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 advice of the death of Sapper James “Jimmy” Powaschuk of Swift Current SK on Sunday 5 January 2014 at the Wascana Rehabilitation Centre Veterans' Unit in Regina, SK.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Richard Mansel Ballance (Ret'd) suddenly on 24 January 2014 at his home in Merrickville, ON at the age of 72 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Delbert "Del" A. Robinson on 26 January 2015 at the age of 82 years. Del served a full career with the Canadian Forces.

We regret to advise of the death of Lance Corporal Harold Warden Trude (Ret'd) peacefully at home in Lakefield, ON on 28 January 2014 at the age of 96.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper William “Bill” Edwin Hebb (Ret’d), peacefully, in the South Shore Regional Hospital, Bridgewater, NS on 29 January 2014 at the age of 85.

We regret to advise of the death of Ed John Pyke who passed away at London Health Sciences-University Hospital on 30 January 2014 at the age of 58 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper John “Jack” Gray (Ret’d), peacefully, on 30 January 2014, in London, ON, in his 93rd year.

We regret to advise of the death of Donald York at home in Petawawa on 2 February 2014 in his 71st year following a courageous battle with cancer.
Don was a retired Construction Maintenance Technician.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Dick Poole (Ret'd) in Williams Lake, BC on 2 February 2014.

We regret to advise of the death of Lance Corporal David Sneddon Burrows (Ret’d) of Grande Prairie AB on 6 February 2014 at the age of 89 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Herbert “Herb” A. Spring (Ret'd) peacefully at Lakeview Manor, Beaverton ON, on 6 February 2014 in his 91st year.

We regret to advise of the death of Sven Ivor Edbom peacefully in Winnipeg MB on 7 February 2014 at the age of 96.

We regret to advise of the death of Richard John Carrier on 10 February 2014 in Provost, AB at 62 years of age after a brief battle with cancer.

We regret to advise of the death of Major Edgar Gilbert, CD (Ret’d) at the hôpital St-Sacrement in Quebec City, QC on 17 February 2014 at the age of 92 years.

Nous regrettons de vous annoncer le décès du major Edgar Gilbert, DC (ret) survenu à l'hôpital St-Sacrement de Québec, QC le 17 février 2014, à l'âge de 92 ans.

We regret to advise of the death of Sergeant John "Jack" Reasbeck (Ret’d) of Espanola on 19 February 2014 at Health Sciences North in Sudbury ON in his 80th year. Jack served in the Canadian Forces for 26 years from 1953 to 1979.

We regret to advise of the death of Master Warrant Officer Ross Aubrey Merrill, CD (Ret’d) at Parkland Fredericton Retirement Living Community, Fredericton NB, on 24 February 2014 at the age of 83.

We regret to advise of the death of Major William (Bill) Moore in his 92nd year at the Broadmead Lodge in Victoria BC on 26 Feb 2014.

We regret to advise of the death of RCE Band Sergeant Charles Young in Chilliwack on 5 March 2014 at age 94.

We regret to advise of the death of James “Jim” S. Wrong at the Kemptville District Hospital, Kemptville ON, on 5 March 2014 at the age of 92.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Keith Beal (Ret’d) on 5 March 2014, at the Guelph General Hospital, Guelph ON in his 90th year.

We regret to advise of the death of John Albert Cook Hayes of Bloomfield, NB at Ridgewood Veteran’s Wing in Saint John, NB on 15 March 2014 at the age of 94 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Harold Goulding (Ret'd), peacefully, in Gander, NL on 16 March 2014 at the age of 82.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Ethan Charles Hudson (Ret'd), 93, of East Branch, NB, on 23 March 2014 at the Dr. Georges-L. Dumont University Hospital in Moncton.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Richard “Dick” Gallant on 24 March 2014 at the age of 76.

We regret to advise of the death of Master Warrant Officer Alfred Ciavaglia (Ret'd) on 27 March 2014 in Edmonton at the age of 91 years. Alfred enrolled in the Royal Canadian Engineers in July 1942 in Ottawa.

We regret to advise of the death of Sergeant Spurgeon S. Conrad (Ret’d) at age 94 on 14 April 2014 in Port Williams, NS.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Ivor Lloyd Cawker (Ret’d) at the Eagle Ridge Hospital, Port Coquitlam, BC on 12 April 2014 at the age of 92 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Edwin Henry Kisinger (Ret’d) of Red Deer AB on 14 April 2014 at the age of 92 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Lloyd Dempster (Ret’d) on 16 April 2014 at the Timmins and District Hospital in Timmins ON at the age 90 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Gilbert Thomas Hillier (Ret'd) at the Health Science Centre in Conception Harbour NL on Monday 28 April 2014 at the age of 83 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Lester Charles “Charlie” Billings on 30 April 2014 at Central Okanagan Hospice House, Kelowna, BC at the age of 97.

We regret to advise of the death of Honorary Lieutenant Colonel Charles-Émile Marquis at the Quebec Heart and Lung Institute of Laval University in Quebec City, QC on 30 April 2014 at the age of 88 years.

Nous regrettons de vous annoncer le décès du lieutenant-colonel honoraire Charles-Émile Marquis survenu le 30 avril 2014 à l’Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec (Hôpital Laval) à l'âge de 88 ans.

We regret to advise of the death of Charles Russell “Russ” Burrows on 5 May 2014 peacefully at home in Picton, ON at the age of 93 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Warrant Officer Douglas “Doug” Totten, CD (Ret’d) at Aylesford NS on 7 May 2014 aged 73.

We regret to advise of the death of Major Norman Henderson, CD (Ret'd) on 8 May 2014 in Vancouver, BC.

We regret to advise of the death of Brent Fawcett of Chesterville/Rockland at the Civic Hospital in Ottawa on 21 May 2014. Brent was a long-term member of the Mapping and Charting establishment.

We regret to advise of the death of Captain Frederick “Mac” McDonald (Ret’d) on 24 May 2014 at his home in London, ON at the age of 97 years.

We regret to advise of the death of James Lobe, CD (Ret’d) peacefully at the Chilliwack General Hospital on 26 May 2014 at the age of 76.
James served a full career with the Royal Canadian Engineers.

We regret to advise of the death of Lieutenant Peter Sutherland Chisholm of Guelph ON on 29 May 2014 at the age of 84 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Corporal William Owen Roberts Corbett (Ret'd) on 4 June 2014.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Bruce McPhail (Ret’d) of Bracebridge, ON as a result of a motor accident on 5 June 2014. Bruce was 74 years of age. His wife Ruth Ann was also killed in the accident.
