Died peacefully on October 17, 2015 in the George Derby Centre, Burnaby at the age of 89 years. Predeceased by his life partner of many years, Isabella MacLeish, parents Arno and Martha, and brothers, Hellmut and Klaus-Dieter. Egon is survived by his daughter Beatrix Schirner and her husband, James Strachan, sisters Marianne Wilde and Erika Burmeister, and brothers, Rolf (Erika), Karl-Heinz Otto (Isolde), and sister-in-law, Gerda, as well as many nieces and nephews and their respective children and grandchildren.