Raoul Marie William Emanuel Tielens

Alice Tielens in Meerssen, the Netherlands. Raoul studied medicine in Leiden and

Amsterdam before emigrating to Canada in 1953. He interned in Victoria and practiced

in remote communities in British Columbia before marrying his beloved Elisabeth in

Maastricht, the Netherlands, in 1957. The couple then returned to BC and Raoul set up

a family medical practice in Langley, BC in 1958 where he raised his family, served his

patients until his retirement from medicine at the age of 75, and lived until the final few

months of his life.

Raoul had a love of nature, being outside and being active. He will be remembered for

his beautiful gardens, ski vacations with his family, a wicked tennis forehand top spin,

and bridge games where a well-placed joke was more important than the card played.

Raoul will be sorely missed by his wife Elisabeth, his brother Arthur (Ingrid) in Germany,

his four children: Marguerite (Dan MacIntosh), Peter, Veronica, and Tom (Eun); his

grandchildren: Cameron (McKinley), Anne-Marie, Adrienne (Jathan Rademaker),

Alexzandria, Liam, Gabriel, and Paige; and his great-grandson, Cade.

A Mass will be offered for the Intention of Raoul Tielens at 7:00pm on October 23 at

St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, 20680 Fraser Highway, Langley, B.C.

A Memorial Service will be held on October 10, at 1:00pm at Henderson’s Langley Funeral Home, 20786

Langley, B.C. – due to COVID pandemic restrictions it will be by invitation only, however it will

be live-streamed at http://www.livememorialservices.com/Home/ServiceDetail/6714