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Cst. Ivany was born in Grand Falls, Newfoundland. He loved sports, the outdoors, and spent much of his free time hunting, fishing and playing hockey. Cst. Ivany’s service was all in New Brunswick. On the night of his death, he was responding to a call of a shooting. He caught his outside wheels on the loose gravel of the shoulder causing the car to go out of control. Cst. Ivany was married to Elaine who had just lost a child a week before his death. Cst. Ivany is buried in the Anglican Cemetery at Grand Falls, NL. Constable Derek Thomas Ivany Constable Derek Thomas Ivany Inscription on grave marker Constable Derek Thomas Ivany
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Constable Thomas Ivany served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable Thomas Ivany.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Constable Derek Thomas Ivany is one of 260 officers lost under undetermined circumstances across the full record of this memorial — 0.8% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In ON, 236 of 334 officers were lost under undetermined circumstances — 70.7% of this state's fallen. That is 69.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0.8%.
At Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 236 of 333 officers on record were lost under undetermined circumstances — 70.9% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Undetermined compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Derek Thomas Ivany's cause is highlighted.
How Derek Thomas Ivany Compares
When Undetermined Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. Derek Thomas Ivany is highlighted in Jun.
Incident Location
Grand Falls, NB.
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