Dr Harry Senges, 1940–2024

Issue: BCMJ, vol. 66, No. 10, December 2024, Obituaries
By: Senges Family

Dr Harry Senges

Dr Harry Senges of Vancouver, BC, passed away peacefully at Burnaby Hospital on 9 July 2024. This was the hospital where he had spent his 32-year career as a pathologist and director of laboratories.

Harry was born in a small German village in Ukraine on 22 December 1940, to Meta and Jonathan Senges. As World War II progressed, the family made the harrowing journey back to Germany and then to Canada, arriving in Vancouver in May 1951.

After graduating from high school, Harry earned a bachelor of arts degree in English and history at the University of British Columbia in 1963, and then an MD degree from UBC in 1967. After a year-long internship in California, Harry returned to Vancouver General Hospital to complete a fellowship in pathology in 1972. In January 1973, he began his 32-year career at Burnaby Hospital, retiring in 2024. Those were years of quality laboratory services, hospital expansion, and wonderful colleagues and staff.

Harry was a man of deep faith. He loved people; he was a man of kindness, integrity, generosity, and compassion. His family remembers his interest in world affairs, history, travel, gardening, church activities, and music. Harry struggled with polycythemia for 20 years and was very grateful for all the medical care he received.

He will be missed by his wife, Heather; two daughters, Christine and Kathy (Dr Daniel Holmes); 11 dearly loved grandchildren and partners; and many extended family and friends.
—Senges Family

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