Doctor Covert is survived by his second wife Jean and her daughter Barbara, his son Lawrence (Monique) and his daughter Cindy (Robin); seven grandchildren: Orrin (Kaio), Dallas (Andrea), Tyrell (Ceara), Nakyta (James), Natasha, Makayla (Spencer), and Porscha (Mike). His family, while spread across Canada, has grown to include 13 great-grandchildren who are all under the age of nine years old. While these are the blood relations he left behind, there are dozens of people and families who called him a father, a grandfather and a friend. He was predeceased by his first wife, Audrey in 2016.

Doctor Covert, born on June 21st 1938 in Ottawa, graduated Queens University in Kingston, Ontario in the year 1964 and moved immediately to the Northwest Territories, where he began serving the Lord as a doctor and leader in his church community. The legacy he leaves behind includes bringing hundreds of babies into this world, flying into remote communities to serve both the Lord and the medical field in any capacity he was able. He raised a large family and left behind a church family at Parallel Lethbridge that, while not blood, are as true a family as any man could ask for.

Doctor Covert was a man who touched the lives of many thousands of people. He served his communities of Hay River, NWT, and Coledale/Lethbridge area as a doctor for over 50 years. In the many years he served his community, he donated his time, his energy, and his love to anyone he came in contact with, serving in Streets Alive with Foot Friday, The Gideons, and Parallel Lethbridge. He was lovingly known in Parallel as “Doc”, where he served for many years as a door greeter and voice of wisdom.

His hobbies included genealogy research, bird watching, and stamp collecting, where he served in BNAPS from 1972 in various capacities as Secretary of the Society, and Member of the Board of Governors. He also eventually served as Chairman, and President of the organization for a time. He is also known internationally for publishing and editing various catalogs and collectors documents relating back to his joy of postal stationery (stamp collecting).

The innumerable ripples of Doctor Covert’s life and the effect he had on the people around him are not fully known, yet what is known is that he has touched so many lives in such a positive way that his passing has left a hole in the hearts of many. His lasting wish, his final goal was to see the Lord Jesus Christ praised and the Gospel spread to anyone with ears to hear.

A Celebration of Life will be held at PARALLEL CHURCH, 1 mile east of Lethbridge on Hwy 3, on Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 2:00 P.M. with Pastor Kelly Stickel and Pastor Ralph Molyneux officiating. The Celebration of Life will be live-streamed and may be viewed through Earle’s obituary on the Cornerstone website.