Local obituaries for Vancouver, British Columbia
Marjorie Bernice Branigan
Jul 27, 2020
It is with much sadness but many fond memories that we announce the passing of Bernice Branigan (neé Wilson) in the early hours of Monday, July 27, 2020, in Vancouver, British Columbia, just after her 97th birthday. Predeceased by her loving husband, Hector George, her sisters, Fern and Pearl, her brothers, Duncan, Harold, James, Clayton, Harris, William and Gerald,...
Marie Donnelly (Née Baluch)
Jul 27, 2020
Marie Donnelly (née Baluch) passed away July 27th, 2020 at her home in Ocean Park, Surrey, BC. She was born to Erasmus Baluch and Anastasia Lega, in a small village in Galicia, Poland (currently Ukraine) on February 1st, 1926.
Marie left home at the age of fifteen, and spent most of World War II in Germany, performing...
Dennis Isao Maihara
Jul 25, 2020
It is with tremendous sadness we announce the passing of Dennis Isao Maihara after a valiant battle with cancer.
He will be lovingly missed by his daughter Kaylyn, and his many extended families. He was brother to Michiko, Pat (Louayne), Kathryn (Joe), and David (Yuriko). He was predeceased by his sister Frances (survived by husband Mot), brother-in-law...
Audrey Catherine Reed
Jul 25, 2020
Audrey Catherine Hope Reed (nee Shreenan)
Our much-loved and admired Audrey has peacefully left us. She will be remembered for her keen, caring interest in people, her outgoing and candid personality, and a strong determined spirit. Audrey was born in Saskatchewan, the eldest of five, and left the farm at the young age of 14 to finish...
John (Giovanni) Bianchin
Jul 22, 2020
On the morning of Wednesday July 22nd, 2020, in his room at Villa Carital, a Senior Care Community, in Vancouver, BC, John Bianchin passed away peacefully at the age of 100.
Predeceased by his beloved wife, Caroline, and her parents John and Helen Maki, and his parents Pasquale and Anni Bianchin, siblings Antonio, Virginia (Ernest) and Gildo...
Mary Kennedy
Jul 21, 2020
Of Surrey, B.C. passed away peacefully on July 21, 2020 at the age of 82 years. She was predeceased by her loving husband Dominic in 2011, and is survived by her children Mary and Sean (Jennifer), 4 grandchildren: Nicole, Jillian, Maddy and Braden; 2 sisters: Anne (Noel) and Elizabeth (Gabriel) and many nieces and nephews. Funeral Mass will be...
Raymond Henry Magel
Jul 21, 2020
Raymond Henry Magel of White Rock, British Columbia (formerly of Winnipeg), passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 21, 2020 with family and friends by his side. He was 94 years old.
Dad was born in Winnipeg on June 23, 1926 to Gottfriend and Rose Magel. He was five years old when his father died. Dan left school...
Hardwin (Hanafi) Von Hahn
Jul 21, 2020
Hardwin (Hanafi) Edmund Alexander Joachim Baron von Hahn was born July 2, 1929 in Riga, Latvia to parents Joachim Baron von Hahn and Carola Baroness von Hahn (née Baroness von Koskull). His family was part of the Baltic-German nobility which had been based in Latvia for centuries. Hardwin was the eldest of seven children and for the first 10...
Andrew Bishop
Jul 20, 2020
It is with great sadness that we share the news that Andrew passed away at Peace Arch Hospital at the age of 68. Originally from Hereford, England, he spent most of his adult life in Canada - Toronto, then Vancouver.
Andrew will be dearly missed by his wife Kathy, daughter Tyla, grandsons Carsyn and Cooper, sister Janet...
Betty Bolanos
Jul 18, 2020
Betty Bolanos passed away peacefully on July 18, 2020 at the age of 72. She will be lovingly remembered by her siblings: Beata Uy, Belen Lim, Bibiana Bolanos, Brudencio Bolanos, Benita Uy, Bella Padua and Brigilda Bolanos. She will also be remembered by her nieces, nephews, extended family and dear friends.
