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We regret to advise of the death of Major Harold William Ball, MBE, CD (Ret'd) of Santa Barbara CA on 17 December 2001 at the age of 82 years.

Deceased:
Harold W Ball from UBC yearbook

We regret to advise that Brigadier General Edward Howard "Ted" Webb, DSO, MiD,CD passed peacefully at home on 6 January 2002, at the age of 88 years.

Deceased:
RCE EIIR Badge

We regret to advise of the death of John E. Elves in Victoria BC on 9 January 2002. 

Deceased:
RCE GVIR badge

We regret to advise of the death of Metro “Mike” Balanko on 20 January 2002 at the Central Peace General Hospital in Spirit River, AB at the age of 81 years.

Deceased:
Metro “Mike” Balanko

We regret to advise of the death of Lieutenant Colonel Sydney Frederick Dadson, Royal Canadian Engineers (Ret'd) on 26 January 2002.

Deceased:
Lt Col Sydney Frederick Dadson

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper James Francis “Jim” Callaghan, P.Eng., (Ret’d) at the Moncton, NB Hospital on 29  January  2002 at the age of 82 years.

Deceased:
Sapper James Francis “Jim” Callaghan, P.Eng., (Ret’d)

We regret to advise of the death of Arthur E. Cutts at the Golden Door Nursing Home in Winnipeg, MB on 11 February 2002 at the age of 85 years.

Deceased:
RCE GVIR Badge

We regret to advise of the death of Sergeant J. J. J.

Deceased:
Sgt J. J. J. Michel Forget, CD Headstone in Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Dominic Joseph Calaiezzi (Ret'd) on 20 February 2002 in Cochrane, ON at the age of 85 years.

Deceased:
Spr Dominic Joseph Calaiezzi (Ret'd)

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Harold G. Eldridge (Ret’d) on 26 February 2006 in Knowlton, QC.  

Deceased:
RCE GVIR badge

We regret to advise of the death of William “Bill” Fenton of Port Coquitlam, BC on 24 February 2002 at the age of 83 years.

Deceased:
RCE EIIR Badge

We regret to advise of the death of Sergeant Charles Ray Inkster (Ret'd) on 24 March 2002 in Terrace BC.

Deceased:
Sgt Inkster's Gravemarker in the Terrace Municipal Cemetery

We regret to advise of the sudden death of Lieutenant Lloyd Myers (Ret’d) of Vineland ON at the age of 79 on 28 March 2002.

Deceased:
Lt Lloyd Myers (Ret’d)

We regret to advise of the death of Corporal Joseph O. Dusseault (Ret'd) on 1 April 2002 in Notre Dame de Grace, Montreal, QC at the age of 87 years.

Deceased:
RCE GVIR Badge

We regret to advise of the death of Milton Andrew Given of Lion’s Head ON on 2 April 2002 at the age of 70 years in Eastnor, Herefordshire, England. Milton was born in Mar, Ontario and spent most of his life on the Bruce Penninsula.

Deceased:
CME Badge

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper David Egan (Ret’d) on 10 April 2002 in London, ON.

Deceased:
RCE GVIR badge

We regret to advise of the death of Lance Sergeant Raymond Lawrence “Dumps” Zuber (Ret'd) on 17 April 2002 at the age of 85 years.

Deceased:
RCE EIIR Badge

We regret to advise of the death of Lance Sergeant Harry Lloyd Fielding (Ret'd) on 30 April 2002 in Toronto, ON at the age of 86 years.

Deceased:
RCE GVIR Badge

We regret to advise of the death of Harold McEachern “Mac” Trueman on 1 May 2002*.

Mac was a WW II veteran who served with the Royal Canadian Engineers.  He established the first Power Squadron in Castlegar, BC.

Deceased:
RCE Badge circa 1937 - 1952

We regret to advise of the death of Corporal Todd Desaulniers (Ret’d) of Grand Bend, ON on 2 May 2002 at the Parkwood Hospital in London ON in his 70th year. Todd served in the Royal Canadian Engineers militia and was a L

Deceased:
RCE EIIR Badge

We regret to advise of the death of Phillip Louis “Phil” Roy of Heritage Village in Chilliwack, BC on 4 May 2002 at the age of 75 years.

Deceased:
RCE EIIR Badge

We regret to advise of the death of Murray C. Canning of Parrsboro NS on 4 May 2002 at Highland View Regional Hospital in Amherst NS at the age of 73 years.

Deceased:
Murray Canning in St. George's Anglican Church Cemetery in Parasboro NS

We regret to advise of the death of Lance Corporal Lloyd Snowden (Ret'd) in Kamloops, BC, on 16 May 2002, aged 84 years.

Deceased:
L/Cpl Lloyd Snowden (Ret'd)

We regret to advise of the death of W.J. Dickin on 19 May 2002 of Cambridge ON at the age of 82 years.

Deceased:
RCE GVIR Badge

We regret to advise of the death of John Robert Miller, CD (Ret’d) at the Windsor ON Regional Hospital, Metropolitan Campus, on 29 May 2002 at the age of 68.

Deceased:
Cpl John Robert Miller, Rivers MB

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Andrew Laidler (Ret’d) of Calgary AB on 4 June 2002 at the Colonel Belcher Care Centre at the age of 95 years.

