In memoriam May-August 2026

Members of the Bahá’í community of Canada who the National Spiritual Assembly has been advised have passed away.

May

Mr. Abdolbaghi Abdolmaleki, Toronto, Ont. [delayed notice]

Ms. Nancy Mae Brown, Adjala-Tosorontio, Ont.

Mr. Morteza Gorgani, Richmond Hill, Ont.

Mrs. Lois Townsend, Qualicum Beach, B.C.

Mr. Kianosh Talarizadeh, Vancouver, B.C.

Ms. Catherine Corinne Norine Cheverie Foster, Vancouver, B.C.

Mr. Raymond Frank, Kenora, Ont.

Mr. David V Wiggins, Puslinch, Ont.

Mr. Jean-Marie Mangovo-Denga, Calgary, Atla.

Mr. Farhad Goldan, Port Moody, B.C.

Mr. Saadatollah Kianfar, Edmonton, Alta.

Mr. Yadollah Mahjour Najafabadi, Toronto, Ont.

Mr. Robert P Andrighetti, London, Ont.

Ms. Janet MacDonald, Charlottetown, P.E.I. [delayed notice]

Mr. Firouz Aghdasi Asli, Charlottetown, P.E.I.

Mr. Yves Charbonneau, Charlottetown, P.E.I. [delayed notice]

Mr. John Saberi, North Cowichan, B.C.

Ms. Ute Vellguth, White Rock, B.C.

Mrs. Mary E Harding, Orangeville, Ont.

June

Ms. Willa Dair, Stellarton, N.S

Mrs. Parvaneh Ranjbar, Richmond Hill, Ont.

Ms. Anneke C Shah, Guelph, Ont.

Mrs. Semire Vekiloglu, Richmond Hill, Ont.

Mrs. Zhanila Fahandezh Saadi, West Kelowna, B.C.

Mrs. Patricia L Patstone-Peters, Vanderhoof, B.C.

Mr. Said Akhavan, Markham, Ont. [delayed notice]

Ms. Mary Mona Listamyer, Thunder Bay, Ont.

Mrs. Vibha Singh, Toronto, Ont.

Mrs. Renee Daras, Chatham-Kent, Ont.

Mr. Abdu’l-Hussein Ostovar, Guelph, Ont.

Mrs. Fathemeh S Rahpayma-Arasi, Coquitlam, B.C.

July

Mr. Edwin W Peters, Saskatoon, Sask. [delayed notice]

Mr. Bernard J Debassige, Yellowknife, N.W.T.

Mrs. Golrokh Hodaie, Toronto, Ont.

Mr. Richard B Chenier, Collingwood, Ont.

Mrs. Maureen Barnes-Adolph, Mississippi Mills, Ont.

Ms. Anisa Mottahed, Vancouver, B.C.

Mrs. Mary-Lou Sutton-Fennell, Ottawa, Ont. 

Mrs. Roshan Seyedi Ahromi, Fredericton, N.B.

Mrs. Zahra Ghaderi, Ottawa, Ont. 

Mrs. Roohieh Dehghan, St. Catharines, Ont.

Mrs. Zeina Tahan, Ottawa, Ont.

Mr. Jan-Erik Nyhuus, Gatineau, Que.

Ms. Parvina Shodieva, Waterloo, Ont.

Mr. Richard W Anaquod, Regina, Sask. [delayed notice]

Mr. Rajab Ali Abaei, Kitchener, Ont.

Ms. Pouran Sadeghi Jahromi, Richmond Hill, Ont.

August

Mr. John F Raynor, Perkinsfield, Ont.

Mr. Danko Yousefi Arabi, Richmond Hill, Ont.

Mr. Saeed Ghatan, Richmond Hill, Ont.

Mr. David Howes, Rawdon, Que.

Ms. Mahin Hemmati, Richmond Hill, Ont.

Mr. Gary Earl Arnold, Port Alberni, B.C.

Mr. Abbas Naghipour, Red Deer, Alta.

Ms. Roxanne L Lalonde, Edmonton, Alta.

Mr. J David Elliott, Brantford, Ont.