Parcourez la nécrologie de Douglas Warren Saturday August 3rd 2024 résidant dans la province Ontario pour le détail des funérailles.
Douglas Albert Warren, age 84, of Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica, and formerly of Prescott, Ontario, died August 3, 2024, in Limon, Costa Rica, after a short illness.
Doug was born in Ottawa, Ontario, May 10, 1940, to Lloyd and Carrie Warren. His family operated a long-time retail business in Ottawa. In Doug’s youth, he worked in every aspect of the family business, from scrubbing floors to window design.
After graduating from Glebe Collegiate Institute at age 16, Doug enrolled at Houghton College in the U.S., and graduated with his B.A. in English and Bible four years later. Following graduation, he toured the Far East, settling in Hong Kong, where he taught Middle School English and volunteered with the Free Methodist mission.
After further study, Doug returned to Ontario and was ordained and appointed Chaplain at Lorne Park College in Port Credit. There he inaugurated the program for Volunteers In Service Abroad (VISA), which is still the lay volunteer organization of the international Free Methodist Church.
During a ministerial hiatus, Doug exercised his musical gifts, playing piano professionally in several venues, including the grand Palliser Hotel in Calgary. During this time, he released two LP albums. In the early ’80s, Doug returned to Ottawa to help with the family business.
Later, Doug enrolled in Queen’s Theological College in Kingston, graduating in 2003 with his Master of Divinity degree at the age of 63. In 2004, he was received into United Church ministry and served as a pastor at Wall Street United Church in Brockville until 2011. While serving there he, along with a cousin living in Kenya, launched Our Kenyan Kids (OK Kids), a non-profit organization supporting children and youth affected by poverty, HIV & AIDS in Kenya. OK Kids celebrates its 20th anniversary in August.
Doug had many talents, but perhaps his most wonderful gift and joy in life was the ability to walk alongside people and listen, without judgement, as he shared their journey.
During his retirement, Doug travelled yearly to Costa Rica, and finally settled there in 2021.
Doug is survived by his brothers, Don (Barbara) and Russell (Diana), nephews and nieces, and a league of cousins. Although Doug had no children of his own, Danny and Bernadette, and Sammy and Ulli called him “Dad.”
A Celebration of Life service will be held Saturday August 24th at 2:30 at Wall Street United Church, Brockville. Visitation at the church will be from 12:30-2:00 PM
Private Interment at Blue Church Cemetery in Prescott Ontario at a later date.
Memorials or donations may be made to OK Kids: ourkenyankids.com
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Saturday August 3rd 2024
Décès pour la Ville:PRESCOTT, Province: Ontario
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