LUCAS, Reverend Pamela Turnbull - It is with great sadness that the family of Reverend Lucas announce her peaceful passing on Monday, February 1, 2021 in Toronto, Canada from a brief illness (cancer).
Pamela was a devoted wife to Jane, much loved sister of Ian and Hazel, caring Auntie to Conor and Harry and a dear sister-in-law to Gavin and Nikki.
Pamela will now be reunited with her beloved parents Pat and Ian.
Pamela was a member of the CAV (Canadian Army Veterans Morotcyle Unit) with a handle of Piper (because she played the bagpipes) for a few years, and then joined the Motor Maids in 2014. She loved riding with this group of women and was hoping to be able to go to Convention this year.
Pamela worked as a Social Worker in the UK before training for ministry with the Theological Institute of the Scottish Episcopal Church in 1998. She was ordained deacon (2000) and priest (2001) in Durham Cathedral. When Pamela finished her curacy in the Diocese, she went to test her vocation with a religious community in London (2004-2006). After that, she worked for some years as a hospital chaplain in Basingstoke, and then emigrated to Canada (2009) where she has served as a full-time Hospital Chaplain and Psychotherapist at St. Michael's Hospital. Pamela served as a volunteer chaplain at Mount Sinai in 2009 as well as Rouge Valley, and has served as an Honorary Assistant at St. Monica, St. Peter, Carlton Street, St. Leonard, St. Cyprian, and most recently at St. Augustine of Canterbury Anglican churches in Toronto.Pamela felt a calling to be a Hospital Chaplain when she was still in school and followed that vocation throughout her life. As social worker, priest, nun and chaplain/psychotherapist, she has made a difference, for good, in the lives of countless people. Her warmth, compassion, hunger for social justice, along with her bright smile and infectious laugh will be remembered by everyone.
Pamela was cremated at a private service in Toronto, and when travel is once again permitted, will be brought home to Gateshead to be buried with her parents.
If you would like to honour Pamela's memory, please consider making a donation to the Heart and Stroke Foundation (https://www.heartandstroke.ca/) in Canada, The Royal Signals Benevolent Fund (https://royalsignals.org/royal-signals-charity) in the UK, or any other charity of your choice.
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