Gone But Not Forgotten – January 2020 to April 2020

April 3, 2020

When a 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 few 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.

March 2020

Name:	Paul Edward BATCHILDER
Reg. #:
Rank on Discharge:	Auxiliary Constable
Date of Death:
Served:	L

Name:	Patrick TIMMS
Reg. #:	20897
Rank on Discharge:	Cpl.. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:
Served:	K

Name:	Garry Alyre LaFORGE
Reg. #:	42434
Rank on Discharge:	Cst. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	March 24, 2020
Served:	O

Name:	Ruth Ann ENNS-RAY
Reg. #:	38514
Rank on Discharge:	Cst. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:
Served:	Depot, F

Name:	Robert H.G. CLARE
Reg. #:	C0033
Rank on Discharge:	Civilian Member (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	February 28, 2020
Served:	HQ

Name:	David Charles THOMPSON
Reg. #:	C6198
Rank on Discharge:	Civilian Member (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	March 19. 2020
Served:	HQ

Name:	J.C. Gerald DOUCET
Reg. #:	29907/O.1644
Rank on Discharge:	Superintendent (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	March 27, 2020
Served:	N, H, Depot, HQ

Name:	Eldon Duane SCHRIVER
Reg. #:	23409
Rank on Discharge:	Cst. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	March 27, 2020
Served:	H

Name:	Phillip Raymond ZERR
Reg. #:	17602/O.664
Rank on Discharge:	Superintendent (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	March 27, 2020
Served:	E, J, HQ

Name:	John Richard KENNY
Reg. #:	14712
Rank on Discharge:	S/Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:
Served:	K

Name:	William Herbert SMITH
Reg. #:	18487
Rank on Discharge:	Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	March 25, 2020
Served:	A, L, HQ, K, F

Name:	Ian William TAYLOR
Reg. #:	15313/O.673
Rank on Discharge:	Chief Superintendent (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	March 25, 2020
Served:	Security Service, HQ

Name:	David C. TURNBULL
Reg. #:	18011
Rank on Discharge:	S/Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	March 24, 2020
Served:	E, D, Depot, HQ

Name:	Claude VERMETTE
Reg. #:	17565/O.766
Rank on Discharge:	Inspector (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	March 24, 2020
Served:	C

Name:	Bonnie June ROBINSON
Reg. #:	C/3784
Rank on Discharge:	Civilian Member (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	February 16, 2020
Served:

Name:	John Willard TOWNSEND
Reg. #:	21726/O.1155
Rank on Discharge:	Chief Superintendent (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	March 14, 2020
Served:	F, O, Security Service, HQ, E

Name:	Marvin Avery YOUNG
Reg. #:	18726/O.774
Rank on Discharge:	Superintendent (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	March 17, 2020
Served:	E

Name:	Richard George HIRST
Reg. #:	23090
Rank on Discharge:	Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	December 16, 2019
Served:	E, A, Security Service, HQ

Name:	Jean-Guy BERTIN
Reg. #:	S/2191
Rank on Discharge:	Special Constable
Date of Death:	March 22, 2020
Served:	A

Name:	Joseph Carl ROENSPIES
Reg. #:	19357
Rank on Discharge:	S/Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	March 24, 2020
Served:	E, M, G, HQ

Name:	Walter “Wally” John TAINTON
Reg. #:	27157
Rank on Discharge:	Cpl. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	March 21, 2020
Served:	K

Name:	Rodney C. SVEINSON
Reg. #:	27051
Rank on Discharge:	Cst.
Date of Death:
Served:	Depot, C

Name:	Pierre-Paul LEGAULT
Reg. #:	19910
Rank on Discharge:	Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	March 12, 2020
Served:	C

Name:	Pamela Jane SORENSEN (nee Buell) – Spouse of Peter Sorensen #23458 – Association Treasurer
Reg. #:
Rank on Discharge:
Date of Death:	March 22, 2020
Served:

