elevated Z1FgQ Visitation

elevated Z1FgQ Monday, January 17, 2022 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.

elevated Z1FgQ Due to Covid-19 capacity restrictions, friends may have to wait to pay their respects during the visitation period. We are inviting family and friends to a walk-through visitation only to pay their respects, offer condolences and then kindly exit the building to allow for others to enter.

elevated Z1FgQ Holy Cross Catholic Funeral Home
211 Langstaff Road East, Thornhill, ON, L3T 3Z6

elevated Z1FgQ  Private Funeral Mass
A Private Funeral Mass will be held in the Chapel of St. Joseph within the Funeral Home on Monday, January 17, 2022. If you wish to view the mass, please click on the Link below at 1:30 p.m.

elevated Z1FgQ Click here to view the mass. 

elevated Z1FgQ Private Cremation

elevated Z1FgQ It is with great sadness that the family of Carl Anthony Chen announce his passing. God called onto Carl on Tuesday, January 11, 2022 and he passed away peacefully surrounded by the love of his family. Beloved husband of Julieta B. Chen. Loving father of William. Cherished son of the late Albert & Etta Chen and brother of Michael, Colleen, Winston, Margaret, Phillip, Timothy (Leslie, Stanley, Merline, baby Collen – deceased).

elevated Z1FgQ Carl was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica. He lived with his 9 siblings on Cumberland Road. When the family moved to Kingston he attended and graduated from Kingston Technical High School where he made many life-long friends. While attending Kingston Tech, Carl developed a passion for woodworking which complimented the family business of hand carved mahogany furniture at Chen’s Furniture Industry on Constant Spring Road. While attending high school Carl spent many summers in Montego Bay with his cousins, Faith, Yvonne and Dudley Lue on Foster Avenue. 

elevated Z1FgQ He immigrated to Toronto with his younger brother Phillip in ’73 where they both attended college. Carl later moved to Windsor to attend and graduated from St Clair College to pursue his life-long passion of woodworking & furniture finishing. He later met and married Julieta Pascua and had a son, William.

elevated Z1FgQ He will be sadly missed and fondly remembered by his extended family and friends. May he rest in peace.

elevated Z1FgQ In lieu of flowers please consider donating to the Mackenzie Health Foundation https://www.mackenziehealth.ca/support-us/foundation or the Canadian Liver Foundation  https://www.liver.ca/