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Pastors and missionaries who have gone on to glory
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  • Apr19Mon

    FERGUSON, Alexander McMaster

    April 19, 2021
    FERGUSON, Alexander McMaster   (Father-in-law to EMCC Ordained Minister Rev. Chris Gatten)
    January 7, 1938 – April 15, 2021

    Alex, age 83, died peacefully at home with his family by his side on April 15, 2021. Born January 7, 1938, in Paisley, Scotland to James and Margaret (McMaster) Ferguson. Beloved husband of 61 years to Letitia...
  • Mar26Fri

    KWAN, Wong Choi Har

    March 26, 2021

    KWAN, Wong Choi Har  ( mother of former EMCC Pastor Enoch Kwan)
    March 25 th , 2021

    Passed away at the age of 97 on the morning of March 16, in her sleep in Dogwood Lodge, Vancouver. She joins with her husband, Kwan Hoi Kung, who went to be with the Lord twenty years ago at the age of 86. 

    She is lovingly remembered by her children,...

  • Mar15Mon

    JONES, Gerald (Jerry) Joseph

    March 15, 2021
    JONES, Gerald (Jerry) Joseph   (Father-in-law of EMCC Regional Minister, Rev. Brian Archer)
    March 20, 1931 - March 7, 2021  

    Gerald (Jerry) Joseph Jones passed away peacefully the evening of March 7, 2021, at Chinook Hospice in Calgary a few days short of his 90th birthday.
    Jerry was born on March 20, 1931, in Halifax, NS. He moved to...
  • Mar15Mon

    PROSSER, Dawna Marie (Raymer)

    March 15, 2021
    PROSSER, Dawna Marie (Raymer)   ( wife of the late Rev. C. Edwin (Ed) Prosser, EMCC Ordained Minister)
    March 6, 2021

    Passed away peacefully into the presence of her Saviour on Saturday, March 6, 2021. Dawna will be lovingly remembered by her children and grandchildren; Dale and his children Kandice & Andrew, Cindy & Steve Coombs and...
  • Feb10Wed

    ARMSTRONG, Gregory James

    February 10, 2021

    Armstrong, Gregory James  (former EMCC Certified Minister)
    September 3, 1962 – February 4, 2021


    Peacefully at home surrounded by his family, Gregory at the age of 58 passed from this world into eternity on Thursday, February 4, 2021, after a two-and-a-half-year courageous battle with cancer. Greg of Minesing, much-loved husband of...

  • Feb9Tue

    BARKER, Irene

    February 9, 2021
    BARKER, Irene  (wife of EMCC Ordained Minister, Rev. David Barker)
    October 21, 1939 – January 30, 2021

    On Saturday, January 30th, at 3:40 am, while at home, our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend, Irene Barker passed peacefully into the arms of her Saviour Jesus whom she loved so dearly. 
    Irene was...
  • Jan15Fri

    LAI, Man-Yu-Mai

    January 15, 2021

    LAI, Man-Yu-Mai
    October 11, 1932 – December 31, 2020


    Passing into God's bosom peacefully at his home at the age of 88, Man Yu-Mai was the beloved father to Rev. Alex Lai, Senior Pastor of Triumph Chinese Evangelical Missionary Church in Toronto since 2000. He was the beloved husband to Schumann (nee Lai) for 62 years, and also loving dad...

  • Jan6Wed

    STANLEY, James (Jim) Campbell

    January 6, 2021

    STANLEY, James (Jim) Campbell
    July 8, 1931 – January 2, 2021


    Passed away peacefully at Cambridge Memorial Hospital at the age of 89. Jim was the beloved husband to Louise (nee Hardy) for 66 years, before she departed this world for a better one in 2013. Dad to Paul, Jimmy, David, John, Daniel and Joseph (deceased May 2020). 

    Jim...

  • Dec11Fri

    CHIRIAC, Aurel 'Lelu'

    December 11, 2020

    CHIRIAC, Aurel (Lelu)
    December 8, 2020 

    Aurel (Lelu) Chiriac went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 8, 2020, at 67 years old. He was the beloved husband of Eugenia Chiriac, the loving father of Larisa Livia Toma and Ramona Prem, a wonderful grandfather to Stefan Robert Prem, Clarisa Naomi Toma, Hanah Damaris Prem, David Maximus Prem,...

  • Dec11Fri

    SWALM, Eunice O.

    December 11, 2020

    SWALM, Eunice O. 
    September 3, 1926 – December 3, 2020

     

    Eunice was a quietly courageous woman. Born in Ohio, the 3 rd  of 8 children she faced the hardships of the Great Depression and World War II. Her father was a rambling soul that found it difficult to settle, never living more than a couple of years in any given...