Name:	Stephen Harold METCALFE
Reg. #:	37651
Rank on Discharge:	Cpl. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	March 11, 2020
Served:	K, E

Name:	Luc BOIVIN
Reg. #:	22260/O.1149
Rank on Discharge:	Superintendent (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	March 16, 2020
Served:	A, C, QG

Name:	Gavin John SHEARER
Reg. #:	20028
Rank on Discharge:	S/Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	March 19, 2020
Served:	F, Depot

Name:	Roger J. HOPWOOD
Reg. #:	22664
Rank on Discharge:	Cpl. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	March 5, 2020
Served:	K

Name:	Roberts Picton CODD
Reg. #:	20082
Rank on Discharge:	Cpl. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:
Served:	F, HQ

Name:	Alphonse BREAU
Reg. #:	19459/O.937
Rank on Discharge:	Assistant Commissioner (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	March 9, 2020
Served:	C, A, HQ

Name:	Cyril Angus WEBSTER
Reg. #:	15027
Rank on Discharge:	S/Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	March 7, 2020
Served:	D, J, HQ

Name:	Earl Grange MORROW
Reg. #:	16061
Rank on Discharge:	Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	March 7, 2020
Served:	D, G, HQ

Name:	David James PERRY
Reg. #:	23186
Rank on Discharge:	Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	February 27, 2020
Served:	E

Name:	Daniel James WEBSTER
Reg. #:	15146/O.647
Rank on Discharge:	Superintendent (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	March 5, 2020
Served:	HQ

Name:	Ian Roberts MacKELLAR
Reg. #:	24770
Rank on Discharge:	Corporal
Date of Death:
Served:	O, J, HQ

Name:	J.A.J. Guy LAFRAMBOISE
Reg. #:	37587
Rank on Discharge:	Cst. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	February 27, 2020
Served:	E

Name:	Diana Edith McGREGOR RN (nee Butt)
Reg. #:
Rank on Discharge:
Date of Death:	March 5, 2020
Served:	RCMP Spouse – Second Man Award (2013)

Name:	Melvin Niel BEAVER
Reg. #:
Rank on Discharge:	Special Constable
Date of Death:	March 2, 2020
Served:	Former Stony Tribal Police Constable

Name:	Edwin T. HIGGS
Reg. #:	19540
Rank on Discharge:	Cpl. (Ret`d)
Date of Death:	February 24, 2020
Served:	D

Name:	Robert F. McAFEE
Reg. #:	27635
Rank on Discharge:	Sgt. (Ret`d)
Date of Death:	March 3, 2020
Served:	D

Name:	James Bruce JAMES
Reg. #:	15757/O.640
Rank on Discharge:	Chief Superintendent (Ret;’d)
Date of Death:	March 2, 2020
Served:	F, O, Foreign Service, Security Service, HQ

February 2020

Name:	Judy Evelyn Fraser PRIEST
Reg. #:	33418
Rank on Discharge:	Cst. (Ret;’d)
Date of Death:	February 25, 2020
Served:	E, HQ

Name:	Douglas Robert MARLATT
Reg. #:
Rank on Discharge:	Auxiliary Constable
Date of Death:
Served:	E

Name:	J.L. Daniel ROY
Reg. #:	31735
Rank on Discharge:	Cpl. (Ret;’d)
Date of Death:	February 27, 2020
Served:	C

Name:	Francis Keith SEAMAN
Reg. #:	S/1320
Rank on Discharge:	Special Cst. (Ret;’d)
Date of Death:	February 22, 2020
Served:	J, O

Name:	Dale Keith WESTHORA
Reg. #:	22031
Rank on Discharge:	Cst.
Date of Death:	November 8, 2019
Served:	E

Name:	A. Scott HARRIS
Reg. #:	27179
Rank on Discharge:	S/Sgt. (Ret;’d)
Date of Death:	February 25, 2020
Served:	E

