Gone But Not Forgotten

August 10, 2022

When an RCMP Veteran passes away, their old colleagues pause for a moment to reflect on the good times they had and the memories they created.

Despite the times that the deceased member was serving their communities and away from their families, the Veteran’s family members are extremely proud of the contributions made by the recently departed.

The following Veterans have passed away in the past number of months. Information is provided to our Division from HQ and other sources and may not be received in a timely manner.

visit RCMP Veterans Network’s websiteand click on ‘Last Post’ – top of the page.

August 2022 – Notifications

Name:	Peter Claus LINGE
Reg. #:	33666
Rank on Discharge:	Cpl. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	June 23, 2022
Served:	E, G

Name:	Aubrey Harold BUTTLER
Reg. #:	15674 / O.583
Rank on Discharge:	Chief Superintendent (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	August 5, 2022
Served:	E, G, F, G, HQ, K

Name:	Bruce Hartley FARE
Reg. #:	33413
Rank on Discharge:	Cpl. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	November 7, 2021
Served:	E

Name:	George Frederick FRANCIS
Reg. #:	22547
Rank on Discharge:	S/Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	August 5, 2022
Served:	F

Name:	Betty Joy HOBAN
Reg. #:
Rank on Discharge:	Second Man Award Recipient
Date of Death:	August 6, 2022
Served:

July 2022 – Notifications

Name:	Michael Lawrence WHALEN
Reg. #:
Rank on Discharge:	Special Constable (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	July 31, 2022
Served:	A; Other Service: Canadian Security Intelligence Service – 1984-2000

Name:	Patricia Anne HAITHWAITE
Reg. #:
Rank on Discharge:	Records – Surrey Detachment
Date of Death:	February 24, 2022
Served:	E

Name:	Dennis Alfred RIVEST
Reg. #:	43949
Rank on Discharge:	Cst.
Date of Death:	July 31, 2022
Served:	E., F; Other Police Service: London Police Service

Name:	Jason John AVERY
Reg. #:	56795 (Died While Serving)
Rank on Discharge:	Sgt.
Date of Death:	July 24, 2022
Served:	O, RCMP ERT; Other Police Service: Ontario Provincial Police (2003-2004) and Sault Ste. Marie Police Service (2004-02008)

Name:	Reginald Carl LANGILLE
Reg. #:	19775
Rank on Discharge:	S/Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	July 26, 2022
Served:	B, Depot, HQ

Name:	Louis CROSS
`Reg. #:	26399
Rank on Discharge:	Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	July 30, 2022
Served:	C, A

Name:	Patrick Daniel MALONEY
Reg. #:	41211
Rank on Discharge:	Cst. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	July 23, 2022
Served:	K, M

Name:	Warren James BUCKLEY
Reg. #:	26603
Rank on Discharge:	Cpl.
Date of Death:	July 14, 2022
Served:	E

Name:	Robert Ian MacEWAN
Reg. #:	21127 / O.999
Rank on Discharge:	Inspector (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	July 26, 2022
Served:	E, Security Service, HQ

Name:	Francis William BURNS
Reg. #:
Rank on Discharge:	Auxiliary Constable
Date of Death:	July 28, 2022
Served:	L

Name:	Eulalia Marie MANNETT
Reg. #:
Rank on Discharge:	Special Constable
Date of Death:	July 18, 2022
Served:	H

Name:	Edwin Nickolaus SALI
Reg. #:
Rank on Discharge:	Auxiliary Constable
Date of Death:	July 21, 2022
Served:	E

Name:	Jocelyn THIBEAULT
Reg. #:	36762
Rank on Discharge:	Cst. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	July 11, 2022
Served:	E, HQ

Name:	Guy Joseph Alex ARSENAULT
Reg. #:	22869
Rank on Discharge:	Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	July 24, 2022
Served:	H

Name:	Russell Dale “Russ” LANGSTON
Reg. #:	24620
Rank on Discharge:	S/Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	July 22, 2022
Served:	A, Musical Ride, K

