Royal Canadian Medical Service Association

Royal Canadian Medical Service Association website.

 

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Welcome to the Royal Canadian Medical Service Association (RCMSA) Website

 

The RCMSA is a federally incorporated not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting and supporting Canadaโ€™s military medical services and members โ€“ past, present and future.

Although all information on this website is unclassified, some details concerning current Canadian Forces operations, procedures, and equipment capabilities will not be illustrated.

 

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CFHS Appointments 2026

The RCMSA is pleased to share highlights from CANFORGEN 054/26, announcing key Canadian Forces Health Services appointments for the Active Posting Season 2026. Congratulations to all members assuming new appointments ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ซ / ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐...
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Ottawa Cohort Brunch

R๐‚๐Œ๐’๐€ ๐Ž๐ญ๐ญ๐š๐ฐ๐š ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก โ€“ ๐’๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž You are invited to join fellow members of the Royal Canadian Medical Service Association for a casual brunch gathering in Ottawa. Date/Time: Thursday 16 April 2026 10:00 AM Location: Pur & Simple 970...
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AGM 2026 AGA

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Canadian Nurses in Military Service 1895 – Present

A tribute to the thousands of Canadian nurses who have carried out official duties with the military during the Northwest Rebellion, the South African War, the First and Second World Wars, the Korean War, the Afghanistan Conflict, and numerous...
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Renew / Renouveler

๐‘๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ https://www.royalcdnmedicalsvc.ca/membership-renewal/ ๐‘๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ณ ๐๐žฬ€๐ฌ ๐š๐ฎ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐โ€™๐ก๐ฎ๐ข ๐ž๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ณ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐žฬ๐ฌ...
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The RCMSA is proud to announce the three recipients of the 2025 Educational Bursary. These outstanding individuals demonstrated exceptional academic commitment, community involvement, and dedication to their personal and professional growth: ๐‹๐ž๐ง๐š...
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๐‘๐‚๐Œ๐’๐€ ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ โ€“ ๐–๐ข๐ง $๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ! / ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐…๐žฬ‚๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž ๐ฅโ€™๐€๐’๐’๐‘๐‚ โ€“ ๐†๐š๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ณ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ $! The RCMSA invites members and their families to participate in our 2025 Holiday Card Contest! โ€ข Create your own holiday card design โ€” authentic, original, and heartfelt. โ€ข A $100 prize will be awarded to the selected card! โ€ข Deadline: November 21, 2025 โ€ข Send to: communications@rcmsa.ca Please include: โ€ข The name of the RCMSA member (serving or retired) โ€ข Your relationship to the member (self, spouse, child, etc.) โ€ข A few words about what inspired your design The winning card will be featured in the 2025 RCMSA Holiday message! We are aware that Remembrance Day is approaching. This initiative is being shared early to allow time for families to participate while we continue to honour and remember those who served. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐…๐žฬ‚๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž ๐ฅโ€™๐€๐’๐’๐‘๐‚ โ€“ ๐†๐š๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ณ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ $! / ๐‘๐‚๐Œ๐’๐€ ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ โ€“ ๐–๐ข๐ง $๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ! Lโ€™ASSRC invite ses membres et leurs familles ร  participer ร  son concours de cartes des Fรชtes 2025! โ€ข Crรฉez votre propre carte des Fรชtes โ€” authentique, originale et sincรจre. โ€ข Un prix de 100 $ sera remis pour la carte sรฉlectionnรฉDate limite : 21 novembre 2025 โ€ข Envoyez ร  : communications@rcmsa.ca Veuillez inclure : โ€ข Le nom du membre de lโ€™ASSRC (en service ou retraitรฉ) โ€ข Votre lien avec ce membre (vous-mรชme, conjoint, enfant, etc.) โ€ข Quelques mots sur ce qui a inspirรฉ votre crรฉation La carte gagnante sera prรฉsentรฉe dans le message des Fรชtes 2025 de lโ€™ASSRC! Nous sommes conscients que le jour du Souvenir approche. Cette initiative est partagรฉe dรจs maintenant afin de donner le temps aux familles de participer, tout en continuant ร  honorer la mรฉmoire de celles et ceux qui ont servi.