Name:	Joseph Florent THEBEAU
Reg. #:	30981
Rank on Discharge:	Cst. (Ret;’d)
Date of Death:	February 11, 2020
Served:	j

Name:	William Bradley BRUNEAU
Reg. #:	32322
Rank on Discharge:	Cst.
Date of Death:	February 22, 2020
Served:	k

Name:	Judy Evelyn Fraser PRIEST
Reg. #:	33418
Rank on Discharge:	Cst. (Ret;’d)
Date of Death:	February 25, 2020
Served:	E, HQ

Name:	Clemence DUGAL
Reg. #:	C/2935
Rank on Discharge:	Civilian Member
Date of Death:	January 29, 2020
Served:	C

Name:	John Arthur MacMILLAN
Reg. #:	21649
Rank on Discharge:	S/Sgt. (Ret;’d)
Date of Death:	February 15, 2020
Served:	Marine, H

Name:	Garry Dale PETER
Reg. #:	21702
Rank on Discharge:	Sgt. (Ret;’d)
Date of Death:	February 14, 2020
Served:	K, E

Name:	James Barry WILWAND
Reg. #:	18809
Rank on Discharge:	Cst.
Date of Death:
Served:	E

Name:	Stanislaus Joseph MACKEY
Reg. #:	17540
Rank on Discharge:	2nd Class Constable
Date of Death:	February 24, 2020
Served:	J

Name:	James Gordon CAMPBELL
Reg. #:
Rank on Discharge:	Auxiliary Constable
Date of Death:	February 22, 2020
Served:	J

Name:	Doran Ace McMURRAY
Reg. #:	25771
Rank on Discharge:	3rd Class Constable
Date of Death:	September 27, 2019
Served:	E

Name:	Frank TIMMS
Reg. #:	20897
Rank on Discharge:	Cpl. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	January 27, 2020
Served:	K

Name:	Olev (Ole) RANNAOJA
Reg. #:	25638
Rank on Discharge:	S/Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:
Served:	K, O

Name:	Roland Andre BOIVIN
Reg. #:	15453
Rank on Discharge:	S/Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	February 1, 2020
Served:	C

Name:	Elizabeth “Betty” MARTIN (nee Kelly)
Reg. #:
Rank on Discharge:	Former RCMP Employee during WWII
Date of Death:
Served:

Name:	Lionel Charles CAMPBELL
Reg. #:	22408
Rank on Discharge:	S/Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	February 2020
Served:	D, J, HQ

Name:	David Ian FITZSIMMONS
Reg. #:	23679
Rank on Discharge:	Cst.
Date of Death:	February 13, 2020
Served:	Depot, D

Name:	Maurice Felix MASSART
Reg. #:
Rank on Discharge:	Civilian Member (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	February 13, 2020
Served:	HQ – CPIC & EDP Security Branch

Name:	Brian Joseph ROACH
Reg. #:	27538
Rank on Discharge:	Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	February 13, 2020
Served:	A, D, H

Name:	Paul Winston SMITH
Reg. #:	21186
Rank on Discharge:	S/Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	February 9, 2020
Served:	B, E, HQ, Vancouver Air Services

Name:	Claire Marie Therese TRUDEL (nee Lemay)
Reg. #:	C/1441
Rank on Discharge:	Civilian Member (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	January 28, 2020
Served:	HQ

Name:	Robert Morley BENNINGTON
Reg. #:	20156
Rank on Discharge:	S/Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	January 27, 2020
Served:	E

Name:	Nicholas SADOWSKY
Reg. #:	21090
Rank on Discharge:	Cpl. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:
Served:	F, E

Name:	Glen Allen WILKINSON
Reg. #:	20913
Rank on Discharge:	S/Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	February 7, 2020
Served:	E

Name:	Jonathan Christopher GABRIEL
Reg. #:	45025
Rank on Discharge:	Cst. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	January 28, 2020
Served:	F