Name:	John Elmer “Jack” DECKER
Reg. #:	14639
Rank on Discharge:	Cpl. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	January 12, 2021
Served:	E, G

Name:	Patricia BROWN
Reg. #:	C/564
Rank on Discharge:	Civilian Member (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	June 28, 2022
Served:	O & Security Service

Name:	Duane Patrick KING
Reg. #:	27050
Rank on Discharge:	Cpl. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	June 29, 2022
Served:	H

Name:	Patrick James CULLY
Reg. #:	19427
Rank on Discharge:	Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	July 16 2022
Served:	O, K, E

Name:	Peter Donald McLAREN
Reg. #:	C/3399
Rank on Discharge:	Civilian Member (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	July 16, 2022
Served:	K, HQ

Name:	Gordon William BLEACKLEY
Reg. #:	18406
Rank on Discharge:	Cpl. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	June 15, 2022
Served:	D, Depot, F

Name:	Robert Thomas HANLON
Reg. #:	C/118
Rank on Discharge:	Civilian Member (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	June 28, 2022
Served:	A

Name:	Fenwick Donald “Don” MURRAY
Reg. #:	22395
Rank on Discharge:	S/Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	May 28, 2022
Served:	K

Name:	Robert Roy BURNS
Reg. #:	27974
Rank on Discharge:	Cpl. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	June 3, 2022
Served:	Marine & E

Name:	Joseph Fred PAYDLI
Reg. #:	C/1689
Rank on Discharge:	Civilian Member (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	July 12, 2022
Served:	F

Name:	Leonard William GRANT
Reg. #:	18225
Rank on Discharge:	S/Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	June 19, 2022
Served:	A, L, G, K

Name:	Thomas Glen MATTHEWS
Reg. #:	30214
Rank on Discharge:	Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	July 11, 2022
Served:	B, E, F, K, A, )

Name:	Donald W. NEWELL
Reg. #:	20586
Rank on Discharge:	Cst.
Date of Death:	July 10, 2022
Served:	Depot

Name:	James Maurice WOOD
Reg. #:	21639
Rank on Discharge:	Cpl. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	June 5, 2022
Served:	C, A

Name:	Michael Corbin WELD
Reg. #:	22964
Rank on Discharge:	Cst.
Date of Death:	July 7, 2022
Served:	G

Name:	Laurence Stuart ALLCHIN
Reg. #:	19698
Rank on Discharge:	S/Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	June 21, 2022
Served:	E

Name:	Jean-Yves DEROY
Reg. #:	38901
Rank on Discharge:	Cst. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	June 21, 2022
Served:	C

Name:	Donald W. NEWELL
Reg. #:	20586
Rank on Discharge:	Cst.
Date of Death:	July 10, 2022
Served:	Depot

Name:	Michael Lee ELEK
Reg. #:	49265
Rank on Discharge:	Cst.
Date of Death:	July 5, 2022 (died while serving)
Served:	F, K

Name:	Jack BRAULT
Reg. #:	23506
Rank on Discharge:	Sgt. Major (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	June 30, 2022
Served:	C

Name:	Heather Carole LOVETT
Reg. #:
Rank on Discharge:	Civilian Member
Date of Death:	July 6, 2022
Served:	E

Name:	Leonard Ray CALDWELL
Reg. #:
Rank on Discharge:	Civilian Member (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	June 23, 2022
Served:	HQ

Name:	Antoine Joseph Raymond Marie DESCHENES
Reg. #:	29467
Rank on Discharge:	Cpl. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	July 1, 2022
Served:	C

Name:	Eckhard Paul KUTZER
Reg. #:	21906
Rank on Discharge:	Cst.
Date of Death:	July 6, 2022
Served:

Name:	Mark Harrison RUTETZKI
Reg. #:	35968
Rank on Discharge:	Cst.
Date of Death:	July 3, 2022
Served:	C

Name:	Carole Dianne MILONAS
Reg. #:
Rank on Discharge:	Public Service Employee (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	July 4, 2022
Served:	HQ

June 2022 – Notifications

Name:	Herald Arnold “Hal” JENKINS
Reg. #:	20470
Rank on Discharge:	Second Class Constable
Date of Death:	June 29, 2022
Served:	E; Other Police Service: West Vancouver Police Dept.

