Local obituaries for Vancouver, British Columbia
William Francis Cates
Jun 13, 2020
The family of William F. Cates announces his passing on June 13, 2020 in Vancouver.
William Francis Cates was born to James Earl and Catherine Elizabeth (Simpkins) Cates on July 18, 1926 in Prior Lake Minnesota. He was the second child and oldest son in a family of seven children. As a child of the Depression, Bill...
Alfred Charles Harvey
Jun 12, 2020
Fred passed away at home with his wife of over 60 years by his side. He is survived by his wife Dianne and his niece Kathy Rhuland (Len) and many more nieces and nephews. He worked for B.C. Electric/B.C. Hydro until he retired in 1988. No service by request.
He will be loved and remembered...
Inger Iwaasa
Jun 12, 2020
Inger Iwaasa was born on the land of the Secwépemc, Blackfoot & Ktunaxa nations in Invermere, the fourth of twelve children to Asta and Peter Jacobsen, and the first of the family born outside of Denmark. Inger lived her early years on the family farm near Edgewater BC, instilling a life-long love of the mountains. At the age of...
Rev. Oliver Patrick Mohan
Jun 7, 2020
Rev. Oliver Patrick Mohan, O.M.I. died in the early morning of June 7, 2020 at Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC. He was 97.
Fr. Mohan was born June 26, 1922 in Churchtown House, Ardee, County Louth, Ireland. He was ordained in the Congregation of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate on June 29, 1948.
Fr....
Edward John Khubyar
Jun 7, 2020
It is with broken hearts and immense sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of Eddy after a very brief battle with cancer, which he faced with strength, calm acceptance and a sense of humour.
He is survived by his partner Janice - the love of his life and best friend for 35 years - and by...
Ethel Therese Mcintosh
Jun 4, 2020
Ethel was born in Melfort, Saskatchewan to “Chappie” Wylie (born in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan) and Lima Weiler (born in Mildmay, Ontario), the youngest of four children, all of whom predeceased her. Also predeceasing her were her husband Bill (2018) and son Douglas (just one month ago), surviving are her son Rod (Linda), daughter Lisa, and those three almost perfect...
Marilyn Ann Miller
Jun 4, 2020
It is with great sadness we announce the passing of our Mother/Grandmother, Marilyn Ann Miller (nee Wiens). Marilyn passed away peacefully, with her family at her side at Surrey Memorial Hospital on June 4th, her 80th birthday. She was born in Tisdale, Saskatchewan June 4, 1940 to mother Mary Vidiuk and father Lewis Cliff Barrel. She married Walter Miller...
Reginald Phillip Ross
Jun 3, 2020
Beloved husband of Dorrette , loving father of Dayle and Karen, father-in-law of Joanne and Riseley , grandfather of Kurt, Kris-Ann, Jarryd and Janine , passed away on June 3 rd 2020. He will be deeply missed by his family and friends. Eternal rest grant unto him O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him and...
Gladys Eva Hanson (Morton)
Jun 2, 2020
Gladys Eva Hanson (Morton) passed away peacefully on June 2, 2020 at the age of 96. She is predeceased by her husband Frank who passed away last year in May and by her three brothers: Bill, Ken and Ron. She will be lovingly remembered by her son Frank (Kathy), her daughter Marilynn, her daughter Julie (Tim), sister-in-law Dorothy Duncan...
Frank Joseph Buday
Jun 1, 2020
Frank Buday was born in Slovakia in 1924. At the age of four he and his brother Joe emigrated to Canada with their mother, Mary. They joined Frank’s dad, Josef, in Alberta, where he and his brothers had established a farm in the northern town of Tilley. In this extended and isolated family, they spoke Slovak until Frank went...
Nicolaas Cornelis De Vos
Jun 1, 2020
Born in Nymegen, Netherlands and passed away peacefully in Vancouver, on June 1, 2020 at the age of 88 yrs.
