Mission Statement

Everden Rust Funeral Services is a full service funeral provider, licensed by the province of British Columbia. It was established in 1994 to offer reasonable, flexible options for cremation and burial services with no manipulation at the lowest possible cost to the people we serve.

Bill Everden

Bill, 60 and founder of Everden Rust Funeral Services, has 40 years experience in funeral service. He began his career in 1969, as an apprentice in Toronto, Ontario. He received his diploma, funeral directors and embalmers license upon graduating from the funeral service program at Humber College in Toronto. After several years in the Southern Ontario area, Bill and his family moved to Penticton in 1987, where he joined a local funeral home as Manager. Bill is very active within his community. For three years he was the local coordinator for the B.C. Special Olympics. He is a past President of: the Penticton Kiwanis club; Skaha Rotary Club; past Chairman of the Penticton United Church Board; past board member of the Community Resources Society; past member of the allocations committee of the United Way; past Vice Chairman of the Pathways Addiction Resource Society Board and past Chairman and current board member of the Hospice Society in Penticton. Bill lives in Penticton with his wife of 39 years, June. They have three sons, Jeff, Jason, and Jonathon. The newest members of the family are grandchildren, Brandon, Nathan and Katie.

Jason Everden

Jason, 35 and General Manager of Everden Rust Funeral Services, Kelowna was born in Niagara Falls, Ontario. After graduating from Penticton Secondary School in 1991, he went on to complete three years of related studies at the Okanagan University College in Kelowna. In 1996, he formally registered as an apprentice with Everden Rust Funeral Services. Year two of Jason's apprenticeship was completed with Vancouver ' s Hamilton Harron Funeral Centre and Crematorium, one of the Lower Mainland' s most established funeral providers. It was here where Jason learned the skills required to serve families of the area's many different ethnic backgrounds. In 1998, Jason received his Funeral Director's and Embalmer's license from the British Columbia Funeral Director Apprenticeship Program. Jason remained in Vancouver until his wife, Kim received her Bachelor 's degree from the University of British Columbia. Jason, Kim and their sons, Brandon (9), and Nathan (6) now live in West Kelowna. Jason is an active Rotarian & past board member of the Kelowna Sunrise Rotary Club and a past member of the Inaugural Cremation, Interment & Funeral Services Industry Advisory Group under the Business Practices & Consumer Protection Authority of British Columbia.

Jeff Everden

Jeff, 37, born in Toronto, Ontario, is a graduate of Penticton Secondary School and earned a Bachelor's degree at the Okanagan University College. After University Jeff spent a number of years working in Vancouver's downtown eastside as a mental health home-support worker with the Portland Hotel Society and St. James Community Service Society. He returned to Penticton to learn the family business in 2001, and was married to wife, Sandra in October of 2002. Jeff brings with him a wealth of experience dealing with people in crisis and a love of service. Jeff graduated from the Western School of Funeral Service in 2003 with honors, and serves through our Penticton location.

 

Jonathon "Jon" Everden

Jonathon "Jon" Everden, 29 was born in Cobourg, Ontario and is a graduate of South Hill High School in Vancouver. After graduation, he worked in the restaurant management field in both Vancouver and Honolulu, Hawaii with Domino's Pizza earning several awards for top sales increase. After several years, Jon decided to make a career change. Jon returned back to the Vancouver area and began working for the Vancouver Coroner's Service. He returned to the Okanagan in December of 2004 and began his funeral service career apprenticeship with Everden Rust's Kelowna Chapel. He is a graduate of the Canadian College of Funeral Service and is a licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer. As a family man, Jon is married to wife, Sayo and together they have one daughter, Katie who is five years old.

Jennifer "Jenn" Jackson

Jennifer "Jenn" Jackson, 25 was born in Kelowna, British Columbia and graduated from Penticton Secondary School in 2002. She went on to earn her Esthetics license in 2003 from Marvel BC School of Hair and Esthetics, married husband Greg in 2006 and they currently live in Okanagan Falls. Jennifer joined Penticton's Everden Rust Chapel in 2005 and is currently enrolled in the Canadian College of Funeral Service as an apprentice funeral director and embalmer. She has completed her first year and is excited to be completing her second year in June 2009.