It's spring in St. Luke's Cemetery and a good to time to visit and see the flowers and blossoms at this time of year.

It's also time to provide an update about upcoming events. While I know that many of you on the e-mail list don't live in the Victoria area, please share this e-mail with family members who live in the area.

The Old Cemeteries Society will hold a tour of St. Luke's Churchyard on April 21st starting at 2 pm.

The tour will feature the stories of the amazing women who are resting in St. Luke's Cemetery. Hear the descendants of these women tell their stories. Thank you to those descendants and friends who have agreed to talk about their family members. All of your stories will make for a very interesting tour!

Fee is $2 for members of the Old Cemeteries Society, $5 for non-members.

We have picked dates in the spring and early summer for some cemetery cleanup mornings.

We will be holding our cemetery cleanups on the second Saturday of the month this year in May, June, and July. The dates will be May 11^th, June 8^th, and July 13^th. The cleanups are usually from 9:00 – 11:30 am. 

Please mark these dates on your calendars. Many hands make light work. If you are able to come, even to help for a short time, your help will be greatly appreciated.

We are pleased that some needed work has been recently completed in the cemetery.

For a number of years, we have wanted steps by the shed to provide easier access to the graves in the upper terrace area (Rows M and N). We had been using a cement block there, which was a temporary solution. Finally, we now have two steps in that area. Christopher Barclay also repaired the dry stone wall on the north end of the cemetery that was bulging and the broken concrete caps on several other walls.

Pictures of the work on the wall while it was in progress and the new stairs are available at the link below.

This year’s Spring Fair will feature plants and garden art, jewellery, antiques and collectibles, crafts and creations, books, toys, home baking, jams and jellies, silent auction, vintage clothing and accessories, white elephant, Mother's Day gifts, and more!

Free admission. Ample parking. Wheelchair accessible.

At this Spring Fair, food will be provided by the Come and Get It Food Truck with a portion of the proceeds from the Food Truck sales going to the Shelbourne Community Kitchen. 

This e-mail list was compiled from contact information St. Luke’s Cemetery Committee has regarding descendants, family members, and friends of people buried in St. Luke’s Cemetery. 

The e-mail list is used to send out newsletters and information about special events regarding the cemetery at various times throughout the year. If you do not wish to be on this list to receive these occasional updates, please reply to this e-mail and let me know and I will take you off the list.

We also encourage you to visit the Cemetery pages of St. Luke's website. Click on the Read More button below. The Cemetery section at the website includes links to a database of veterans buried in St. Luke's Cemetery, stories of the people resting in the cemetery, and a database with names and plot locations. 

I have recently updated the Cemetery Stories page of the website to include a spreadsheet which shows the family stories included in issues of St. Luke's Prescription, our parish magazine. Lots of interesting family stories have been featured in editions of The Prescription over the years! Happy reading!

Regards
Barb Prescott
on behalf of the Cemetery Committee
of St. Luke Cedar Hill Anglican Church