BYER, THE REVEREND KEITH COLIN The Reverend Keith Colin Byer, who passed away on June 22, 2021, was Ordained to the Diaconate in the Diocese of Toronto in 1996 and to the Priesthood one year later.
Father Keith has been predeceased by his loving wife Lucille Odessa, and is the brother of Leonora Byer and Grace Tull. Uncle of Carl, Janice, Mark, Sandra, Alex and Dr. David Byer, Lynnette Dawson, Joy Lewis, Tracie and Kerina Tull and Nicola Mitchell. Great-uncle and cousin to many within the Ashby, Brereton, Byer, Hunte, Lewis, Maxwell, Marshall, Mitchell and Tull families in Barbados, the United Kingdom and Canada. Father Keith is step-dad of Orville Marshall and brother-in-law of Ethnie Rudder, Joyce Bynoe, Roy, Clyde, Clarence, and the Reverend Keith Marshall (deceased).
Visitation will be held at the Paul O’Connor Funeral Home (Lawrence Ave. E.) on Friday, July 9, 2021 from 4:00 – 7: 00 p.m. Father Keith’s funeral service will be held at the St. Dunstan of Canterbury Church on Saturday, July 10, 2021 and respecting the pandemic restrictions, it will be private. His body will be laid to rest in the St. Margaret in-the-Pines Anglican Cemetery in Scarborough, immediately following the service. May God’s eternal blessing rest upon him.