Name:	Robin J. ERMACORA
Reg. #:	21952
Rank on Discharge:	Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	February 7, 2020
Served:	O

Name:	Richard (Ric) J. FABIAN
Reg. #:	29312
Rank on Discharge:	Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	February 2, 2020
Served:	D, E, F, K

Name:	Terry STEEVES
Reg. #:	27763
Rank on Discharge:	Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:
Served:	K

January 2020

Name:	Edward James GEE
Reg. #:	20646
Rank on Discharge:	Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	January 25, 2020
Served:	A, E

Name:	Lawrence Frank ENGSTROM
Reg. #:	14864
Rank on Discharge:	Cst.
Date of Death:	January 30, 2020
Served:	J, F, G & Edmonton Police Service

Name:	Hudson MILBURN
Reg. #:	15634
Rank on Discharge:	S/Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	January 31, 2020
Served:	F, M, D, K

Name:	J.G. Louis DUHAMEL
Reg. #:	19840
Rank on Discharge:	Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	January 27, 2020
Served:	C

Name:	Marion Joyce REMPLE
Reg. #:	C/1824
Rank on Discharge:	Civilian Member
Date of Death:	January 25, 2020
Served:	D

Name:	George Robert (Bob) CLANCEY
Reg. #:	C/1808
Rank on Discharge:	Civilian Member
Date of Death:
Served:	HQ

Name:	Alexander HAWRYS
Reg. #:	13912/O.552
Rank on Discharge:	Superintendent (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	January 17, 2020
Served:	O, Depot, B

Name:	Douglas Francis ROBERTS
Reg. #:	15222
Rank on Discharge:	Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	January 18, 2020
Served:	F, D, HQ, O

Name:	James William E. WARREN
Reg. #:	20127
Rank on Discharge:	Cst. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	January 27, 2020
Served:	A, F, HQ, Security Service, E

Name:	Dr. Michael David RANNIE
Reg. #:	C/4906
Rank on Discharge:	Director of Operations National Forensic Laboratory Services RCMP
Date of Death:	January 27, 2020
Served:	HQ

Name:	Douglas Maurice Joseph LANGEVIN
Reg. #:	16673/O.861
Rank on Discharge:	Superintendent (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	January 21, 2020
Served:	Depot, RCMP Band, Air Services, K

Name:	Donald Murdoch DUKE
Reg. #:	16021/O.606
Rank on Discharge:	Superintendent (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	January 30, 2020
Served:	E, HQ

Name:	Henry Louis Lawrence CHAPPLE
Reg. #:	22532
Rank on Discharge:	Corporal
Date of Death:	January 18, 2020
Served:	K

Name:	Yvonne A. JONES
Reg. #:	C/4175
Rank on Discharge:	Civilian Member
Date of Death:	January 18, 2020
Served:	O

Name:	Alan Murray MacDONALD
Reg. #:	24932
Rank on Discharge:	S/Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	January 30, 2020
Served:	N, P, J, O

Name:	Lloyd George LAROSE
Reg. #:	18600/O.848
Rank on Discharge:	Superintendent (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	January 27, 2020
Served:	C. A, HQ

Name:	Yvonne A. JONES
Reg. #:	C/4175
Rank on Discharge:	Civilian Member
Date of Death:	January 18, 2020
Served:	O

Name:	Donald Roy LUSCOMBE
Reg. #:	40183
Rank on Discharge:	Cst. (Ret`d)
Date of Death:	January 25, 2020
Served:	B

Name:	Joseph Willy KITZLER
Reg. #:	21643
Rank on Discharge:	Cpl. (Ret`d)
Date of Death:	January 26, 2020
Served:	E

Name:	John Robert CURRIE
Reg. #:	38214
Rank on Discharge:	Cpl. (Ret`d)
Date of Death:	January 26, 2020
Served:	O, E, Musical Ride, H

