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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.

Deceased:
George Rasmus “G.R.” Clifton

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.

Deceased:
Sgt Terence (Terry) Leonard Kramchynsky, CD (Ret’d)

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. 

Deceased:
Lt George Grant Cameron (Ret’d)

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.

Deceased:
Master Warrant Officer Gerald Dubé, CD (Ret’d)

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

Deceased:
Sapper Kenneth John Pratt (Ret’d)

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.

Deceased:
MWO Bernard George (Bernie) Bowers, CD (Ret'd)

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.

Deceased:
Robert "Bob" Hugh Benson McLaughlin

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.

Deceased:
Albert Joseph Biffis

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.

Deceased:
Spr  Louis Hachey (Ret'd)

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.

Deceased:
WOII Norman Ernest Purcell

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. 

Deceased:
Edward J McAuliffe

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.

Deceased:
Leonard Sylvester Bohan

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.

Deceased:
I.C.B “Bert” Price

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.

Deceased:
MCpl Daniel McMahon, CD (Ret'd) in retirement

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.

Deceased:

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 95th year.

Deceased:
Alexander “Alex” Balazsi

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.

Deceased:
 Capt Ralph Belmore Toombs (Ret'd)

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.

Deceased:
Cpl Earle “Bruce” Riggs (Ret'd)

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.

Deceased:
LCol Clement K. R MacLeod, CD (Ret'd)

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

Deceased:
Lloyd Ruthven Cannard

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.

Deceased:
CWO John Edwin Houldsworth , CD (Ret'd)

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.

Deceased:
MCpl  Carman "Doc" Jacob Dockendorff

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.

Deceased:
MCpl Joseph Dan Donnelly (Ret'd) Headsone at Beechwood National Military Cemetery, Ottawa

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

Deceased:
Rodney “Rod” Stuart Lansdell

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.

Deceased:
Robert Chambers

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

Deceased:
MWO Burns Alton Crowder (Ret’d)

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.

Deceased:
Maj Tormi Heinmaa, CD (Ret'd)

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,

Deceased:
Sgt Thomas Harold Murphy (Ret'd)

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 89th year.

Deceased:
Thomas Grayson Bell

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.

Deceased:
Cpl Aubrey Alfred Crocker (Ret’d)

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.

Deceased:
Gordon Strathy

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.

Deceased:
Sapper Alexander Louis Nagy (Ret’d)

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

Deceased:
John Marc Colbourne (Ret’d)

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.

Deceased:
Sgt Roger Lunquist (Ret’d)

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.

Deceased:
RCE GR VI Badge

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.

Deceased:
Spr George Richard Hoggins (Ret’d)

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.

Deceased:
Sgt Norman Carl Botham, CD (Ret’d)

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

Deceased:
Keith Hubert Barker

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.

Deceased:
Major Edward Walter “Ted” McConnell, CD (Ret’d)

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.

Deceased:
John “JR” Horvath

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.

Deceased:
WO Wayne Byron Ross (Ret’d)

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.

Deceased:
Spr George Delesoy (Ret’d)

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

Deceased:
Paul Boulet

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

Deceased:
George Bell

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.

Deceased:
RCE Badge EIIR

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.

Deceased:
MCpl // Cplc Gabriel Drouin

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.

Deceased:
MCpl // Cplc Gabriel Drouin

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.

Deceased:

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.

Deceased:
Glengarry Alexander MacDonald

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

Deceased:
Elmer Shirley