๐‘๐‚๐Œ๐’๐€ ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ โ€“ ๐–๐ข๐ง $๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ! / ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐…๐žฬ‚๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž ๐ฅโ€™๐€๐’๐’๐‘๐‚ โ€“ ๐†๐š๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ณ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ $! The RCMSA invites members and their families to participate in our 2025 Holiday Card Contest! Create your own holiday card design โ€” authentic,...
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Order of Canada

The RCMSA Board of Directors extends its most heartfelt congratulations to two distinguished members of the RCMS family who have been appointed to the Order of Canadaย for their outstanding contributions LCol (Ret) Vivian McAlister, O.C. Awarded on:...
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Canadian Armed Forces announces the creation of the Paramedic and Combat Medic Occupations

In 2020, Med Tech and Med A entered an occupational analysis to address various employment structure problems. These included inefficient training, misalignment between paramedic competencies and job requirements, total force misalignment, and an...
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Royal Canadian Medical Service Association

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๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฆ โ€“ ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง (๐‘๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐) ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐†๐ข๐›๐ฌ๐จ๐ง, ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ซIt is with sadness that we acknowledge the passing of Captain (Retired) June Gibson, Nursing Officer, who passed away peacefully on 7 December 2025 at the remarkable age of 104, surrounded by the comfort of her family.Captain Gibson devoted her career to caring for others through her service as a military nursing officer. Her dedication, compassion, and commitment to those she served reflect the proud legacy of Canada's military nurses.The RCMSA extends its sincere condolences to her family, friends, former colleagues, and all those whose lives she touched.May she rest in peace.๐ŸŒน Lest We Forget---------------------------------------------------------------------๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ ๐€ฬ€ ๐ฅ๐š ๐ฆ๐žฬ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ž ๐ฅ๐š ๐œ๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž (๐šฬ€ ๐ฅ๐š ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ž) ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐†๐ข๐›๐ฌ๐จ๐ง, ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐žฬ€๐ซ๐ž ๐ž๐ง ๐ฌ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ฌC'est avec tristesse que nous soulignons le dรฉcรจs de la capitaine (ร  la retraite) June Gibson, officiรจre en soins infirmiers, survenu paisiblement le 7 dรฉcembre 2025, entourรฉe de sa famille, ร  l'รขge remarquable de 104 ans.La capitaine Gibson a consacrรฉ sa carriรจre ร  prendre soin des autres par son service au sein des services infirmiers militaires. Son dรฉvouement, sa compassion et son engagement envers les personnes qu'elle a servies tรฉmoignent du remarquable hรฉritage des infirmiรจres militaires canadiennes.L'ASSRC offre ses plus sincรจres condolรฉances ร  sa famille, ร  ses amis, ร  ses anciens collรจgues et ร  toutes les personnes qui ont eu le privilรจge de la connaรฎtre.Qu'elle repose en paix.๐ŸŒน N'oublions jamais ... See MoreSee Less

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Royal Canadian Medical Service Association

