A beloved member of our diocese and recent receipient of the Anglican Award of Merit and the Bishop’s Award, Mrs Elizabeth Hutchinson (nee Fell) died on January 19, 2024 at the Centre d’hébergement Hubert-Maisonneuve in Rosemère.
The Anglican Award of Merit is the Anglican Church of Canada’s highest honour for lay people who have demonstrated exemplary service to the church at the national level. Elizabeth was “impressed and touched” to receive the award. “I feel definitely, really honoured by it.” The award was presented to her by Primate Linda Nichols on September 10, 2023 at Grace Church Arundel.
Elizabeth received the Bishop’s Award in recognition of her dedicated service to the Anglican Church spanning over four decades. She was nominated by the Rector’s Warden and People’s Warden of the Parish of Arundel and Weir, Grace Church Arundel, in the absence of a parish priest.
While Elizabeth was heavily involved in the national church and organizations, such as the ACW, National Council of Women, General Synod and Auberge Madeleine, to name a few – she remained devoted to her parish of Grace Church Arundel, serving as Rector’s Warden for 15 years and leading morning prayer on a regular basis.
The nomination letter for her Bishop’s award ended with “Elizabeth is an inspiration to us all of dedicated service to Christian values and community.”
At the time of this publishing, the date of her Funeral Service (to be held at the Grace Anglican Church in Arundel) had yet to be established.
