Steele, Cye - 81, Lower Truro, formerly of Hilden passed away peacefully surrounded by family in Colchester Regional Hospital, Truro on Tuesday, October 25, 2011. Born May 31, 1930 in Halifax he was the son of the late Cyrene and Mabel (Clarke) Steele. Cye came to Truro in 1947 from Scotch Hill, Pictou County and worked at the Brookfield Creamery. He was a salesman for McCain’s Foods, Humpty Dumpty and Hostess Chips. Later he was a contractor for Canada Post until 1994. Cye was best known as a fiddler. From his early start at age five on a fiddle his uncle Reeves made from a cigar box all the way to winning five Maritime Old Time Fiddling Contests. He also made numerous television and radio appearances including “Don Messer’s Jubilee”, “Gazette”, “Countrytime”, “Cross Canada Jamboree”, “Up Home Tonight” and his own local cable program “Studio Party”. He played on CKCL radio from its opening in 1947 through until the 1970’s. Cye started playing for local dances at age eight and went on to play in a number of bands over the years including his own “Stealaway” and 16 years with the CNRA Quintet. More than anything he will be remembered for the endless number of dances and benefits that he played in his lifetime. He was inducted into the Nova Scotia Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008. Not just a fiddler, Cye wrote over 35 fiddle tunes including: Cye Steele’s Breakdown, Mitch’s Jig, The Misti Dawn Waltz, The Tracey Lynn Waltz and the toe tapping, finger flying, bow burning Up Jumped Fred. He was predeceased by a brother Charlie, sister Pearl Dean and wife Avis (MacDonald). Cye will be greatly missed by son, Mitch (Brenda), Truro; daughters, Misti (Jeffrey) Campbell, Port Hawkesbury and Tracey (Ian) Smith, Truro; grandchildren, Cody and Colton Campbell, Port Hawkesbury and Kurt and Reese Smith, Truro. Visitation will be Friday, October 28th from 7- 9 pm, service on Saturday, October 29th at 2pm in Colchester Community Funeral Home with Linda Townsend officiating. Burial to follow at Pine Grove Cemetery, Stewiacke East. Family flowers only please. Donations may be made to the SPCA or The Red Cross. On-line condolences may be made at www.colchestercommunity.com The family would like to extend a heartfelt and sincere thank you to Cye’s private caregivers Ruth and George Naugler and Elizabeth and Mark Blair for their patient and loving care over the last six years.