Yvonne Weir
January 3, 2012
May she rest in peace.
Wallace Martin Bergman
December 29, 2011
Passed away On Dec.26, 2011
Rev. Wallace Martin Bergman was born to Fred & Frances June 2, 1933 in Gimli, Manitoba. He was brought up surrounded by the Canadian Icelandic culture of the Lakes district, including pastimes of hockey and curling.
While in High School, he met the love of his life, Helen and they were married in 1954. While attending university in Manitoba, he felt the call of God to attend the Lutheran Seminary in St.Paul, Minnesota and received the Master of Divinity in 1958. While there, he ministered in his first pastorate in Minneota, Minnesota. First daughter Karen was born in 1958. Their first Canadian pastorate was at St.Paul’s in Selkirk, Manitoba from 1960 to 1966 where second daughter Susan was born.
Wally & Helen felt the call to “Go West” and so their next pastorate was at Our Saviour’s in Calgary, and then moved on to Victoria. While living in Victoria, after their second daughter was seriously injured in an accident, God gave them a third dauhter, Brenda! And then came a call to a ministry in Maple Ridge at St.Paul’s. After 23 faithful years as pastor there and 35 years in the ministry, he retired to White Rock to enjoy golf, lawn bowling, and travel. An avid sports nut and even more avid reader, Wally enjoyed music and his Icelandic culture.
He was predeceased by his life partner Helen in 1991, sister Helene in 2006, and daughter Susan in 2006. He will be sadly missed by brothers Fred (Eileen) and Claude (Iris), brother-in-law Ron, daughter Karen, (and Dale) from Kamloops and daughter Brenda, (and Steve) from Chilliwack; as well as 8 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
Funeral service will be held at St. Paul’s Lutheran, 12145 Laity Street in Maple Ridge on Saturday, December 31 at 1 pm.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St.Paul’s Lutheran’s memorial fund.
Pauline Reid
December 27, 2011
Born June 23, 1945 died December 15, 2011.
She is Survived by brothers Gilbert Robinson in Jamaica, Ferdinand Robinson in England, Calvin Robinson in Toronto, and Norris Campbell in Jamaica; sisters Mable Robinson in Virginia, Marlene Sharpe in Toronto, and Dorma Campbell in Toronto; daughter Amanda Reid in Toronto; grandchildren Fidel and Amina Hodge in Vancouver. Predeceased by daughter Astridge Reid. Funeral Service will be held at Connaught Heights Pentecostal Assembly, 2201-8th Ave. New Westminster at 11:00AM on Thursday December 29th 2011 – Viewing will take place from 10:30-11:00, prior to the Funeral. Interment to take place at Fraser Cemetery, 100 Richmond Ave. New Westminster.
Raymond Glenn Whatley
December 21, 2011
Passed peacefully on December 17th. Predeceased by his parents Veronica and Gerald; survived by daughters Jessica and Jennifer, brother John, sister Barbara, a nephew and nieces. No service will be held.
Colette Andrée Page
December 20, 2011
Passed away on December 18, 2011 at the age of 68. She is predeceased by her husband Ron. Survived by her children, Mike (Geri) Page, Heather (Collin) Mulholland, Sacha (Janet) Page; grandchildren Nicholas, Kyle, Karlie, Camryn, Ethan, Sarah, and Michelle.
Memorial Service to be held on Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at 1:00pm at Garden Hill Funeral Chapel – 11765 224th Street, Maple Ridge.
Donations can be made to the Ridge Meadows Hospice Society – P.O. Box 11, Maple Ridge, BC, Canada V2X 7E9.
George Edward Grant
December 6, 2011
October 31, 1935 – December 5, 2011.
Born in Peace River, he lived an interesting and varied life. Starting with serving in the Air Force and being stationed in England and Germany working on aircraft. Then on to being a sales rep for an automotive parts shop, cooking in logging camps, owning his own restaurant, meat cutter, fisherman, and then his greatest love of farming. He leaves to mourn him his wife of 48 years, Jean and their 2 sons Bradley and Troy.
Eva Alice Erickson
December 6, 2011
Dec. 24, 1908 – Dec. 4, 2011
Passed away peacefully at Baillie House in Maple Ridge. Predeceased by her husband Elof and her twin sister Freda. Lovingly remembered by nephew Terry (Val), nieces Brenda and Evelyn and numerous grand nieces and nephews. A special thanks to Dr. E. Zubek and the dedicated and caring staff at Baillie House – Albion Flatts for their excellent care, respect and compassion. No service will be held. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Eva’s name to your favorite charity.
