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== tuesday july 5 2022 ovc, fog 12°

This morning</b> I took a drive around Victoria BC to three different cemeteries to update my information regarding certain dates

carved into family gravestones.
Firstly, it was</b> St. Luke's to Alma (nee Irvine) Galzen's grave and placed some fresh flowers while a deer watched me.
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This morning</b> I took a drive around Victoria BC to three different cemeteries to update my information regarding certain dates

carved into family gravestones. Then it was stop at the Jewish cemetery to brush some debris off Uncle Louis' grave and rearrange some

stones in the six-points of the Star of David.
===Stanley H. Okell</b> (1888-1986) went  on to become Deputy Minister of Veteran's Affairs in Louis St. Laurent's government after

the Second World War. He held</b> this post until 1953 when he retired. Stan had an illustrious military career serving in both the First & Second World

Wars as a senior officer in the Canadian Army rising to the rank of Major in the latter campaign. Major, S.H. Okell</b> and wife, Annie, lived in a fine home at 24 Douglas Street in Victoria. In the 1970's, this home was converted

to a multiple dwelling containing many living units. When one considers</b> Stan & Annie lived there childless for many years, one can appreciate what a grand home this was. It still

stands today as part of a larger retirement rest-home complex, and the granite stone stairway and granite front porch are still intact. The

house has a southern exposure and is only yards from the sea.
*see also
In Loving Memory of
JAMES P. MILLIGAN    1860 - 1939
 (James & Caroline parents of Carrie and Annie)

CAROLINE MILLIGAN 1858 - 1935
(Caroline & James parents of Carrie and Annie)

CARRIE IRVINE            1887 - 1935
(my grandmother died before my birth)

MAXINE KISSINGER    1916 - 1949
(my aunt — my father's sister, nee IRVINE)

ANNIE M. OKELL         1891 - 1956
 (my grandmother, Carrie's sister)

STANLEY H. OKELL     1888 - 1986
 (my grandmother's brother-in-law)

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