Merlin Leslie Stewart, longtime Manteca resident, died peacefully at home on February 6, 2018, at the age of 67. He is survived by his children Tiffany and Tony Thompson, Amber and Steve Brown, Mark Stewart and Chelsea Ellis, and Brandon Olson, and his grandchildren Kismet, Parker, Delanee, Teagun, Cohen, Kian and Sienna. He is preceded in death by his parents Donald and Bette Stewart, and his brother, Marvin Stewart.