Ritual Committee Report: Update 2010/2011
Cemetery and Burial
What to Do When a Loved One Dies:
Immediately following the death of a loved one, all calls should be directed to the Okanagan Cemetery Society.
The Cemetery Chair for the OJCC is Anatoly Golokhov (250-768-8480). Please leave a message and your call will be returned in a timely manner. The alternative number for urgency would be the OJCC office at 250-862-2305.
The Cemetery Chair will contact on your behalf, the cemetery and funeral home, and will arrange for a meeting between the executor of the deceased and the cemetery and funeral services to arrange for burial within the Okanagan Jewish Community Cemetery. During completion of the necessary paperwork, the Cemetery Chair will contact the volunteer Chevra Kadisha representative and liaison with the funeral home. The Chevra Kadisha Committee representative will serve to facilitate and carry out the proper religious practices of body preparation before burial.
The OJCC Cemetery is located at Lakeview Memorial Gardens
2850 Dry Valley Rd., Kelowna, BC
(off of Hwy 97N just north of the Kelowna International Airport)
Cemetery Plot Purchase Criteria
The purchaser of a cemetery plot must meet the following criteria:
1. The purchaser must be Jewish.
2. The purchaser must be a member of the OJCC.
3. The purchaser must be an existing member of the OJCC in good standing for the previous 3 years,
or if the purchaser is a new member, then they must committ to become a member of the OJCC for at least 3 years.
4. The purchaser must have paid the OJCC Building Fund.
Please note, that if a cemetery plot arrangement has not been pre-arranged by either the deceased or the family of the deceased, and the family wishes to have a Jewish burial, or the deceased requested one in a will, then the OJCC will fulfill the wishes of the deceased and/or the family. Providing that cemetery plots are available, all costs are to be assumed by the family or the estate of the deceased.