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 of the death of John Ian Karr on 15 March 2013 at the age of 83 years. John spent his career in the Merchant Navy, Canadian Armed Forces Fire Service and as an Emergency Medical Technician.

We regret to advise of the death of LCol William “Bill” Graham MacDonald, CD (Ret`d), on 23 March 2013 at age 84 at the Queen Elizabeth II, Victoria General site in Halifax.

We regret to advise of the death of Captain John Alexander Channing “Sandy” Buckland (Ret’d) of Hillcrest Manor in Fort Collins, Colorado on 25 March 2013.

We regret to advise of the death of former RCAF Firefighter Sergeant David Gordon Brown, CD (Ret`d) of Belleville at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto on 26 March 2013 at age 73 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Leonard Ball (Ret’d) of Sturgis, SK at the Canora Gateway Lodge long-term care facility in Canora, SK on 27 March 2013 at the age of 93 years. He had been a resident of the Lodg

We regret to advise of the death of Jack Lewis Crain in Victoria BC on 4 April 2013 at the age of 77.

We regret to advise of the death of Master Warrant Officer Robert L. Duffy (Ret'd) from Comox, BC on 8 April 2013 at the age of 84 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Norman Lyle “Ike” Eidsness (Ret’d) in Cranbrook, BC on 15 April 2013 at the age of 86 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Joseph Alfred “Freddy” Savoie on 16 April 2013 in Nanaimo BC at the age of 25 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Sergeant Kenneth “Ken” Stewart Ashbaugh (Ret'd) of Tara, ON at Grey Bruce Health Services in Owen Sound, ON on 16 April 2013 in his 73rd year.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Ralph Henry Redding on 19 April 2013 with his family by his side in Grand Forks BC.

We regret to advise of the death of Sergeant Leopold "Leo" Kihn (Ret’d) on 20 April 2013 at the Pembina Manitou Health Centre in Manitou MB at age 90 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Conrad Carl Maserek of Melville SK on 21 April 2013 at the age of 94 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Corporal John Basil Black (Ret’d) of Tracey Mills at the Upper River Valley Hospital, Waterville NB on 1 May 2013 at the age of 90 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Ian Robert Spencer on 1 May 2013 at the Grace Hospital in Winnipeg, MB at the age of 73 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Sergeant William “Roger” Adams, CD (Ret’d) at the age of 72 on 2 May 2013 in Valley Regional Hospital, Kentville, NS.

We regret to advise of the death of Stewart Ronald Thurber after a brief illness in the Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria BC on 5 May 2013 at the age of 95.

We regret to advise of the death of Major Stephen Manser, CD (Ret'd) on 16 May 2013, at the age of 54.

We regret to advise of the death of Gordon Miles Bradley on 22 May 2013 in Arnprior & District Memorial Hospital, Arnprior ON at the age of 69.

We regret to advise of the sudden death of Captain Mike Andrew Moore (Ret’d) in Calgary on 25 May 2013 at the age of 60.

We regret to advise of the death of Captain Fernand “Stony” Bourque, CD (Ret'd), on 25 May 2013 at the age of 68 at the Montfort Hospital in Ottawa, ON.

We regret to advise of the death of William “Bill” J. Crerar of Comox, BC on 1 June 2013 at the age of 92 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper George LeRoy Carroll (Ret’d) at the Moncton NB Hospital on 5 June 2013 at the age of 89 years.

We regret to advise the death of Corporal Keith Watson (Ret’d) on 6 June 2013 at the La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, ON at the age of 88.
We regret to advise of the death of Paul Thomas Sterling of Sutton by the Lake, ON at the Southlake Hospital in Newmarket ON, on 7 June 2013 at the age of 89 years.

We regret to advise that Captain Patrick Andrew Cooper Rushowick tragically passed on 11 June 2013, in Kingston, ON at the age of 28. Pat was a native of Yorkton, SK, and a graduate of RMC, Class of 2008.

We regret to advise of the death of Stanley Phillip Chippior on 14 June 2013 in Barry’s Bay ON at the age of 90 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Chief Warrant Officer Paul Baryla, CD (Ret’d) on 15 June 2013 in Winnipeg, MB. • Paul was born in 1930 in Eden MB.

We regret to advise of the death of William (Bill) Johnston Hardy on 21 June 2013 at the Perley and Rideau Veterans` Health Centre in Ottawa.

We regret to advise of the death of Wellington “Wallie” Dermott in St. Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon, SK on 23 June 2013 at the age of 87 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Robert “Bob” Brown (Ret’d) in Lethbridge, AB on 24 June 2013 at the age of 82 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Warrant Officer Ronald Patrick Clark, CD (Ret`d) on 30 June 2013 at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital.

We regret to advise of the death of Sergeant Charles “Chuck” Edward Johnstone CD, (Ret’d) in Chilliwack BC on 1 July2013 at the age of 90.

We regret to advise of the death of Harry Hole on 3 July 2013 in Edmonton at the age of 91.

We regret to announce the death of Gordon MacKenzie Bayes on 11 July 2013 at Haldimand War Memorial Hospital, Dunnville ON in his 91st year.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper David Gordon Bonnett (Ret'd) at the London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital London, ON on 19 July 2013 at the age of 85 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Sergeant Jean-François Audrain as a result of an automobile accident near Petersville NB on 26 July 2013 at the age of 31.

We regret to advise of the death of Warrant Officer Larry Cheret CD, (Ret’d) in Chilliwack, BC at the age of 70 on 27 July 2013.

We regret to advise of the death of Captain Donald Gordon Fulmer, CD (Ret'd) on 28 July 2013 in his 82nd year.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Samuel Edward “Sam” Cole, (Ret’d) on 29 July 2013 peacefully at home on the family farm in Edam, SK.

We regret to advise of the death of Chief Warrant Officer George A McKiel (Ret’d) on 8 August 2013 at the Toronto East General Hospital, Toronto ON at the age of 84 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Gordon Robert “Gordie” Taylor of Grace Bay NS at the Glace Bay General Hospital on 14 August 2013.

We regret to advise of the death of Daniel “Dan” Dettwiler at the Nanaimo Regional General Hospital on 14 August 2013 at the age of 93.

We regret to advise of the death of Warrant Officer Lally Robert “Jim” Finsten (Ret’d) at University Hospital on 27 August 2013 in London, ON in his 92nd year.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Charles Justin “Charlie” Jolley (Ret’d) at home in Glace Bay, NS on 28 August 2013 at the age of 88 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Lieutenant Colonel Alexander “Alex” Neil Manson, CD (Ret’d) at the Garry J. Armstrong Retirement Home in Ottawa ON on 30 August 2013 at age 91.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Leonard “Len” Bedford Hovind (Ret’d) in Qualicum Beach, BC on 3 September 2013 at the age of 81 years.

We regret to advise of the death of John “Johnny” Coupland in Duncan BC on 4 September 2013 at the age of 92.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Hermas Augustin "Joe" Berry (Ret’d) on 8 September 2013 at St. Joseph Manor in Elliot Lake, ON at the age of 91 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Nat Beaton (Ret’d) of Point Aconi, NS on 12 September 2013 in his late 80s.