She was a devout Christian and...
Luella Ethel Roberts
Jul 17, 2020
Luella is lovingly remembered by daughters Sheila Alexandra and Audrey Roberts and sons Don Roberts and Len (Fran) Roberts and grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.
Luella was born to proud parents Gertrude and Thomas Thompson and raised on the family farm at Fielding, SK. She had two brothers (Alfred and Otto) and three sisters ( Irene,...
Zeone Andrijaszyn
Jul 13, 2020
It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Zeone Andrijaszyn on Monday July 13th. Zeone was predeceased by his parents Wasyl and Anna Andrijaszyn. Zeone is survived by his beloved wife of 43 years Marlayne. He was a loving dad of four daughters Darcia, Cathy, Iris (Richard) and Lisa. Papa to his 7 adoring grandchildren...
Rachel Imperial Suaviso
Jul 10, 2020
Rachel Imperial Suaviso passed away on July 10th, 2020 in Vancouver, BC. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Mary’s Parish on Saturday, July 25th at 5:30 p.m.
The service will be live streamed as of 5:15 p.m . Access link: https://www.legacystreaming.com/kearney/.
In lieu of flowers,...
Chung, Yu-Chung Yvonne
Jul 7, 2020
Yvonne Chung, 78, passed away peacefully on July 7, 2020.
She is survived by her husband, Peter, of 48 years.
She was the beloved mother of Benjamin (Sophie) and Benita, a proud grandmother to Lauren and Lucas.
Yvonne lived a full life as a wonderful wife and mother.
Most of all...
Terence Greer
Jul 5, 2020
Born in Surbiton, England, Greer completed his National Service in 1949 and, with an ex-serviceman’s grant, studied art at the Twickenham School of Art, St. Martin’s, and the Royal Academy.
In 1953 he was taken on by Saxon Artists, a prestigious London agency specialising in professional illustrators, and commissioned to do drawings for the Radio Times and...
Lothar Heinrich
Jul 5, 2020
Passed away peacefully on July 5, 2020 in the Kelowna Hospice House at the age of 80, after a short courageous battle with cancer. Born June 14, 1940 in Lippstadt, Germany and was predeceased by his mother, Josefa Heinrich in 1997. Lothar Immigrated to Canada in 1971 and became a permanent resident. He cherished his relationship with his mother,...
Susana Novicov
Jul 4, 2020
Susana Novicov, just shy of her 93rd birthday, died naturally at Kopernik Lodge Care Home Saturday on July 4th, surrounded by the love of family members. She was born in Bela Crkva, Serbia, and grew up with her parents and brother in war-torn Yugoslavia, attending boarding school and eventually university.
A close friend introduced Susana by mail...
Neila Lillian Skinner ( Née Mckelvie)
Jul 3, 2020
Skinner -- Neila Lillian (nee McKelvie) was born in Victoria B.C. on May 6, 1936. She passed away on Friday July 3 at UBC Hospital after a short illness. Neila was predeceased by her husband Donald Ernest Skinner. She is survived by her daughter Coleen Skinner, Coleen’s partner Clint Popp, and her children, Samantha Barry and Bryce Ethier; as...
Alexander Ian Mair
Jul 2, 2020
On Thursday July 2, 2020 at Crofton Manor in Vancouver. Born in 1930, at home on West 36th Avenue in Kerrisdale, Vancouver to his Scottish immigrant parents, Joan Macaulay Mair (Lochmaddy, North Uist) and William H. Mair (Turriff, Aberdeenshire). Ian was the most loving and dedicated husband for over 63 years to Kathleen (Kay Sharp) and proud father of...
Gordon Stewart Mitchell
Jul 1, 2020
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Gordon Stewart Mitchell on July 1, 2020 at VGH, age 83. Gordon passed away peacefully, thanks to the exceptional care of the team on unit 11A – ACE. Gordon leaves behind his beloved wife of 60 years, Linda, as well as his children Cheryl (Rick) and Barry (Glenda),...
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