Predeceased by his wife Johanna in 2017 and his four siblings. Lovingly survived by his daughters, Brigitte and Yvonne, grandchildren Carmen, Maya (Jon), Kayla (Erik), Jeremy, Isabel and Cameron, great grandson Gio, sister Joke and many relatives...
Joaquim Marcelino Fernandes
May 29, 2020
Joaquim was born in Carona, Aldona, Bardez, Goa on Christmas Day, 1927. He worked in Kenya for Barclays Bank from 1948 to 1970, and returned to India and lived in Bandra, Mumbai. He later joined his daughter and her family in June 1994 in Vancouver BC.
He lost his wife very early on and struggled to raise...
Renate Williams
May 29, 2020
Renate loved the sea. Other than two years in landlocked Alberta, she managed to spend her long life close to water. The Baltic was the first sea she glimpsed, when she was born Renate Jutta Bähre in Danzig (Gdansk) on March 22, 1934. When her family fled the Nazi invasion of Poland, they ended up in Lübeck, Germany, another...
Nicholas (Nick) Nasar
May 28, 2020
NASAR, Nicholas (Nick) passed away peacefully on May 28th, 2020, with his wife Eleanor at his side in Vancouver, BC at the age of 92.
Nick was very smart. He skipped two grades at school, and spoke 5 languages. As a young man he immigrated to Canada. He was a skilled auto bodyman and then he saw...
Antonietta Zanatta
May 28, 2020
Antonietta was born in Orvinio, Italy March 1st, 1933 and peacefully passed away May 28th,2020 in Vancouver, BC at the age of 87. Antonietta will be missed by her son Marco, daughter-in-law Bianca, grandson Marcangelo and her daughter Stella, grandchildren Brandon, Bianca, Justin and Kevin; Her sisters Caterina (Augusto), Nunzi+ and Adriana, nieces, nephews, many family members and dear...
Nadia Nancy Smigel
May 26, 2020
Beloved mother and Baba, Nadia Smigel passed peacefully into the Lord’s presence on May 26, 2020 at Burnaby General Hospital. She will be dearly missed by her children: Mark (Lori), Greg (Tanya), Leah; and grandchildren Joshua, Matthew, Sophia, Rebecca, Olivia, and Annalies. She is survived by her brother Victor and sister Marianne. Daughter of the late Henry and Ann...
Donalda Janet Brown
May 23, 2020
Donalda died peacefully on May 23 after a short illness. She was predeceased by her brother Dave, her brother-in-law, Bert and her niece, Barbara. She will be missed by her sister, Marion, her sister-in-law, Lois, nieces and nephews Stephen, Lynn, Catherine, Sarah and Gordon, and her friends. Donalda lived in Surrey her whole life, primarily in Cloverdale; she loved...
Robert Gordon Goddard
May 23, 2020
Robert Gordon Goddard, after a courageous battle with cancer, passed away on May 23, 2020.
Survived by his wife Catherine Condon and the Goddard children, Alan (Kim), Leanne (Gary), Bruce and grandchildren David, Abby and Lucas. Robert worked at Canada Post for many years and was a member of Seaforth Highlanders of Canada.
Due to...
Father Peter Chiang Te-Yun 姜德潤神父
May 23, 2020
Rev. Fr. Peter Te-Yun Chiang was born in Hubei, China, Feb. 3, 1929, son of Chiang Kee Chuen and Kok (Mary) Man Nee. He was recruited by the Franciscan missionary in his hometown to enter the minor seminary when he was ten years old. Fr. Peter studied seven years in the minor seminary and followed by two...
Roy Dennis O'Hare
May 23, 2020
With great sadness, the family of Roy Dennis O’Hare announces his unexpected passing on the evening of May 23, 2020 at the age of 80. Roy was born on January 5, 1940 near Livelong, SK and spent his early years in rural Saskatchewan before eventually moving to Saskatoon. He joined the Saskatoon Police Service on October 1, 1965 and...
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