Name:	Ross Stewart GRAHAM
Reg. #:	25006
Rank on Discharge:	Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	June 19, 2022
Served:	C

Name:	Victor Neil ATWIN
Reg. #:
Rank on Discharge:	Auxiliary Constable
Date of Death:	July 1, 2022
Served:	J

Name:	Paul Westervelt MITCHELL
Reg. #:
Rank on Discharge:	Civilian Member (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	June 7, 2022
Served:	HQ

Name:	David Frank FRIESEN
Reg. #:	15494
Rank on Discharge:	S/Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	June 10, 2022
Served:	K, M, G

Name:	Carl Allen WILSON
Reg. #:
Rank on Discharge:	Auxiliary Constable
Date of Death:	June 28, 2022
Served:	E

Name:	Raymond Russell HANDY
Reg. #:	19489
Rank on Discharge:	Constable
Date of Death:	June 16, 2022
Served:	F

Name:	John Arthur (Jack) BRODERICK
Reg. #:
Rank on Discharge:	Former Guard – Princeton Detachment
Date of Death:	June 21, 2022
Served:	E

Name:	Brent Richardson MERKLEY
Reg. #:	30347
Rank on Discharge:	Cpl. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	June 27, 2022
Served:	HQ

Name:	Garry L. COX
Reg. #:	36451
Rank on Discharge:	Cpl. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	June 21, 2022
Served:	E

Name:	Wilferd (Wilf) Philip BECKER
Reg. #:	18072
Rank on Discharge:	S/Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	June 27, 2022
Served:	K

Name:	Audrey Clara “Binnie” ENGLEY
Reg. #:
Rank on Discharge:	Public Service Employee
Date of Death:	June 17, 2022
Served:	K

Name:	Roger Charles LEVESQUE
Reg. #:	14844
Rank on Discharge:	S/Sgt. Major (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	June 16, 2022
Served:	C

Name:	Audrey Clara “Binnie” ENGLEY
Reg. #:
Rank on Discharge:	Public Service Employee
Date of Death:	June 17, 2022
Served:	K

Name:	David F. FRIESEN
Reg. #:	15494
Rank on Discharge:	S/Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	June 10, 2022
Served:	K, M, G

Name:	Michael Stephen JARVIS
Reg. #:	29374
Rank on Discharge:	Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	June 20, 2022
Served:	O, HQ

Name:	Ronald James GIBLIN
Reg. #:	33452
Rank on Discharge:	Cst.
Date of Death:	June 13, 2022
Served:	O, C, L

Name:	David Michael FRENCH
Reg. #:	25027
Rank on Discharge:	Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	June 6, 2022
Served:	E

Name:	Sheila Marie DOYLE
Reg. #:
Rank on Discharge:	Public Service Employee (died while serving)
Date of Death:	June 4, 2022
Served:	H, HQ

Name:	Ian Scott MacKENZIE
Reg. #:	20157
Rank on Discharge:	Cpl. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	May 31, 2022
Served:	E, K, G

Name:	Sandra Marie DEACON
Reg. #:	C/2574
Rank on Discharge:	Civilian Member (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	May 26, 2022
Served:	E

Name:	Blake Albert TIDSBURY
Reg. #:	25867
Rank on Discharge:	Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	February 10, 2022
Served:	E

Name:	William John THOMSON
Reg. #:	18682
Rank on Discharge:	Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	June 1, 2022
Served:	K, A, E

Name:	Lawrence Percy O’DONNELL
Reg. #:	C/1744
Rank on Discharge:	Civilian Member (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	June 9, 2022
Served:	J

Name:	Margaret Catherine (Peggy) McCOMB
Reg. #:
Rank on Discharge:	Second Man Award Recipient
Date of Death:	June 6, 2022
Served:	E

