Family to turn attention toward ‘honouring and remembering’ man who drowned in B.C. lake after body found
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The family of a kayaker who went missing when a storm hit Kalamalka Lake has ended their search and are making plans to lay their loved one to rest.
The family of a man who went missing while kayaking on Kalamalka Lake last month has found the closure they were so desperately seeking.
Eli Buruca’s body was recovered from the lake Wednesday morning, ending a weeks-long search led by family and aided by everyone from police to Gene and Sandy Ralston, a couple from Idaho, who’d travelled north at the behest of the family with specialized sonar equipment.
It was the Ralstons’ efforts that on Tuesday allowed for Buruca to be located at a depth of 120 feet about a kilometre from the shore, Nidia Buruca Majano, Buruca’s sister, said Wednesday.
“They provided the coordinates and a recovery of my brother was made (Wednesday) morning,” Majano said.
Upon learning he’d been found, the family took some time to process and today they started the journey to say goodbye.
“(Gene Ralston) asked if we wanted to (go) to the point where he was found. (He) brought out my whole family and we dispersed rose petals and lavender pieces at the location where he was found,” Majano said.
She said now they’re planning on ways to honor and remember Buruca “for the amazing and kind person that he was.”
A service will be held for Buruca in El Salvador where he will be laid to rest near his brother, who was buried two years ago today.
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