Stuart William Appenheimer

The Reverend Stuart Appenheimer passed away from this life into Eternity with his Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ on Wednesday, October 14, 2026 in the Langley Memorial Hospital.

He is survived by his loving wife of 46 years Anne, adult children Melinda, Joanna (David Butler), Benjamin (Michelle Sparman), and Elizabeth (Daniel Scott-Perry), as well as his sister Marlene Haus, special cousin Don Penny, and five grandchildren, Frances and Willa Appenheimer, Barbara Butler, and Isaiah and Matthew Scott-Perry. He is also survived by several nieces and nephews. Stuart was predeceased by his parents Leon and Jean (Vance) Appenheimer, his brother Wayne Appenheimer, brother-in-law Lorne Haus, as well as numerous aunts and uncles.

Stuart was born in Regina, Saskatchewan on January 17, 1955. He was raised in Cupar, Saskatchewan where he took all his public education. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts from Luther College, University of Regina in 1976 and his Master of Divinity at Saint Andrew’s College, Saskatoon in 1979. He was ordained into the Ministry of Word and Sacrament of the United Church of Canada in 1979, and was settled on the Marsden- Neilburg pastoral charge where he stayed until 1988. He then served the Brighouse United Church congregation in Richmond B.C. from 1988 until 2021. He and Anne retired to Langley in April of 2022. He was diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer in early 2023, and had been receiving treatments right up until a few weeks before his passing.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society. If you wish to send cards or letters to Anne and the family, please send them to Unit 25, 20449 66 Avenue, Langley, BC, V2Y 3C1.