All Obituaries

Eileen Audrey (Lee) Hay-Roe (nee Bowden) September 4, 1936 – January 19, 2023   After a mercifully short battle with cancer, and in the loving care of her husband and family, and in her own bed, Lee Hay-Roe left this world on January 19, 2023. Lee was born in Toronto to Syd & Marg Bowden, where she lived her first forty years, moving to Vancouver to marry Ross Hay-Roe in 1977. In 1981 Lee and Ross started their own business together, a monthly economic analysis of the...

It is with great sadness that the family of Mr. Yuet-Man (George) To announce his peaceful passing back to our Lord on January 15, 2023 at the age of 76 in Sechelt, British Columbia. George was born on November 14, 1946 in Guangzhou, China, son of Mr. Liang To and Mrs. To-Ying Chan To. He is survived by his loving wife of 48 years, Marie (Khor), son David (Wan Hon Koh), and granddaughter Victoria. George was the youngest of six siblings, Frank, Shaw-Wen, Teresa (Lee), Margaret (Yu) and...

Leif Donald Iverson August 6th 1932 - January 11 2023 Born in Saskatchewan and moved to Vancouver at a very young age. Became a commercial fisherman until retirement . Predeceased by his wife Barbra Iverson son Donald and two daughters Gale and Diana. Survived by his son Lenard and daughter Jo-Ann and many grandchildren and great grandkids.

HOOPS, Phyllis May Sept 13, 1930 – Jan 5, 2023 On January 5, 2023 Phyllis Hoops passed away peacefully with her family by her side.  She will be remembered with love by her children Stephen and Colleen (Neil), grandchildren Russell (Mackenzie) and Maryse (Gavin), great grandson Theo, sister Dorothy (John), brother Ralph and many nieces and nephews. Phyllis was born in Vancouver and attended Florence Nightingale Elementary School and King Edward High School.  She had a...

We are so sad to announce the passing of John on December 30, 2022 at the age of 79 with his daughter Sheryl and his son Michael and his wife Sue by his side after a long struggle with dementia related conditions.. John was born in Victoria, B.C. on August 25, 1943, He was the son of Loyd and Sheila Elsdon. They relocated to Kitsilano (A Vancouver. B.C. Neighbourhood) several years later. He attended Lord Byng Secondary and Kitsilano High Schools. Upon graduation he joined the Canadian...

Arthur Francis Lightbourn, 88yo, of Gibson’s, B.C, peacefully passed away on December 27th, 2022, after a long adventure filled life. Arthur lived with Parkinson’s Disease but never let it define him or what he would do in life. One of the kindest souls on this planet, Arthur was a gentle man with a spirit for adventure in everything in life - big and small. He faced every challenge in life with admirable strength and courage. He approached every person with curiosity and was...

On the afternoon of December 27th, 2022, at Sechelt Hospital on BC’s Sunshine Coast, Dr. Dorothy Ellen Chunn, emeritus professor of sociology at Simon Fraser University, peacefully left this life in her 80th year, with her loving partner of more than four decades, Dr. Robert (Bob) Menzies, by her side. In the end it was pneumonia that mercifully delivered Dorothy from the protracted cruelties of Parkinson’s disease and dementia. Dorothy was predeceased by her parents, Allan and...

Edward (Ted) Horne passed away on December 22, 2022, at the age of 80.  He grew up in Point Grey and graduated from Lord Byng Secondary School.  After many years of plumbing sales with Andrew Sheret, Galt Brass, and Waltec, he tried his hand in the hospitality business, and purchased the Quesnel Hotel/Bar.  After a few years of late nights and bar fights, he decided the plumbing business was more his forte.  He sold the hotel, and in 1979 started Pro-West Sales, a...

Richard Karl Russell passed away peacefully on Dec 21 2022 at the age of 86 years old. He is survived by his daughters Beth (Frank), Denise(Rick)and Rosanne(Doug) Grandchildren James, Bradley, Terra and Mitchell and many great grandchildren. He was survived by his brother Chuck and sisters, Judy and Dorothy. He was predeceased by his wife Cecile, his daughters Jeanne and Theresa, grandsons Tyler and Steven. Richard spent 20 years in the military, overseas and in Canada. His second career...

Bernard Emile Joseph Duteau (Bart) was born on May 29,1933. He was the oldest son of thirteen children and grew up in the small French-Canadian community of St Paul, Alberta. Bart had a thirst for life, so in his teens he hopped on a train and worked at a logging camp on Vancouver Island before being sent home for being underage. At eighteen, he joined the navy for a year and then took up various jobs across Canada working for Ontario Hydro, Gulf Oil, Wildwood Surveying in Alberta, and on a...