Mike J. Sookochoff - Pass Creek, British Columbia
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N 49° 22.975 W 117° 40.816
11U E 450626 N 5470246
To access the cemetery from Castlegar, turn off Hwy. 3A onto Robson Access Road and continue north for 3 km. Turn right on Pass Creek Road and continue for 8 km. Then turn left on Sookeroff Road and continue for 700 metres. The cemetery is on left.
Waymark Code: WMHDDF
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 06/26/2013
Views: 2
Pass Creek Doukhobor Cemetery is very traditional in its practices and some of the remaining headstones are in Russian. There are several hand crafted headstones. At this cemetery is a plaque commemorating the Centennial of the Doukhobor Migration to Canada.
Mike J. Sookochoff grave marker is hand crafted using an assortment of colored mosaic tiles. Some of the green, white and turquoise tiles surround the round marker.
There is an inscription which reads:
Always a Husband
Always a Father
Always a Grandfather
Always a Friend
Mike J. Sookochoff
August 27, 1917 - October 23, 2003
The center is a very traditional Doukhobor symbol of the white dove.
The marker is in very fair condition as it has a crack in the inscription plaque. The Mike J. Sookochoff gravestone is located in the third row on the left when facing North. Or the second grave marker from the East.
Pass Creek Cemetery was established in 1909 by the Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood to serve the Lugovoye settlement area. For this reason, it was also known as Lugovoye Cemetery. After the demise of the CCUB in 1937-1939, the cemetery continued to be used by members of its successor organization, the Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ. It is still in active use today.
The cemetery is two acres in size and is partially enclosed by a wire fence on the east side. There are two main entrances. The cemetery contains approximately 252 interments in one section comprised of forty-one rows facing east-west. Approximately 100 of the graves have no marker, however, many of the mounds are still clearly visible. 53 of which are identified.
With respect to graves with markers, the markers are typically plain slate, marble or concrete upright headstones or flat markers set flush to the ground.
Date of Birth: August 27, 1917
Date of Death: October 23, 2003
Material: Not listed
Web Site: Not listed
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