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We regret to advise of the death of Corporal George Makar Podtepa of Edmonton, AB on 10 November 2015, at the age of 44 years. Corporal George Podtepa was born in Dryden, ON.

We regret to advise of the death of Lieutenant Colonel Melvin Ronald Hunt, CD (Ret'd) at the Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria BC on 17 November 2015 at age 73 after a long battle with kidney disease.

We regret to advise of the death of Lieutenant Colonel R.W. Shurb, CD (Ret’d) on 19 November 2015 at the age of 79, after a courageous battle. Ron served a full career with the Canadian Military Engineers.

We regret to advise of the death of Master Warrant Officer William Robert "Bob" Hannah, CD (Retd') of Vernon, BC on 20 November 2015. Born in Manitoba in 1927 and raised in Saskatchewan, he enlisted in the Army at the young age of 16.

We regret to advise of the death of George Moennich, peacefully, on Saturday, 28 November 2015 at age 84.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Kenneth “Ken” Norman Colborn (Ret’d) at the Southeast Integrated Care Centre, Moosomin, SK on 6 December 2015 at the age of 84 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Donald John Gray, peacefully, on 7 December 2015 at the Arborfield and District Health Care Centre in Arborfield MB at the age of 96 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Corporal Donald William “Bill” Muise, CD (Ret’d) of Brooklyn, Yarmouth Co., NS suddenly at home on 12 December 2015 at age 74.

We regret to advise of the death of Corporal Kurtis Gaucher (Ret’d) at home in Edmonton. AB on 18 December 2015 at the age of 33 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Walter Stuckart on 15 December 2015 at the age of 94 at the Bowcrest Care Centre in Calgary AB.

We regret to advise of the death of Lieutenant Reginald Frank Meadley (Ret’d) of Orillia ON at the Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital on 19 December 2015.

We regret to advise of the death of William Peter “Bill” Fedoruk on 21 December 2015 at the age of 97 at Misericordia Place in Winnipeg MB.

We regret to advise of the death of Lance Corporal Alfred T. Glassel (Ret’d), peacefully, on 22 December 2015 at the age of 93.

We regret to advise of the death of Glenn Sargeant on 4 January 2016 in Chilliwack his 87^th  year. Glenn was a retired Sapper. There is no service by request. ^{khJan2016}

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Reginald Bruce Crowe (Ret’d), peacefully, at the Woodstock Hospital on 9 January 2016 in his 93^rd year.

We regret to advise of the death of Joseph "Henri" Deslaurier on 11 January 2016 in Rotary Hospice House in Prince George, BC at the age of 89.

We regret to advise of the death of Sergeant Brian King, CD (Ret’d) in Ottawa on 13 January 2016 at the age of 54.

We regret to advise of the death of Corporal Neil Dugan Atkinson (Ret’d) on 17 January 2016, of Elora, ON in his 85^th year.

We regret to advise of the death of Chief Warrant Officer Walter “Wally” A.J. Chambers, CD (Ret’d) in Kelowna, BC on 19 Jan 2016.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Verne E. Thompson (Ret’d), peacefully on 22 January 2016 at Northumberland Hills Hospital in Cobourg, ON, in his 92^nd year.

We regret to advise of the death of Major William James Milhausen, MiD (Ret’d), peacefully on 31 January 2016 in his 99^th year in Toronto.

We regret to advise of the death of Captain Harold “Hal” Rudd (Ret’d) P.Eng, peacefully, on Sunday, 31 January 2016 at age 101, at Toronto's Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.

We regret to advise of the death of Captain George Edward Doyle CD (Ret’d), in his sleep on 1 February 2016 after a short battle with cancer.

We regret to advise of the death of Corporal Sean Gregory McClintock CD (Ret'd), suddenly at his home, on Tuesday, 2 February 2016, in his 47^th year.

We regret to advise of the death of Warrant Officer Joseph Wilfred René Gratton CD (Ret'd), suddenly, at home on 6 February 2016.

