As we receive news of the death of a member of the CME Family, we post an obituary along with details and family wishes. Our current records go back to 2000 and may not be complete. If there are any errors or omissions please use the form here to notify us as soon as possible.
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We regret to advise the death of Sapper Ronald Sidney Warren (Ret’d) in Edmonton, AB on 15 October 2007 at the age of 89 years. Ron was a veteran of the Second World War who served in the Royal Canadian Engineers.
We regret to advise of the death of Sapper James “Jim” Gilmour Bate (Ret’d) peacefully at the Belleville, ON General Hospital on 27 October 2007 in his 82nd year.
We regret to advise of the death of Corporal Mack Arthur Freeman (Ret’d) in Simcoe, ON at the age of 91 years on 27 October 2007.
We regret to advise of the death of William R. Cooley on 29 October 2007 in Stratford, ON at the age of 89 years.
We regret to advise of the death of Richard Ivan “Dick” Woods at home in Chilliwack, BC on 30 October 2007 at the age of 80 years.
We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Martinus Cornelis Jacobus “Martin” Grinwis (Ret’d) of Kitmat BC on 7 November 2007 at the age of 85 years.
We regret to advise of the death of Master Warrant Officer Maurice Edgar “Tony” Mazerolle, CD (Ret’d) on 10 November 2007 at St. Joseph’s General Hospital in Comox, BC at the age of 70 years.
We regret to advise of the death of Lance Corporal Thomas L. Evans (Ret’d) on 10 November 2007 in Scarborough, ON at the age of 79 years.
We regret to advise the death of Orville William Watt at the Good Samaritan Place in Edmonton AB on 20 November 2007 at the age of 88.
We regret to advise of the death of Warrant Officer First Class Mahlon “Cy” John Casselman peacefully at the Dundas Manor Winchester ON, on 26 November 2007 in his 92nd year.
We regret to advise of the death of Warrant Officer Robert “Bob” Arthur Douglas CD (Ret’d) on 27 November 2007 in Ottawa ON at the age of 72.
We regret to advise of the death of Marcus "Max" Schaap in Chilliwack, BC on 1 December 2007.
We regret to advise of the death of James R. “Jim” Aellen in Red Deer, AB on 2 December 2007 at the age of 93 years
We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Leo Graham Gorman, (Ret’d) of Spryfield NS at the Victoria General Hospital (VG) Site at the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre in Halifax NS on 4 December 2007 at the age of 78 years.
We regret to advise of the death of Wes Johnston peacefully at home in Scarborough, ON on 01 January 2008* at the age of 93.
We regret to advise of the death of Joseph Emile Comeau of Bangor NS in the Yarmouth Regional Hospital on 2 January 2008 at the age of 89 years.
We regret to advise of the death of Donald Clarence “Jamie” Jamieson peacefully on 14 January 2008 at the age of 93.
We regret to advise of the death of Corporal Étienne Gonthier who was killed in action on 23 January 2008 in southern Afghanistan at the age of 21.
Nous regrettons de vous annoncer le décès du caporal Étienne Gonthier le 23 janvier 2008, mort au combat à l’âge de 21 ans, dans le sud de l’Afghanistan.
We regret to advise of the death of David Edward Currie at home in Kingston NS on 1 February 2008 at the age of 66 years.
We regret to advise of the death of Sergeant Albert Edward Yeates II, DCM at the Deer Lodge Centre in Winnipeg MB on 2 February 2008 at the age of 89 years.
We regret to advise of the death of Grant Ross Cumbers in Regina, SK on 13 February 2008.
We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Attilio “Ted” Ravanello (Ret’d) of Albert Bridge, NS at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital in Sydney, NS on 13 February 2008 at the age of 90 years.
We regret to advise of the death of Hector Peters Aby Vedan peacefully on 4 March 2008 after a lengthy illness.
We regret to advise of the death of Corporal Frederick “Fred” Samuel Bland (Ret’d) peacefully on 5 March 2008 at Alexander Place in Waterdown, ON in his 88th year.
