Double check plots

Editor: After reading the Bulletin's story about Isaac Goslin and his experience with the Schara Tzedeck cemetery, ("Unidentified body in plot," Bulletin cover story, Oct. 18) I had to write and let the community know that I, too, had to deal with similar issues.

I bought three plots at the cemetery a few years ago, all of them in a row. After my husband passed away, I accidentally discovered that the two plots next to his had been previously sold to another family. Fortunately, they were still living and they agreed to have their plots relocated. However, it took months for the cemetery board to resolve the problem. They ignored many of my calls and I felt very distraught throughout the whole process. I felt this was a shocking way to treat a widow.

It doesn't appear to me that the Schara Tzedeck cemetery board has taken steps to make sure that this doesn't happen to someone else. Therefore, I am writing this letter to the editor to inform and warn the community – anyone who has bought plots at the Schara Tzedeck should call the cemetery board to make sure that they have not been relocated without their knowledge. For whatever reasons, there have been errors made over the years and people should not wait until a time of grief to find out about them.

(Name withheld)
Vancouver