Sadly we announce our beloved brother Timothy Joseph Shyshka has passed away.  

Tim was born in Nanaimo on September 1,1957 to parents Harry and Patricia Shyshka.

He is survived by Siblings, Colin, Sydney, Jodian, and Amy-jo. Predeceased by his son Adam James Shyshka

Tim had relationships in his life that were very important to him, his first marriage to Joanne Korop who was the mother of his son Adam  James. 

He was also married to Sandra Gisborne 

We will miss our brother so much for his soft manner and easy going personality as he’d always greet everyone with a smile a hug or a handshake.

Growing up in Nanaimo some of Tims favourite memories were spent when our family lived out at Nanaimo River, he talked of so many great childhood memories there with family, swimming and fishing.

Tim also loved time spent on family vacations in Oyama B.C and Porcupine Plain Saskatchewan.. swimming in the lake across from my grandmas house, barbeques and sitting up in trees in our uncles orchard eating as much fruit as we could put in our mouth.

He loved spending time riding around grandpas old yellow jeep, who always had juicy fruit gum for all the kids ..

Tim worked for CPR in Nanaimo for many years and the latter years his career was spent as an engineer at NRGH until he retired in 2017.

Throughout his life Tim loved to travel and went to many beautiful locations including Cuba, Hawaii, Mexico and China.

Tim also loved music particularly the Beatles, CCR, The Rolling Stones, as well as some old county like Johnny Cash and Hank Williams. Many times as kids we would wake up to our Dad playing the guitar and Tim and dad singing old songs. Favourite was “Hey good Lookin”.

Some very special personal memories- from his family

Sister Amy 💌 Tim was my ‘big’ brother who I shared so many memories and much of my life with. We went on countless trips to Bamfield with our family and up to Kyuqout, several trips to Mexico and we lived on the same property or house for over 20 years.

Tim always had the philosophy of “what’s yours is mine”…it was funny how things would go missing around the house or yard and I knew I would find them at his place. Tim and I loved to people-watch on our trips, and he always had such colourful comments to make about how he saw people.

He definitely liked to talk, and we spent many hours together as he would share his feelings about life, work and people. Tim and I loved to play crib together.

He was a master player and teacher and only once did I win against him. He couldn’t get over it until he played me again and continued to win, of course.

We enjoyed going boating together and visiting the islands around Vancouver Island, packing a lunch and enjoying the day at leisure. Those years were some of my fondest of Tim. My most talked about favourite memory is when I was 5 yrs old and he took me out on his motorcycle at night and raced through Bowen Park and up Kings Road in Nanaimo. I screamed my lungs out and the more I screamed the more he laughed and went faster. That’s what big brothers do! I will miss him so very much. He was not just my brother but one of my best friends. I will see him in the future as we did share the same hope.

Brother Jody💌- Tim and I loved the river we have many great memories there with him, we fished for steelhead and explored every spot up & down the river by the tressel and in our swimming hole.

We had an old 50's Vauxhall that Tim learned to drive in the early 70’s, and his first car was a 74 Ford Capri, tim was a “clean freak” as we affectionately called him, and kept the car immaculate, he was sometimes seen taking the wheels off his car scrubbing the brake drums. I will miss my brother very much ..

Sister Sydney 💌Some of my favourite memories with my brother were at the River swimming up and down the Rapids, we would always swim in the tunnels in the rapids and if I ever got stuck he would always come back and make sure I got out. We did a lot of daring things there is kids, jumping off the trestle just as we heard the train coming, screaming all the way down until we hit the water.

We also had many great memories in Oyama and Saskatchewan, on my uncles farm, we would gather eggs and I would ask Tim put to them in his pockets and then I would walk up to him and smash his pockets and everytime Tim was surprised and then we all laugh.

Tim loved to talk and socialize he would phone sometimes many times a day especially when he became ill in the last year‘s of his life, but he was such a great guy to talk to, very few subjects he didn’t know anything about according to him😉.. he was a really entertaining guy to talk to, but if I had to let him go he would always start talking about something HE knew I liked talking about just to keep you on the phone a little longer.

Brother Colin 💌- even tho I didn’t know Tim as well as I’d have liked (being raised in different families) from the time I spent with him I felt he was a very warm, caring person, much like all of my Mother's family. I will always remember him with warm thoughts.

We will miss our brother more than words can say.. we will see you again ❤️ WE LOVE YOU ❤️ 

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