CME Family Last Post by Name

We regret to advise of the death of George Rasmus “G.R.” Clifton of Taber, AB on 28 November 2014 at the age of 91 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Sergeant Terence (Terry) Leonard Kramchynsky (Ret’d), at his cottage in Lundar, MB on 29 November 2014 at the age of 50 years old.

We regret to advise of the death of Lieutenant George Grant Cameron (Ret’d) peacefully at home in Port Elgin, ON on 30 October 2014 at the age of 93. 

We regret to advise of the death of Master Warrant Officer Gerald Dubé, CD (Ret’d) on 8 Dec 2014 after a long and courageous battle with cancer.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Kenneth John Pratt (Ret’d) in Smithers, BC on 15 December 2014 in his 96^th year.

We regret to advise of the death of Master Warrant Office Bernard George (Bernie) Bowers (Ret'd) on 24 December 2014 at Mannville Care Centre, Mannville, AB.

We regret to advise of the death of Robert (Bob) Hugh Benson McLaughlin on 28 December 2014 at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital in Fredericton, NB.

We regret to advise of the death of Albert Joseph Biffis peacefully on 29 December 2014 at the Etobicoke General Hospital at the age of 94.

We regret to announce the death of Sapper Louis Hachey (Ret'd) on 30 December 2014 at the Sensenbrenner Hospital in Kapuskasing, ON at the age of 91 years.Louis was living in Moonbeam, ON.

We regret to advise of the death of Warrant Officer Class II Norman Ernest Purcell (Ret'd) of Halifax NS on 30 December 2014 at the age of 90 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Edward J McAuliffe peacefully at the Cassellholme Home for the Aged in North Bay, ON on 1 January 2015 at the age of 90. 

We regret to advise of the death of Leonard Sylvester Bohan on 3 January 2015 in Cranbrook, BC at the age of 95 years. Len was born in Calgary, AB. He was a veteran of the Second World War and served in the Royal Canadian Engineers.

We regret to advise of the death of I.C.B “Bert” Price peacefully on 4 January 2015 in Saskatoon, SK at the age of 93 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Daniel McMahon, at home, in Courtenay, BC after a lengthy fight with cancer on 10 January 2015. Dan served a full career with the Canadian Military Engineers and retired as a Master Corporal.

We regret to advise of the death of Master Corporal Kenneth Sydney Brown (Ret'd) on 12 January 2015 at home in Tillsonburg, ON at the age of 78.

We regret to advise of the death of Alexander “Alex” Balazsi peacefully at the Medicine Hat, AB Regional Hospital on 13 January 2015 in his 95^th year.

We regret to advise of the death of Captain Ralph Belmore Toombs (Ret'd) in Ottawa on 25 January 2015. Ralph was born in 1918 in Vancouver, BC and his early schooling was in Calgary.

We regret to advise of the death of Corporal Earle “Bruce” Riggs (Ret’d) at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Charlottetown PEI, on 1 February 2015 at the age of 81 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Lieutenant Colonel Clement K. R. MacLeod (Ret'd) at home on Sunday, 1 February 2015 at the age of 75.

We regret to advise of the death of Lloyd Ruthven Cannard of Kelowna, BC on 3 February 2015 in his 89^th year.

We regret to advise of the death of Chief Warrant Officer John (Jack) Edwin Houldsworth (Ret'd) on 8 February 2015 in Ottawa. John was born in 1930 in Winnipeg, MB.

We regret to advise of the death of Master Corporal Carman “Doc” Jacob Dockendorff, CD (Ret’d) at the Oromocto Public Hospital on 9 February 2015 at the age of 87.

We regret to advise of the death of Master Corporal Joseph Dan Donnelly, CD (Ret'd) in Ottawa, ON on 9 February 2015 at the age of 79 years. 

Don served in the Canadian Armed Forces with the Canadian Military Engineers.

We regret to advise of the death of Rodney “Rod” Stuart Lansdell in Victoria, BC on 12 February 2015 at the age of 88.

