VANCOUVER
,
Oct. 26
/CNW/ - Funeral services for
Jack Poole
, chairman of the board for the
Vancouver
Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC), will be held on
Tuesday, October 27
at
2 pm
at Vancouver's Christ Church Cathedral at 690 Burrard Street.
The Poole family has respectfully asked that media limit news coverage of the funeral to outside of the cathedral before and after the service, and that friends and family be able to arrive and depart without requests for interviews or comment.
The doors will close for the service, which is expected to last approximately one hour.
Mr. Poole
's pallbearers and piper will leave the cathedral at approximately
3:15 pm
.
David Podmore
, a longtime friend and business colleague, will meet with media to share a short statement from
Mrs. Darlene Poole
and his thoughts on
Mr. Poole
and the funeral service. This media availability will take place in the lawn area beside the cathedral just north of the main entrance on Burrard Street.
For further information: Chris Brumwell, VANOC Communications, (604) 403-1869, [email protected]; Mary Fraser, VANOC Communications, (604) 403-2667, [email protected]
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