Name:	Wendy Rosemary BRUNNER
Reg. #:	C/2870
Rank on Discharge:	Civilian Member (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	March 11, 2022
Served:	Spouse of the late James McComb, S/Sgt. (Ret’d) – #15879

Name:	Paul Giffin LOW
Reg. #:
Rank on Discharge:	Auxiliary Constable
Date of Death:	June 6, 2022
Served:	E

Name:	Douglas Orville MADILL
Reg. #:	22428
Rank on Discharge:	Cpl. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	June 15, 2022
Served:	Spouse of the late James McComb, S/Sgt. (Ret’d) – #15879

Name:	David Laurie PETTIGREW
Reg. #:	27892
Rank on Discharge:	Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	June 15, 2022
Served:	Marine & D

Name:	John Cleland BENFIELD
Reg. #:	21359
Rank on Discharge:	Cpl. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	June 15, 2022
Served:	A

Name:	Donald “Don” S. POSPIECH
Reg. #:	21724
Rank on Discharge:	Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	June 10, 2022
Served:	D, O

Name:	Lois KLASSEN
Reg. #:
Rank on Discharge:	Public Service Employee
Date of Death:	January 18, 2022
Served:	F, HQ

Name:	Margaret Catherine (Peggy) McCOMB
Reg. #:
Rank on Discharge:	Second Man Award Recipient
Date of Death:	March 11, 2022
Served:	Spouse of the late James McComb, S/Sgt. (Ret’d) – #15879

Name:	John Wilfred Macdonald BRUCE
Reg. #:	28778
Rank on Discharge:	Cpl. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	October 13, 2021
Served:	E

Name:	Greta Ameila WILSON
Reg. #:
Rank on Discharge:	Second Man Award Recipient
Date of Death:	April 27, 2022
Served:	Spouse of Patrick Wilson, Insp. (Ret’d) – Reg. #18703 /1032

Name:	Lorne James GREEN
Reg. #:
Rank on Discharge:	Civilian Member
Date of Death:	February 17, 2022
Served:	HQ

Name:	Larry Arnold LYONS
Reg. #:	20652
Rank on Discharge:	Second Class Constable
Date of Death:	May 8, 2022
Served:	Depot, A; Other Police Service: Vancouver Police Dept.

Name:	Harry Taylor NIXON
Reg. #:	16116 / 0.585
Rank on Discharge:	Chief Superintendent (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	June 5, 2022
Served:	H, G, K, HQ, M

Name:	Ian Scott McKENZIE
Reg. #:	20157
Rank on Discharge:	Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	May 31, 2022
Served:	E, K, G

Name:	Douglas M.A. McLAY
Reg. #:	23508
Rank on Discharge:	Superintendent (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	June 3, 2022
Served:	Depot, B, HQ, E, K

Name:	Thomas Wilson BAKER
Reg. #:	18761
Rank on Discharge:	S/Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	May 9, 2022
Served:	D, HQ Security Service, E

Name:	James B. IPPEL
Reg. #:
Rank on Discharge:	Auxiliary Constable
Date of Death:	May 4, 2022
Served:	E

Name:	Michael Robert BLEAU
Reg. #:	35958
Rank on Discharge:	Cst. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	April 5, 2022
Served:	K

Name:	James Douglas PETERS
Reg. #:	23448
Rank on Discharge:	Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	May 17, 2022
Served:	E

Name:	Desmond Sieng Huong CHIANG
Reg. #:	C8578
Rank on Discharge:	Civilian Member (Died While Serving(
Date of Death:	May 22, 2022
Served:	HQ

Name:	Patrick Thomas NEARY
Reg. #:	23600
Rank on Discharge:	Constable
Date of Death:	June 1, 2022
Served:	L

Name:	Edward Stanley Thomas GILL
Reg. #:	18544
Rank on Discharge:	S/Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	June 1, 2022
Served:	J

Veteran Joe Healy maintains a list of Force members who have passed away since formation of the Force as well as many historical stories about the Force. You can check out Joe’s website here.