Deceased:
Sapper Andrew Laidler (Ret’d)

We regret to advise of the death of Staff Sergeant George Wagar (Ret’d) suddenly in Calgary AB on 6 June 2002 at the age of 87.

Deceased:
Headstone S/Sgt George Wagar

We regret to advise of the death of Lionel Grant Copeland at the Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster BC, on 16 June 2002 at the age of 81. 

Deceased:
RCE Badge circa 1939-45

We regret to advise of the death of Lance Corporal Harold Wesley Bedford (Ret’d) on 16 June 2002 at the Donwood Manor Personal Care Home in Winnipeg, MB at the age of 84 years.

Deceased:
L/Cpl Harold Wesley Bedford (Ret’d), Transcona Cemetery

We regret to advise of the death of  Lieutenant Peter Joseph “Joe” Birrette (Ret’d) of Lower L'Ardoise, NS on 28 June 2002 in Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Sydney, NS at the age of 80 years.

Deceased:
RCE GVIR Badge

We regret to advise of the death of Staff Sergeant Ernest William “Bill” Crews (Ret’d) in Calgary, AB on 1 July 2002 at the age of 79 years.

Deceased:
RCE EIIR Badge

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Wilfrid Lortie (Ret’d) of Gatineau QC on 15 July 2002 at the age of 84 years.

Deceased:
RCE GVIR badge

We regret to advise of the death of Darius Charles “Pete” Boisvert on 19 July 2002 at the Grey-Bruce Health Services in Southampton, ON at the age of 79 years.

Deceased:
RCE GVIR badge

We regret to advise of the death of Corporal Karl William Gooding (Ret’d) on 20 July 2002 in London ON at the age of 82 years.

Deceased:
Cpl Karl William Gooding (Ret’d) Grave Marker in  Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens, London, Middlesex County, ON

We regret to advise of the death of Malcolm Edward `Mac` Locke on 22 July 2002 in Taber, AB at the age of 83 years.

Deceased:
Malcolm Edward "Mac" Locke

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Elmer L. Antler (Ret’d) on 26 July 2002 at the Trillium Health Centre, Mississauga, ON in his 80th year.

Deceased:
RCE GVIR badge

We regret to advise of the death of Corporal George Austin Fillman on 31 July 2002 of Nepean, ON at the age of 87 years.

Deceased:
RCE GVIR Badge

We regret to advise of the death of Joseph Edouard Tremblay in Leduc, AB on 14 August 2002 at the age of 85.

Joseph was born in Plamonden, AB.  He was a WW II veteran who served with the Royal Canadian Engineers.

Deceased:
RCE Badge circa 1939-45

We regret to advise of the death of Edmond Yablonski of Mayview Sk on 23 August 2002 at the age of 83 years. 

Deceased:
Edmond Yablonski

We regret to advise of the death of Major Dewey Douglas Roy, CD (Ret’d) on 23 August 2002, peacefully, at home.

Deceased:
Major Dewey Douglas Roy, CD (Ret’d)

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Gervase Bernard Dick (Ret’d) on 27 August 2002 of Kitchener ON at the age of 74 years.

Deceased:
Spr Dick's Headstone Woodland Cemetery Waterloo County, ON

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Donald Alexander Dempster (Ret’d) at St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg MB on 2 September 2002 at the age of 82 years.

Deceased:
RCE GVIR Badge

We regret to advise of the death of Lance-Corporal Warden James Pinnell (Ret’d) of Sault Ste-Marie, ON at the age of 81 years on 4 September 2002. 

Deceased:
L/Cpl Warden James Pinnell (Ret’d)

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Walter “Wally” Alexander Hair at the Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary AB on 11 September 2002 at the age of 83.

Deceased:
RCE Badge circa 1939-45

We regret to advise of the death of Lance-Sergeant Kenneth Norman Henderson, MM (Ret’d) on 12 September 2002 in Niagara Falls ON at the age of 84 years.

Deceased:
RCE GVIR badge

We regret to advise of the death of John Alex Borland at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Barrie, ON on 14 September 2002 in his 88th year.

John served with the Royal Canadian Engineers Mappers and Surveyors in WW II.

Deceased:
RCE Badge circa 1939-45

We regret to advise of the death of Sergeant Edward “Eddie” Smith (Ret’d) of Carroll’s Crossing, NB on 1 October 2002 at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital in Fredericton, NB.

Deceased:
RCE EIIR Badge

We regret to advise of the death of Sergeant Clifford Percy Appleton (Ret’d) of Parksville, BC on 8 October 2002 at the age of 79 years.

Deceased:
RCE GVIR Badge

We regret to advise of the death of Ephraim “Eph” Schelske of Bassano, AB peacefully on 19 October 2002 at the age of 88 years.

Deceased:
RCE GVIR Badge

We regret to advise of the death of Lieutenant-Colonel. H. Deryck Berry CD, P. Eng, CCM. (Ret'd) who passed away peacefully on 29 October, 2002 at his retirement home near Guadalajara, Mexico.

Deceased:
LCol H. Deryck Berry CD, P. Eng, CCM