We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Osborne Ross “Sonny” Totten (Ret’d) of London, ON peacefully at Parkwood Veterans Hospital on 5 March 2008 at the age of 93 years.
We regret to advise of the death of Lieutenant Albert Leslie “Les” Brown, BSc(Ret') at the Toronto Western Hospital in Toronto ON, on 9 March 2008 at the age of 89.
We regret to advise of the death of Master Corporal Pierre Morin, CD (Ret'd) in hospital after a long illness in Chicoutimi QC on 10 March 2008 at the age of 56.
We regret to advise of the death of Sergeant Robert James Foster (Ret’d) of Dundas, ON at the age of 89 years on 11 March 2008.
We regret to advise of the death of Captain James Alister Grant Campbell (Ret’d) peacefully on 12 March 2008.
We regret to advise of the death of Leading Fireman Samuel Denis “Sam” Posten on 12 March 2008 in the Wascana Rehabilitation Centre, Veterans’ Unit in Regina SK at the age of 93 years.
We regret to advise of the death of Basil Belchuk, peacefully on 23 March 2008 in Windsor, ON at the age of 90 years.
We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Carman A. Gainer (Ret'd) at the Milton District Hospital, Milton ON on 5 April 2008 ten days short of his 82nd birthday.
We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Abram Waldner (Ret'd) of Nipawin, SK on 5 April 2008 at the age of 87 years.
We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Hubert Emmerson LeDrew on 10 April 2008 in Sydney, NS. Hubert was born in Conception Bay, NFL, in 1918.
We regret to advise of the death of Corporal Albert Simard, CD (Ret’d) at the Chauveau Hospital in Quebec City on 20 April 2008 at the age of 63 years.
Nous regrettons de vous annoncer le décès du Caporal Albert Simard, CD (retiré) à l’Hôpital Chauveau, le 20 avril 2008 à l’âge de 63 ans.
We regret to advise the death of Lance Corporal William Thomas “Bill” Erwin (Ret’d) on 22 April 2008 at the Brockville General Hospital, Brockville ON, at the age of 82 years.
We regret to advise of the death of Corporal George Harry Forrister (Ret’d) of Kelvington, SK on 5 May 2008 at the Sunnyside Adventist Care Centre at the age of 95 years.
We regret to advise of the death of August Joseph Degenstein peacefully at Vulcan Extendicare Centre, Vulcan, AB on 8 May 2008 at the age of 94.
We regret to advise of the death of Marcel “Tom” Blair at Concordia Place Hospital in Winnipeg, MB on 17 May 2008 at the age of 88 years.
We regret to advise of the death of Thomas Howard Brown of Sydney Mines, NS on 18 May 2008, at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital at the age of 79 years.
We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Nelson Garnet “Cowboy” Brydges on 20 April 2008 at Bluewater Health Palliative Care in Sarnia ON in his 88th year.
We regret to advise of the death of Major Alan Arthur Macdonald Stewart (Ret’d) on 31 May 2008 at the age of 93.
We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Donald “Don” Belford Dunlop (Ret’d) at the Colchester Regional Hospital, Truro, NS on 3 June 2008 at the age of 88 years.
We regret to advise of the death of Master Warrant Officer Thomas “Tom” David Corrance Pakenham CD, (Ret’d) in the Queensway Carleton Hospital in Ottawa ON on 8 June 2008 at the age of 79.
We regret to advise of the death of Thomas “Tom” James Domenie of Ketch Harbour, NS at the QEII Hospital in Halifax, NS on 12 June 2008 at the age of 63 years.
We regret to advise of the death of Sapper William Russell “Bill” Carter (Ret’d) of Sackville NB suddenly at home on 14 June 2008 at the age of 80 years.
We regret to advise of the death of Corporal Arnold Gesner Goodwin (Ret’d) of Dunnville ON on 22 June 2008 at the age of 85 years. Arnold was a Royal Canadian Engineer veteran of the Second World War.