We regret to advise of the death of Captain John Edgar Akerley (Ret’d)  P.Eng on 6 February 2016, suddenly, at his home near Princeton, BC.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Warren E. White (Ret'd) on 13 February 2016 at the age of 90 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Master Warrant Officer Ronald Johnson Dowker, CD (Ret’d) on 16 February 2016 in his 78^th year.

We regret to advise of the death of Clayton Everett Moss on 24 February 2016 at the Veteran Centre at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, in his 96^th year.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Hugh LeRoy Hughson (Ret’d) of Fredericton NB on 21 February 2016 at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital at the age of 89 years.

We regret to advise the death of Sapper Dennis Joseph Bonnenfant (Ret’d) at the Villa Acadienne in Meteghan, NS on 22 February 2016 at the age of 90 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Lieutenant Arthur Nelson Lang (Ret'd) on 27 February 2016 in his 101^st year.

We regret to advise of the death of Master Warrant Officer George Dowling, CD (Ret’d) on 1 March 2016 at the Southwood Hospice in Calgary the age of 75.

We regret to advise of the death of Captain Paul J. Tomelin, BEM, CD (Ret'd) on 5 March 2016 at age 90 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Corporal Ronald Gerald Delwo, CD (Ret’d), peacefully, in the Arnprior and District Memorial Hospital on 6 March 2016 at the age of 53 years. 

We regret to advise of the death of Lieutenant Alexander John Forsyth, MBE (Ret’d), on 10 March 2016, peacefully, in Manotick, ON in his 96^th year.

We regret to advise of the death of Master Warrant Officer Alvin K. Amrud, CD (Ret’d) of Saskatoon at the age of 88 on 15 March 2016 after a lengthy illness.

We regret to advise of the death of Sergeant George Arthur Amm (Ret'd) on 16 March 2016 in Chilliwack, BC after a long and valiant battle with cancer at the age of 85 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Major Donald Ross Cleveland, MBA, BSc Mil, (Ret’d) on 18 March 2016 at age 93 in Dartmouth General Hospital after a brief illness.

We regret to advise of the death of Major Charles Russell "Bud" Hall, CD (Ret’d) on Saturday, 19 March 2016 at the age of 86 in Ottawa, ON.

We regret to advise of the death of Everett Victor Fraser of Greenwood, NS (formerly of Inglisville), on 20 March 2016 in the Veteran’s Unit at Soldiers Memorial Hospital, Middleton, NS at age 94.

We regret to advise of the death of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Eric Rae Stanfield (Ret’d), peacefully at Hastings Manor, Belleville ON on Wednesday 23 March 2016.

We regret to advise that Corporal Christopher Stacey, a firefighter at 19 Wing Comox, died on 26 March 2016 at the age of 29 as the result of an automobile accident.

We regret to advise of the death of Warrant Officer Anthony ”Tony”  Philip Lee, CD (Ret’d) on 12 April 2016 at the age of 63 after a lengthy illness.

We regret to advise of the death of Warrant Officer Pierre Dufour, CD (Ret’d)  on 6 April 2016 at the age of 57 years.  

We regret to advise of the death of Kenneth Vaux Seymour of Fleming Island, FL on 7 April 2016 in his 95^th year. Ken served with the Royal Canadian Engineers in WWII as a plumber/steamfitter.

We regret to advise of the death of  Chief Warrant Officer Richard Stephen “Rick”  Goldsworthy, CD (Ret’d) on 7 April 2016 in Calgary, AB at the age of 73 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Lieutenant-Colonel J. Philip “Phil” Vaughan, peacefully at his home in Halifax, NS on 8 April 2016 at the age of 92. Phil was a President of the Military Engineers Association of Canada 1963-64.

We regret to advise of the death of Malcolm Mills McLean on 13 April 2014 in his 95^th year.

We regret to advise of the death of Charles “Barrie” Dean Brundage in Qualicum Beach, BC on 15 April 2016 at the age of 82 years.