Roy S. Langston
December 6, 2011
April 19, 1933 – December 2, 2011
Roy passed away peacefully surrounded by love, of complications from Alzheimers Disease. He leaves his loving family; wife, Margaret, daughters, Diane and Linda; stepchildren, Bill (Debbie),
Wendy (Bob) and his adored grandchildren, Nikkila, Trevor, Katrina and Julia. He is also survived by brothers, Bruce and Bill, their families, many nieces, nephews and very many friends.
We cannot thank enough the wonderful caring staff and families at Hawthorne where Roy had resided since November, 2010.
Please join us to celebrate Roy’s life on Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 1:00p.m. – Garden Hill Funeral Chapel, 11765 224th Street, Maple Ridge, BC. In lieu of flowers, donations gratefully accepted by Alzheimers Society of BC or Hawthorne Seniors Care Community.
Marion Diane Burdall
December 5, 2011
July 28th, 1944 – Nov 23rd, 2011.
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Marion Diane Burdall in the early morning of November 23rd in the comfort of Ridge Meadows Hospital I.C.U.
Marion is survived by her second husband, Colin, two sons David Anderson and Paul Anderson and four loving grandchildren, John, Nathan, Sarah, and Luke.
She had many happy and productive years in Brownies and Girl Guides organizations and Special Olympics, especially with her son Paul. We have been living in Maple Ridge for five happy years but the last year has been very trying as she began suffering from osteo- arthritis and major organ failure and heart and lung problems.
She is now in a far better place and suffering no more.
In lieu of flowers a donation to the heart and stroke foundation would be appreciated. Memorial services will be held at Riverside Church 1477 Lougheed Hwy. Port. Coquitlam at 11am Dec 10th, and at Joy fellowship on Dec 11th after regular Sunday service at 41st and Oak Street in Vancouver.
Anthony Peter Kot
December 5, 2011
October 7, 1966 –November 29, 2011 Age 45
It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of this ‘magical’ man. Tony was an inspiration to everyone who met him and he inspired everyone to be their best and live each day to the fullest and always to believe in the positive. His incredible and unique life started in North Vancouver then to Victoria and his final resting place in Maple Ridge BC. Tony spent countless early summers in Buccaneer Bay with Bill Davidson and family and he always referred to Mr. and Mrs. ‘D’ as his second parents. Tony was an incredible athlete having played for the Argo’s, Victoria Payless, and the Grid Dogs football teams where he met lifelong friends York Furstenwald and Gord Rough. Tony was an accomplished martial artist having earned three black belts in Karate, Jujitsu, and Arnise and had a great love for Kung Fu and in the end referred to himself as a ‘Peaceful Warrior.’ It was on the mats of Jujitsu where he met his friend Jeff Snider and on his son’s baseball field where he met Pete Rackow and from there a great bond was formed. His love of business, marketing and sales led him to incredible accomplishments in his career of which he was one of the best and he was proud to work in the end for CIMS. His beginning years in sales led him to meet his lifelong friend Jason Lyne and many memories boating on Alouette or Osoyoos with their families together. Tony married his ‘soul mate’ Tanja in 1996 and went on to have two beautiful sons together, Emerson (14yrs) and Marcus (11yrs). He was a devoted father and his pride and love for his family was immeasurable and always his greatest accomplishment in life. He will be forever missed by all his friends and family and will be remembered for his Hawaiian shirts, singing Eagles and Neil Diamond Tunes to the wee hours, supporting the Dallas Cowboys year after year and standing on his ‘soap box’ getting his point across. Tony was predeceased by his mother Wilma Vanderleelie and his father Zdzislaw Kot. He leaves behind one sister, Leona Vanderleelie and he was a loving uncle to Michael Curtis and Stephanie Vanderleelie, and Lucas and Tina Doig. He will be greatly missed by the Doig, Sokolowski, and Cockett families and forever will be ‘Senochok’ to his mother in law, Sonia Loevenmark. A heart warming thanks to the Lions Gate oncology team and nurse Laura. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Relay for Life: http://www.relaybc.ca/coquitlam2012/marcuskot where his sons are raising funds in memory of their Dad and his courageous fight with cancer.
“Nasdarovlia”
Please join us in celebrating his beautiful life on December 9, 2011 at the Maple Ridge Baptist Church located at 22155 Lougheed Hwy at 1:00 pm.