We regret to advise of the death of Robert “Bob” Gordon Chambers on 19 February 2015 at the Chatham, ON campus of the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance at the age of 90.

We regret to advise of the death of Master Warrant Officer Burns “Burnie” Alton Crowder (Ret’d) on 22 February 2015 in Duncan, BC.

We regret to advise of the death of Major Tormi Heinmaa (Ret'd) on 26 February 2015. Tormi served 22 years as a Canadian Military Engineer with highlights as BCEO Kingston and Lahr.

We regret to advise of the death of Sergeant Thomas "Harold" Murphy of Waasis, NB, at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital in Fredericton on 1 March 2015 at the age of 90. Born in Halifax,

We regret to advise of the death of Thomas Grayson Bell peacefully on 6 March 2015 at Blue Water Health Centre in Sarnia, ON in his 89^th year.

We regret to advise of the death of Corporal Aubrey Alfred Crocker (Ret’d) on 10 March 2015 in Brampton ON at the age of 95 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Gordon Strathy on 14 March 2015. Gordon enlisted for the Korean War with the Royal Canadian Engineers at age 17 and served in Korea with 23rd Field Squadron.

We regret to advise the death of Sapper Alexander Louis Nagy (Ret’d) after a brief illness at the Chinook Regional Hospital in Lethbridge AB on 16 March 2015 at the age of 91.

We regret to advise of the death of retired Firefighter John Marc Colbourne (Ret’d) on 17 March 2015 in Ottawa in his 69^th year.

We regret to advise of the death of Sergeant Roger Lundquist (Ret’d) at the Pine Island Lodge in Maidstone SK on 18 March 2015 at the age of 94 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Norman Lenard Churcher (Ret’d) on 20 March 2015 in Lindsay, ON at the age of 96.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper George Richard Hoggins (Ret’d) of Vegreville AB on 24 March 2015 at the age of 93 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Sergeant Norman Carl Botham, CD (Ret’d), peacefully, in his 84th year at the Kingston General Hospital on Tuesday, 7 April 2015.

We regret to advise of the death of Keith Hubert Barker peacefully on 11 April 2015 in Carman, MB two months short of his 90^th birthday.

We regret to advise of the death of Major Edward Walter “Ted” McConnell, CD (Ret’d) PEng, peacefully in his sleep at age 84 on 14 April 2015 in the Dr. Al Hogg Pavilion in White Rock BC following a lengthy illness.

We regret to advise of the death of John “JR” Horvath of Howie Center, NS on 17 April 2015 at the age of 77 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Warrant Officer Wayne Byron Ross (Ret’d) of Edmonton on 24 April 2015 at the age of 73 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper George Delesoy (Ret’d) of Maple Ridge BC in the Ridge Meadows Hospital on 1 May 2015 at the age of 93 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Paul Allyre Boulet of Sault Ste. Marie ON in his 88^th Year.

We regret to advise of the death of George Bell on 3 May 2015 at home in Regina, SK after a long illness.

We regret to advise of the passing of Sergeant Frederick George “Fred” Burlock (Ret’d) peacefully at home in Niagara Falls ON, on 8 May 2015 at the age of 73.

We regret to advise of the death of Master Corporal Gabriel Drouin, 32 years old, a Combat Engineer with 5 Regiment de Genie du Combat (RGC), who died at his residence at CFB Valcartier on Saturday morning 9 May 2015.

Nous regrettons de vous annoncer le décès du caporal Jean-François Drouin le 6 septembre 2009, mort au combat à l’âge de 31 ans, dans le district de Dand au sud-ouest de la ville de Kandahar, en Afghanistan.

We regret to advise of the death of Master Warrant Officer Roger William Mailman (Ret’d) in Nova Scotia on 11 May 2015 at age 68.

We regret to advise of the death of Glengarry Alexander “Glen” MacDonald of Spirit River AB on 15 May 2015 at the age of 93 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Elmer Shirley on 16 May 2015 peacefully in hospital in Kelvington, SK.