Nancy Meek Pocock

Nancy Meek Pocock died March 3, 1998 of complications following a heart attack at age 87.

Nancy would want to be remembered as a fighter for justice. It is certainly true that refugees coming to Canada have lost a great defender. But she will be remembered by the thousands she helped over the years for her compassion and her help to them, individually.

Co-ordinator of the Quaker Committee for Refugees, Nancy worked from the living room of her Toronto home. She was well known in ecumenical circles as an unswerving advocate for refugee rights and was widely respected, collaborating actively with the Inter-Church Committee for Refugees and the Canadian Council for Refugees.

She will be missed by us all.

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Stanley Charles Steer

Bishop Stanley C. Steer, 97, bishop of the Diocese of Sask-atoon from 1950 to 1970 and a former principal of Emman-uel College, Saskatoon, died Dec. 10 last year.

A native of Guildford, Surrey, England, Bishop Steer studied at the University of Saskatchewan, Emmanuel College, and Oxford University in England. He was a veteran of the First World War.

Bishop Steer was ordained in 1929 and was a missionary in Vanderhoof, in the Diocese of Cariboo. Diocesan bishop for Saskatoon, he served on numerous national boards and committees. He retired to Victoria in 1970.

He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Marjorie, and a sister in England.

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Herbert Lavallin (Jim) Puxley

Herbert Lavallin (Jim) Puxley was born at Goring-on-Thames, England, November 6, 1907, and died at home in Dartmouth, March 15, 1998, in his 91st year.

An alumnus of Eton College and Oxford University, he later studied at Yale, where he received his MA and wrote a book, A Critique of the Gold Standard.

After some years in India, teaching and serving in the Indian Army, he came to Canada in 1946, studied theology and was ordained in 1947.

At first a parish priest, he left this life for teaching and leadership roles across Canada.

He is survived by his wife, Mary, a daughter and two sons.