Carl John Olund - Salmo, British Columbia
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Salmo Cemetery is located on 7th Street. Take Old Cemetery Road off Hwy 3. It will switch back and become 7th Street. Continue about 1 km.
Waymark Code: WMH2N9
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 05/12/2013
Views: 2
Salmo Cemetery earliest interment was about 1900. As best as we could determine the cemetery is still active.
There are approximately 350 gravesites. In the section to the right as you enter has some of the oldest interments, evidenced by the style of the graves and headstones. Many have deteriorated over the decades and are now illegible. We did locate several homemade grave markers, and one centenarian.
Overall the cemetery is well cared for by the Village of Salmo. Large trees surround the cemetery on three sides. It is fenced and the large gate is locked, however there are smaller entrance gates that are unlocked and you can enter through one of those.
One of the handcrafted grave markers we visited was of Carl John Olund. This is a hand crafted wooden marker. The grave marker is one piece of flat board mounded on an exposed-aggregate headstone. The inscription was lettered freehand by use of a wood carving tool. The marker is considered crude and some of the upper portion is splintered away.
Carl John Olund was born in 1886 in Pitea Norrbottens Lan, Sweden. Carl passed away in Nelson on November 1, 1971 at the age 85.
No other family information listed.
Inscription:
CARL JOHN OLUND
Plot: West Row 4, Site 10, Div A
Date of Birth: 1886
Date of Death: November 1, 1971
Material: Wood
Web Site: Not listed
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