Deaths
3741 Jacques Ernest Boucher CMR Class of 1957 On January 21, 2023, my Dad, Jacques passed away in his 90th year at the veterans hospital in Sainte Anne De Bellevue. He had been battling a multitude of health issues over the past few years, but notably cancer. He would have turned a full 90 on…
Deaths
W2364 Kathleen Birchall, wife of 2364 Leonard Birchall At Kingston, Ontario, on February 22, 2023, at the age of 102. Loved mother of David (Pamela) and Nancy (Leighton). Also survived by her grandchildren, Alasdair (Clare), Dougal (Nuttawan) and Patsy (Chris). Great-grandmother of Elliott, Benjamin, and Deacon. Born in Dauphin, Manitoba, the younger child of a…
Deaths
12904 Tom Temple, CMR RMC Class of 1981 An official obituary will follow once released It is with great sadness that I’ve been informed that our bud Tom Temple from 7 Sqn (Wolfe) just passed away in Sao Paolo, Brazil, from a heart attack. He and his wife Marie-Claude were about to embark on a South…
Deaths
5625 Georges Babkine CMR RMC 1962 « Tu n’es plus là où tu étais, mais tu es partout là où je suis. » Victor Hugo Le 24 décembre 2022, Georges Babkine est parti beaucoup trop tôt, à l’âge de 85 ans. Il laisse dans le deuil son épouse Réjeanne Poulin, ses enfants Anne (Tony),…
Deaths
8366 Doug Taylor-Munro CMR RMC Class of 1970 It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Douglas Taylor-Munro on Sunday, June 26, 2022 in his 75th year. Surrounded by his family, Doug passed peacefully at home after a short battle with illness. Doug was the loving husband of Judith (JJ) Taylor-Munro for…
Deaths
The “highest aim of life,” Tony said, “is not the negation of all that has gone before.” And yet “To excel, to become a person of integrity and quality, it is necessary […. to] make a positive offering to counter the error and ignorance that undoubtedly exist in the world; [… and to] accept the responsibility given us by the present and the future.” History, he said, “shows us the mistakes of the past. But it also indicates that it would be presumptuous to assume that we will not also make mistakes. Let us then use past experience, and more important, the lessons of the present, to minimize our inevitable errors.”
Deaths
3028 Richard Foxton Day RMC 1953 Richard Foxton Day passed away on October 3, 2022, surrounded by family, after a two-year battle with cancer. He was 91-years old. Richard was born in Kingston, Ontario on June 8, 1931. He was predeceased by his first love and wife, Betty (Bassingthwaighte); his brothers, David Day (Bernice;…
Deaths
3316 George Skinner, RRMC RMC Class of 1955 George Robert Skinner, 90, recently of Mississauga and previously Ottawa, died peacefully on 2021 November 30 at the Mississauga Hospital. Predeceased by his wife, Marielle Bourdages. George was born in Toronto and spent his early years there. In 1940, his family moved to London, Ontario where…
Deaths
Nevertheless, the loss of a Bud is felt keenly by us all and reminds us to “enjoy every day”. As we mourn Suds passing, we should also celebrate who he was, that he was one of us – and we are all better for it. He reminds us that we should not wait to take every opportunity to reach out, reconnect and share stories, as we hope many of you will do about Suds.
Deaths
5578 Dennis McCarthy, RRMC RMC,Class 1962 Love always, from Roberta; Christopher; Scott, Susana, Aryanna, Eloisa and Lucas; Joe, Barb, Zoe and Caitlin; and Russ, Mellisa, Marin and Tyler. Thank-you to family and friends for sharing in our lives. We are grateful to the Palliative Care team at the Royal Jubilee Hospital. Special thanks to…