George Brant (Father Harry), a retired Anglican priest who for the last several years made his home at Canterbury Foundation in Edmonton, has died at 103 years old.
Harry was born in 1921, in England. His parents who had met and married in Saskatoon, found England stifling, so they returned to the wide-open, blue skies of the Canadian prairies, where Harry grew up.
The family lived in many Saskatchewan small towns. One of five siblings, Harry studied music and learned French. As an accomplished pianist, he and his sister Alice would perform together at dances. She would sing; he would play. Alice adored her brother Harry, and he loved her. When it came time to move back to Canada, he moved to Canterbury Foundation because Alice, his sister, was also there. Alice died a year ago, at the age of 96.
Harry studied theology at Immanuel College in Saskatchewan, and, in 1944, he was ordained a deacon at All Saints’ Cathedral in Edmonton. The Dean at the time, A. M. Trendell, hand-wrote 2 Timothy 4:5 in his ordination Bible.
The memorial service for Harry Brant will be held at All Saints’ Cathedral on Saturday, November 2, 2024, at 10 am.
You can read about Fr. Harry’s ministry career, spanning the countries of Canada, the U.S., Mexico, El Salvador, Poland, China and Cuba, in the Summer 2021 Messenger.
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