A surprise decision to remove mementos and trinkets from gravesites at the Langley Lawn Cemetery and dump them in a corner is being condemned as disrespectful by families of loved ones interred at the Township cemetery.

Robbie Franks and his wife, Devon Franks, made the discovery when they dropped by the cemetery at 4393 208th St. in Brookswood to visit his younger brother, Richard.

Franks said the family had left mementos on Richard91裸聊视频檚 gravesite, including some imitation cheeseburgers, Richard91裸聊视频檚 favourite meal, and a chain with a cross his sister had left.

91裸聊视频淓verything was taken,91裸聊视频� Franks said.

He and Devon found some of the items in a pile with mementos from other graves, but the chain and cross are missing.

91裸聊视频淢y sister is devastated,91裸聊视频� Franks said.

Franks called it 91裸聊视频渢he most disrespectful thing I have ever seen in all my 43 years of being alive.91裸聊视频�

In the seven years that Richard has been interred at Langley Lawn, 91裸聊视频渘o one has ever touched anything,91裸聊视频� an angry Franks told Black Press.

He said the action was taken sometime between his previous visit on May 15 and the Friday.

Other families had similar reactions.

When Christina Skingsley saw an online post about the removals, she discovered that everything left on her father91裸聊视频檚 gravesite was gone, including a heart-shaped ornament she left at Christmas.

91裸聊视频淚t said he was the best dad ever, and I was glad to have him,91裸聊视频� Skingsley recalled.

91裸聊视频淚n 20-plus years (since her father was laid to rest), not once have they ever touched the trinkets we put there. It91裸聊视频檚 always been the flowers (they remove).91裸聊视频�

On the day she went, other families were searching through the discarded items, trying to find what was removed, Skingsley said.

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91裸聊视频淭here were people there, crying, searching, going through the pile,91裸聊视频� Skingsley said.

Shirley Johannesson, whose father, Herbert Brent, mother Frances Brent, and sister Beverly Wright are at Langley Lawn, called it a 91裸聊视频減ure violation of our sacred space.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淢y dad has been there for 51 years, and this has never happened,91裸聊视频� Johannesson told the Langley Advance Times.

91裸聊视频淲e left some things. They91裸聊视频檙e all gone. It91裸聊视频檚 all in a pile.91裸聊视频�

On Mother91裸聊视频檚 Day, all of the mementos on her family members gravesites were still in place, Johannesson said.

91裸聊视频淚f we had known that the Township had decided to discard them like garbage, we could have brought them home that day and kept them safe,91裸聊视频� Johannesson said.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 just so sad and heart breaking.91裸聊视频�

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In fact, family mementos have been removed from all three cemeteries operated by the Township 91裸聊视频� Langley Lawn, Murrayville and Fort Langley 91裸聊视频� according to an unsigned statement issued in response to a Black Press query.

It said 91裸聊视频渁 significant number of flowers, adornments, and decorations had accumulated over time, including several broken or deteriorated items, posing an increasingly challenging and unsafe condition for maintenance staff and the public.91裸聊视频�

Notices of the impending removal were put up at cemetery entrances and online, the statement claimed, and promised that staff were 91裸聊视频渃ommitted to the provision of additional, more detailed information, in advance of any future necessary removals.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淲hen I go to pay my respects, I91裸聊视频檓 not looking for signs,91裸聊视频� Franks said.