake Gold. Paul and Donna have been residents of West Vancouver for the Past 25 years.

Paul was committed to professional education in his chosen career. He was a lifelong and active member of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, the American Institute of Mining Engineers and the Mining and Metallurgical Society. He had served as a chairman of the Coal Association of Canada and on the Executive Committee of the National US Stone Association. He was always most committed to his beloved alma mater, Queen’s University, having been chairman of the Queen’s University Engineering Advisory Council, and was on two occasion’s regional chairman of the Queen’s University Alumni Capital Campaign.

Paul loved his sports, and he is well remembered in the many places he lived. He was, at various times, the toughest fastpitch softball player in the Northwest Territories, the most aggressive curler in Connecticut, the best match player in golf at Burnt Pine in Sandestin, Florida, and a great friend for many people at the Shaughnessy and Capilano golf clubs in Vancouver.

Visitation will be at Hollyburn Funeral Home, 1807 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, on Thursday, September 9, 2010 at 4:00pm. A Funeral Mass will be held at Christ the Redeemer Church, 595 Keith Road, West Vancouver, B.C. on Friday September 10, 2010 at 11:0 am. Interment after the mass will be at Capilano View Cemetery, 1490 3rd Street, West Vancouver. A Reception to follow at Capilano Golf and Country Club, 420 Southborough Drive, West Vancouver, B.C. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation in Paul’s memory to the Queen’s University Cancer Research Institute or the Lion’s Gate Hospital Oncology Foundation. For those wishing to share condolences, or a memory of Paul, please go to [email protected] or to www.hollyburnfunerals.com .

Hollyburn Funeral Home 604-922-1221