Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Burnaby) Explained
Forest Lawn Memorial Park is a cemetery in Burnaby, British Columbia in Canada. The burial park was founded in 1936 and the funeral home was established in 1965. The cemetery contains the war graves of 37 Commonwealth service personnel of World War II.[1]
Notable interments
- William Aberhart, Premier of Alberta from 1935 to 1943
- Doug Grimston, president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association[2]
- Frederick Hume, politician
- Roy Jokanovich, CFL player[3]
- Amby Moran, hockey player
- Michael James O'Rourke, Irish-born Canadian Victoria Cross recipient.[4]
- Claude C. Robinson, ice hockey executive and inductee of the Hockey Hall of Fame[5]
- Lydia Shum, Hong Kong actress who died in 2008.[6] Shum's parents are also buried close to her grave site.
- Ronald Tabak, rock singer
- Charles William Train, British Victoria Cross recipient
External links
Notes and References
- http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2090660/BURNABY%20(FOREST%20LAWN)%20MEMORIAL%20PARK
- Web site: Douglas George Grimston. New Westminster Archives. Museums and Heritage Services. New Westminster, British Columbia. December 1, 2020.
- News: Roy (Radomir) Jokanovich . Legacy.com . 6 August 2007 . 9 November 2022 . en.
- Web site: Graves of VC Recipients Located in Canada. Knight's Canadian Info Collection. 2009-06-22.
- News: Deaths: Claude C. Robinson. July 7, 1976. Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. 43.
- News: Yvonne . Zacharias . Entertainer Lydia Shum laid to rest in Metro Vancouver . The Vancouver Sun . 2008-02-27 . 2008-03-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080302011349/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=633a6b01-663d-4345-8e51-79f279745e97&k=41037 . 2008-03-02 .
