Memorial Hand Prints - Oliver, British Columbia
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The Thorp memorial hand prints are in Oliver Cemetery located at 1068 Rockcliffe Road. You will need to access the cemetery from Fairview Road.
Waymark Code: WM1365F
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 09/25/2020
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The Thorp memorial hand prints are along one side with approximately 14 hand prints each with a letter and at the far end is the date Aug. 1, 2011. Above Ester L. Thorp grave marker are 6 additional hand prints. There are three members of the Thorp family at this location: Gordon Thorp (1942 - 2013), Jack H. Thorp (1915 - 2008) and Ester L. Thorp (1917 - 1998) A Real Pioneer Woman Who Lived To Give.
The Oliver Cemetery is located within the Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District. The cemetery was established in the late 1800s as the first known burial was Millie Porter in 1870.
In 1998, a new memorial garden with a gazebo was added to provide families an area to gather and give comfort and support at this greatest time of need.
There is a new Scattering Garden that has six large pedestals with plaques that name the individuals that family members have scattered their ashes. There are over 300 individual plaque inscribed with the individual's name. The pedestals were sponsored by the Oliver Elks Lodge 267 and the Kiwanis.
Though Find a Grave only lists 703 interments, after reviewing the book that lists all the burials I estimate there to be over 3,500.
