Permanent memorial caught by new Vernon, B.C. cemetery rules
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The regulations are impacting not just temporary tributes but also a permanent memorial at the city operated Pleasant Valley Cemetery.
More than 2,000 people have signed an online petition raising concerns about the new City of Vernon rules limiting what kind of tributes can be left at gravesites.
Now it seems the regulations are impacting not just temporary tributes but also permanent memorials at the city-operated Pleasant Valley Cemetery.
When Kevin Taylor died in 2017, his family decided a carpentry helmet would be a fitting tribute.
“His passion was building things and carpentry and the helmet was kind of his trademark at all the job sites he was at and all his friends knew him with the black helmet,” said Kevin’s mother Cory Taylor.
The family said it got the go-ahead for the helmet memorial after reaching out to the City of Vernon.
For years the helmet, which was permanently attached to a tribute holder, served as a comfort.
“It just made me feel more like I was coming to see my son. It just meant something to me. To me it was my monument,” Taylor said.
However, earlier this year the city started enforcing the new rules about what items can be left at grave sites — no non-floral offerings — and the family says the helmet was removed.
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