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๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฆ โ€“ ๐‰๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐„๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ฌ๐จ๐ง โ€œ๐„๐ซ๐ข๐œโ€ ๐”๐ซ๐ช๐ฎ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ญIt is with sadness that we acknowledge the passing of John Erickson โ€œEricโ€ Urquhart on 4 June 2026 at the age of 76.Eric served for 25 years in the Royal Canadian Air Force as a dedicated medic, with postings across Canada and in Germany. Following his retirement from military service in 1993, he continued to care for others, serving as a devoted caregiver to his mother for more than a decade. His medical knowledge and compassion made a lasting difference in the lives of those around him.Remembered for his kindness, sense of humour, love of music, and ability to connect with people from all walks of life, Eric leaves behind a legacy of service both in and out of uniform.The RCMSA extends its sincere condolences to Vera, Cynthia, Peter, Joy, and all of Ericโ€™s family, friends, former colleagues, and loved ones.May he rest in peace.๐ŸŒน Lest We Forget------------------------------------------------------------------------๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ ๐€ฬ€ ๐ฅ๐š ๐ฆ๐žฬ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ž ๐‰๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐„๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ยซ ๐„๐ซ๐ข๐œ ยป ๐”๐ซ๐ช๐ฎ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ญCโ€™est avec tristesse que nous soulignons le dรฉcรจs de John Erickson ยซ Eric ยป Urquhart, survenu le 4 juin 2026 ร  lโ€™รขge de 76 ans.Eric a servi pendant 25 ans au sein de lโ€™Aviation royale canadienne ร  titre de medic, avec des affectations partout au Canada ainsi quโ€™en Allemagne. Aprรจs sa retraite des Forces armรฉes en 1993, il a poursuivi son engagement envers les autres en prenant soin de sa mรจre pendant plus dโ€™une dรฉcennie. Ses connaissances mรฉdicales et sa compassion envers ceux qui lโ€™entouraient ont marquรฉ de nombreuses vies.Reconnu pour sa gentillesse, son sens de lโ€™humour, son amour de la musique et sa facilitรฉ ร  crรฉer des liens avec les gens, Eric laisse derriรจre lui un hรฉritage de service qui se poursuit bien au-delร  de sa carriรจre militaire.Lโ€™ASSRC offre ses plus sincรจres condolรฉances ร  Vera, Cynthia, Peter, Joy, ainsi quโ€™ร  sa famille, ses amis, ses anciens collรจgues et tous ceux qui ont eu le privilรจge de le connaรฎtre.Quโ€™il repose en paix.๐ŸŒน Nโ€™oublions jamais ... See MoreSee Less

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๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฆ โ€“ ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐žฬ๐ž ๐•๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ž, ๐Œ๐Œ๐Œ, ๐‚๐ƒIt is with great sadness that we share the passing of Warrant Officer Josรฉe Villeneuve, MMM, CD, on 2 June 2026 at the age of 55, following a courageous battle with cancer.Throughout her service, Josรฉe was known for her compassion, professionalism, humility, and dedication to others. Colleagues remember her as a caring leader, trusted mentor, and friend who was always willing to help those around her.Beyond her military career, she was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, and friend whose kindness and generosity touched countless lives.The RCMSA extends its sincere condolences to her husband Patrick, her children Meghan and Ann-Sofy, her grandson Jace, her family, friends, and all those who had the privilege of serving alongside her.May she rest in peace, and may her memory continue to inspire those whose lives she touched.๐ŸŒน Lest We Forget๐Ÿ“– Obituary and service information available in the comments.------------------------------------------------------------------------๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ ๐€ฬ€ ๐ฅ๐š ๐ฆ๐žฬ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ž ๐ฅโ€™๐š๐๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ž ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐žฬ๐ž ๐•๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ž, ๐Œ๐Œ๐Œ, ๐‚๐ƒCโ€™est avec une grande tristesse que nous partageons le dรฉcรจs de lโ€™adjudante Josรฉe Villeneuve, MMM, CD, survenu le 2 juin 2026 ร  lโ€™รขge de 55 ans, ร  la suite dโ€™un courageux combat contre le cancer.Tout au long de sa carriรจre, Josรฉe sโ€™est distinguรฉe par sa compassion, son professionnalisme, son humilitรฉ et son dรฉvouement envers les autres. Ses collรจgues se souviennent dโ€™elle comme dโ€™une leader attentionnรฉe, dโ€™une mentore de confiance et dโ€™une amie toujours prรชte ร  aider.Au-delร  de son service militaire, elle รฉtait une รฉpouse, une mรจre, une grand-mรจre, une fille, une sล“ur et une amie profondรฉment aimรฉe, dont la gentillesse et la gรฉnรฉrositรฉ ont marquรฉ de nombreuses vies.Lโ€™ASSRC offre ses plus sincรจres condolรฉances ร  son รฉpoux Patrick, ร  ses enfants Meghan et Ann-Sofy, ร  son petit-fils Jace, ainsi quโ€™ร  sa famille, ses amis et tous ceux qui ont eu le privilรจge de servir ร  ses cรดtรฉs.Quโ€™elle repose en paix et que son souvenir continue dโ€™inspirer tous ceux et celles quโ€™elle a touchรฉs.๐ŸŒน Nโ€™oublions jamais๐Ÿ“– Les renseignements concernant les funรฉrailles et lโ€™avis de dรฉcรจs sont disponibles dans les commentaires. ... See MoreSee Less

