Our Management Team
Stephen Olson
Executive Director
A graduate of the Alberta School of Mortuary Science, Stephen worked as a licensed funeral director and embalmer in Alberta and B.C. before being appointed as Executive Director of Royal Oak Burial Park by the Board of Cemetery Trustees in March 1997. Stephen has served on the Board of Directors of both the Funeral Service Association of BC and the Cemetery & Crematorium Association of BC. He is currently a member of the Cremation, Interment and Funeral Service Advisory Group with the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Authority of BC..
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A graduate of the Alberta School of Mortuary Science, Stephen worked as a licensed funeral director and embalmer in Alberta and B.C. before being appointed as Executive Director of Royal Oak Burial Park by the Board of Cemetery Trustees in March 1997. Stephen has served on the Board of Directors of both the Funeral Service Association of BC and the Cemetery & Crematorium Association of BC. He is currently a member of the Cremation, Interment and Funeral Service Advisory Group with the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Authority of BC..
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Lorraine Fracy
Client Services Supervisor
Lorraine has been in the funeral and cemetery services profession since 1996, working on the Lower Mainland and here in Greater Victoria. Before she began her career in bereavement care Lorraine was a manager and marketing specialist in the retail services sector. Lorraine joined the family service team at Royal Oak in March 2001.
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Lorraine has been in the funeral and cemetery services profession since 1996, working on the Lower Mainland and here in Greater Victoria. Before she began her career in bereavement care Lorraine was a manager and marketing specialist in the retail services sector. Lorraine joined the family service team at Royal Oak in March 2001.
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Ray Laursen
Operations Supervisor
Joining the service team as a grounds person 1986 Ray was appointed to his current position in 1994. Ray is responsible for the coordination and supervision of all outside grounds staff as they provide services to client families and perform maintenance of the Burial Park.
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Joining the service team as a grounds person 1986 Ray was appointed to his current position in 1994. Ray is responsible for the coordination and supervision of all outside grounds staff as they provide services to client families and perform maintenance of the Burial Park.
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Our Service & Care Team
Family Service & Operations
Including the above, the Burial Park employs 18 full-time and 2 or 3 seasonal workers. Our service team is responsible for the provision of service to approximately 1900 Greater Victoria families every year. Our care team maintains over 65 acres of developed cemetery grounds which have approximately 70,000 interment and memorial sites.
With the exception of the Executive Director, all Burial Park employees are members of CUPE Local 50.
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With the exception of the Executive Director, all Burial Park employees are members of CUPE Local 50.
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Board of Cemetery Trustees of Greater Victoria
Saanich Apointees
Mr. Richard 'Dick' Tuckey
Chair
Partner and practicing accountant with the accounting firm. Mr. Tuckey has been a member of the Board since 2003.
Partner and practicing accountant with the accounting firm. Mr. Tuckey has been a member of the Board since 2003.
Mr. Maurice Chazottes
Vice Chair
Retired journalist, former Chief of Hansard and Executive Director of Information Service with the Province of B.C. Mr. Chazottes has been a member of the Board since 2005.
Retired journalist, former Chief of Hansard and Executive Director of Information Service with the Province of B.C. Mr. Chazottes has been a member of the Board since 2005.
Mrs. Lois Toms
Trustee
A practicing lawyer in provincial civil service. Mrs. Toms has been a member of the Board since 2005.
A practicing lawyer in provincial civil service. Mrs. Toms has been a member of the Board since 2005.
Victoria Apointees
Mr. Philippe Lucas
Trustee
Philippe Lucas is a Council member representative on the Board for the City of Victoria. He was appointed to the Board in the fall of 2010.
Philippe Lucas is a Council member representative on the Board for the City of Victoria. He was appointed to the Board in the fall of 2010.
Mr. Michael Davison
Trustee
Retired lawyer with a specialty in labour relations, collective bargaining and labour law in the private sector and provincial civil service. Mr. Davison has been a member of Board since 1992.
Retired lawyer with a specialty in labour relations, collective bargaining and labour law in the private sector and provincial civil service. Mr. Davison has been a member of Board since 1992.
Mr. D. Christopher Lawless
Trustee
Chief Economist for the B.C. Investment Management Corporation. Mr. Lawless holds a Masters of Economics from Carleton University and has extensive experience in finance and economics in the public sector. Mr. Lawless has been a member of the Board since January 2006.
Contact
The Board of Cemetery Trustees:
Communications with the Board must be made in writing, by email or via Canada Post. All communications must contain the writer’s name, mailing address, email and a daytime phone number. The Board does not respond to anonymous or business to business solicitation communications.
Board communication may also be made through the Executive Director of the Burial Park - Stephen Olson - who also serves as the Secretary Treasurer to the Board of Cemetery Trustees.
| You can email the Board at | boctogv@ropb.ca |
| or, write to them at: |
Board of Cemetery Trustees of Greater Victoria P.O. Box 24037 4420 West Saanich Road Victoria, BC, V8Z 7E7 |
Communications with the Board must be made in writing, by email or via Canada Post. All communications must contain the writer’s name, mailing address, email and a daytime phone number. The Board does not respond to anonymous or business to business solicitation communications.
Board communication may also be made through the Executive Director of the Burial Park - Stephen Olson - who also serves as the Secretary Treasurer to the Board of Cemetery Trustees.