Melvin is survived by his sons Kevin, Jonathan (Nicole), Jason (Kira), Tim (Shannan); daughter Daryl Lynn; grandchildren Christina Bull, Felicia Gadwa, Erin Nepoose, William Nepoose, Harvey Applegarth, Sarina Nepoose, Feather Nepoose, Gage Nepoose, Christine Nepoose, Darion Nepoose, Trayton Lightning and Susie Munro; great-grandchildren Sebastian Johnson-Nepoose, Julian Johnson-Nepoose; Zerek Johnson-Nepoose; brothers John, Allen, Alphonse, Boxer, Dean (Jerri); sisters Celina (George Saddleback, Alvina (Pete) Flormann, Linda (Jerry), Erma (Ralph), Alanna (Rick); a multitude of cousins, nieces and nephews in the Maskwacis Four Nations; his wife Cheryl Munro, and honoring Christine Swampy.
Predeceased by his parents Wallace and Gussie Nepoose; brothers Oliver Rain, Phillip Simon, Don, Cecil, Leroy; his sister Margaret; grandparents Lazarus and Peggy Nepoose, John and Abbie Simon.
A special thank you to the doctors and staff at the Horizon Unit at the Centennial Centre for Brain Injury and Mental Health, Samson Cree Nation, and the firekeepers.