Name:	Arthur John BLAKLEY
Reg. #:	21134
Rank on Discharge:	Sgt. (Ret`d)
Date of Death:	January 23, 2020
Served:	E, HQ, Security Service

Name:	Audrey Isobel MacDONALD (nee Lyons)
Reg. #:
Rank on Discharge:	Former Detachment Clerk
Date of Death:	January 21, 2020
Served:	O

Name:	Max Leroy KEEPING
Reg. #:	18672
Rank on Discharge:	S/Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	January 24, 2020
Served:	A, G, J

Name:	Frederick Wallace HAZELL
Reg. #:	41887
Rank on Discharge:	Cst.
Date of Death:	January 19, 2020
Served:	K

Name:	Arthur Paul SCHUSSLER
Reg. #:	c/2386
Rank on Discharge:	Civilian Member
Date of Death:	January 6, 2020
Served:	F

Name:	Silas Norman COLEMAN
Reg. #:	19429
Rank on Discharge:	S/Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:
Served:	E

Name:	Ralph John OLIVER
Reg. #:	17840
Rank on Discharge:	Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:
Served:	E, F, K, Security Service

Name:	Mark Norman SARGENT
Reg. #:	33431
Rank on Discharge:	Cst. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	January 25, 2020
Served:	E

Name:	Lawrence (Sonny) Edward PRYDE
Reg. #:	25519
Rank on Discharge:	Cpl. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:
Served:	Marine Division, H

Name:	Harold Richard HOWDEN
Reg. #:	18937
Rank on Discharge:	Cst.
Date of Death:	January 17, 2020
Served:

Name:	Sharon Darlene TETTAMANTI (nee BIrkett)
Reg. #:	35845
Rank on Discharge:	Cst. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	January 17, 2020
Served:	A, O

Name:	Peter Arthur DUFOUR
Reg. #:	C/623
Rank on Discharge:	Civilian Member
Date of Death:	January 12, 2020
Served:	HQ

Name:	Kevin John PAYNE
Reg. #:	28651
Rank on Discharge:	S/Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	January 15, 2020
Served:	O

Name:	J. Stewart “Stu” MacLACHLAN
Reg. #:	20819
Rank on Discharge:	Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	January 16, 2020
Served:	F

Name:	Ambrose V. ROUBLE
Reg. #:	19962
Rank on Discharge:	S/Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	January 9, 2020
Served:	J, B

Name:	Jerome G. ALYWARD
Reg. #:	37960
Rank on Discharge:	Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	January 10, 2020
Served:	C

Name:	J.A. Norman WRAY
Reg. #:	19220
Rank on Discharge:	Cst.
Date of Death:	January 10, 2020
Served:	A, C

Name:	Gabriel SABOURIN
Reg. #:	14771
Rank on Discharge:	S/Sgt. (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	January 3, 2020
Served:	C

Name:	Jean Marie Albert Louis (Steve) LE BIGOT
Reg. #:	21709
Rank on Discharge:	3rd Class Constable
Date of Death:	December 30, 2019
Served:	N

Name:	Winston Alvin (Will) RUSHTON
Reg. #:	23364
Rank on Discharge:	Cst.
Date of Death:	January 1, 2020
Served:	K

Name:	Jennifer Lee ASBURY
Reg. #:	47638
Rank on Discharge:	Sgt.
Date of Death:	January 7, 2020
Served:	F, O

Name:	Thomas Stanley VENNER
Reg. #:	16915 / O.643
Rank on Discharge:	Deputy Commissioner (Ret’d)
Date of Death:	December 27, 2019
Served:	K, O, E, HQ

Name:	Susan Alice BAMFORD (nee Brecknock)
Reg. #:
Rank on Discharge:
Date of Death:	January 2, 2020
Served:	Former RCMP Employee

Name:	Reverend Canon William “Bill” FAIRLIE
Reg. #:
Rank on Discharge:
Date of Death:	January 4, 2020
Served:	Piper – RCMP Pipes and Drums National Division

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.