Nick K. Novokshonoff - Krestova, British Columbia
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N 49° 26.126 W 117° 35.314
11U E 457327 N 5476029
From Castlegar Hwy 3A, turn onto Hwy. 6 at Playmore Junction. Continue 2.3 km, turn left at Pass Creek Rd, cross bridge and turn right, follow Krestova Rd for 5 km., continue to junction at Gage Rd, go straight on Krestova Cemetery Road for 1.8 km.
Waymark Code: WMK1MP
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 01/30/2014
Views: 2
Nick K. Novokshonoff gravestone is made of cast cement and inlaid with blue tiles around the outer edges. There are two doves also on the headstone. There is an insert written in Russian. I was able to locate his name and have provided the English translation. There is also included an inscription which loosely translates to "Eternal Memory" or "Forever Remembered".
The marker reads as follows:
Forever Remembered
Nick K. Novokshonoff
May 19, 1900 - Feb. 3, 1998
Krestova Cemetery was established in 1922 by the Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood to serve the Krestova settlement. From 1932 onward, it was used mainly by Sons of Freedom living in Krestova.
The cemetery is approximately twenty acres in size and is unenclosed. There is dense scrub, brush and trees throughout some portions of the cemetery.
The cemetery contains approximately 600 interments in two sections (1922-1983, 1984-present) comprised of multiple rows facing east-west.
Many of the graves (250) have no marker, however, many of the mounds are still clearly visible.
This is a very typical Doukhobor Cemetery as with graves with markers. Most are typically plain slate, marble or concrete upright headstones or flat markers set flush to the ground.
There are several handcrafted grave markers. The cemetery for the most part is quite overgrown and finding some of the graves was impossible. There appears to be a back section that is not maintained as the weeds and bushes were waist high.
As with most Doukhobor Cemeteries, there is a centennial plaque commerating the Migration of the Doukhobors.
Date of Birth: May 19, 1900
Date of Death: February 3, 1998
Material: Concrete
Web Site: Not listed
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