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Royal Canadian Medical Service Association
๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐š๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‹๐ข๐ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ง๐ญ (๐‘๐ž๐ญ'๐) ๐ˆ๐๐š ๐‚๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐ง ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ• ๐ข๐ง ๐Ž๐ญ๐ญ๐š๐ฐ๐š ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ“, ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ”๐ญ๐ก ๐›๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐š๐ฒ.Ida joined the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps in 1941 and proudly served during the Second World War in England and Italy, providing compassionate care to those serving their country. Her dedication, courage, and unwavering sense of duty reflected the finest traditions of the Nursing Sisters and the Canadian Armed Forces.A longtime member of the Nursing Sisters Association of Canada, Ida remained a respected and cherished member of the military nursing community throughout her life. She was a living link to a remarkable generation whose service and sacrifice helped shape our nation. Her legacy will continue to inspire all who knew her and those who follow in her footsteps.We extend our heartfelt condolences to her family, friends, fellow Nursing Sisters, Nursing Officers, and all those whose lives she touched.May she rest in peace, and may her memory remain a source of comfort, pride, and inspiration for generations to come.๐ŸŒน Lest We ForgetObituary: www.tubmanfuneralhomes.com/obituaries/ida-crocker------------------------------------------------------------------------๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ ๐‚โ€™๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐œ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ง๐๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ง๐œฬง๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐žฬ๐œ๐žฬ€๐ฌ ๐๐ž ๐ฅ๐š ๐ฌล“๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐žฬ€๐ซ๐ž, ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ž (๐šฬ€ ๐ฅ๐š ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ž) ๐ˆ๐๐š ๐‚๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ซ, ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ• ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ข๐ง ๐šฬ€ ๐Ž๐ญ๐ญ๐š๐ฐ๐š ๐šฬ€ ๐ฅโ€™๐šฬ‚๐ ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ“ ๐š๐ง๐ฌ, ๐šฬ€ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ”๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ž.Ida sโ€™est jointe au Corps mรฉdical royal canadien en 1941 et a servi avec fiertรฉ durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale en Angleterre et en Italie, prodiguant des soins empreints de compassion ร  celles et ceux qui servaient leur pays. Son dรฉvouement, son courage et son sens du devoir reflรฉtaient les plus nobles traditions des Sล“urs infirmiรจres et des Forces armรฉes canadiennes.Membre de longue date de lโ€™Association des Sล“urs infirmiรจres du Canada, Ida est demeurรฉe tout au long de sa vie une figure respectรฉe et apprรฉciรฉe de la communautรฉ des soins infirmiers militaires. Elle reprรฉsentait un lien vivant avec une gรฉnรฉration remarquable dont le service et les sacrifices ont contribuรฉ ร  faรงonner notre nation. Son hรฉritage continuera dโ€™inspirer tous ceux et celles qui lโ€™ont connue ainsi que les gรฉnรฉrations qui suivront ses traces.Nous offrons nos plus sincรจres condolรฉances ร  sa famille, ร  ses amis, aux Sล“urs infirmiรจres, aux officiers des services infirmiers et ร  toutes les personnes dont elle a marquรฉ la vie.Quโ€™elle repose en paix et que son souvenir demeure une source de rรฉconfort, de fiertรฉ et dโ€™inspiration pour les gรฉnรฉrations ร  venir.๐ŸŒน Nโ€™oublions jamaisAvis de dรฉcรจs : www.tubmanfuneralhomes.com/obituaries/ida-crocker ... See MoreSee Less

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