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MASONIC CEMETERY
Seward, Alaska

The Masonic Cemetery in Seward, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska is located on Coolidge
Drive. It is part of a group of cemeteries and is the first cemetery facing the paved road. This
cemetery is owned by Seward Lodge Number 219 Free and Accepted Masons.
The cemetery is arranged in blocks beginning at the northwest corner closest to the mountains
and furthest from the gate. Within the blocks, the lots are numbered beginning at the top 1-4 on
the left side and 8-5 on the right side.

The notation in parenthesis, following the cemetery marker inscription, is additional information.
The note "1983 information" refers to Alaska's Kenai Peninsula Death Records and Cemetery
Inscriptions published in 1983 by the Kenai Totem Tracers. The note "KM data" refers to the data
of Kerry Martin, Seward cemetery historian, who has researched death certificates, obituaries,
funeral home records and Seward Recording District records in an effort to learn more about the
people buried in the Seward cemeteries. For cemetery location, see Appendix. The cemetery
was read October 7, 2002. Updated on October 2, 2003.
154

Block A
1. Clyde Everett Andrews
Nov 5, 1909 - May 10, 1971
(Married to Edrie)
3. Charles C. Harrow
1898 - 1973
3. Edith E. Harrow
1892 - 1974
(Charles and Edith are on a
double marker)
4. Cecilia B (Perry) Sundby
Aug 14, 1890 - Sep 11, 1970
Born in Ohio
(Unmarked. Info from KM data. Aka
Celia.)
6. Philip S. Durant
PFC US Army WW I
Feb 15, 1898 - Jul 15, 1976
7. Mildred Harriet Durant
Jan 8, 1909 - Sep 17, 1982
(Unmarked. Info from KM data)
8. Bertha May Lewis
1915 - 1973
(KM data maiden name Heffers
Oct 20, 1915 - Sep 20, 1973)

Block B
1. James Cameron
1891 - 1987
(KM data Aug 17, 1891 - Jul 25, 1987)
2. Emma Jean Cameron
1910 - 1977
(KM data Jul 4, 1910 - Apr 2, 1977.
Maiden name Balamutoff)
4. Francis L. Griffin
PFC US Marine Corps
Nov 19, 1911 - Nov 25, 1974
(Listed as F. L. Red Griffin in 1983)

Block C
1. Isabella K. Tressler
1905 - 1983
(Eastern Star emblem on marker.
KM data maiden name Snyder. Sep
11, 1905 - Dec 6, 1983)
2. C. Raymond Tressler
1911 - 1995
(Shriner emblem on marker. KM
data Mar 15, 1911 - Mar 27, 1995)

Block D
1 Norah Roslind Grant
Jul 22, 1915 - Aug 2, 1969
(Unmarked. Info from KM data.
Maiden name Zuver.)
2. Patrick K. Hodgkinson
1904 - 1964
(KM data Jan 5, 1904 - Mar 24, 1964)
3. Ona F. Carson
Beloved Wife of
Carlos M. Carson
1889 - 1981
(KM data Nov 16, 1889 - Mar 30, 1981)
4. Beloved Husband
Carlos M. Carson
Jul 4, 1886 - Jul 16, 1963
5. Edward H. Lincoln
Jan 4, 1914 - Feb 19, 1993
(Masonic emblem)

Block E
4. Thomas L. Erdmann
Wisconsin CPL 549 Motor Trk Co
World War I
Aug 9, 1898 - Sep 12, 1948
5. Oscar Edward Darling
1899 - 1982
155
5. Virginia Hawkins Darling
1911 - 2003
(Oscar and Virginia are on a double
marker.)
6. Eldred Charles Reed
1901 - 1962
(Marker missing in 2002.
Information from 1983)
6. Mrs. E. C. Reed
(Unmarked. KM data possible burial
of Eldred Charles Reed's wife)
8. Thomas William Hawkins
1868 - 1946
(KM data Jun 19, 1868 - Apr 7, 1946)
9. Emma Justice Hawkins
1876 - 1966
(Thomas and Emma are on a
double marker. KM data
Nov 28, 1876 - Jan 1, 1966. Also
known as Emily)

Block F
5. George Martin Viale
Apr 1, 1914 - Dec 25, 1986
Too well loved to be forgotten

Block G
1. Beth Ann Muller
1919 - 1965
(KM data Jun 10, 1919 - Oct 15, 1965)
2. Arthur R. Loring
Died Dec 22, 1980
Age 80
2. Arthur Robert Loring
Sep 10, 1946
(Unmarked. Info from KM data.
Lived 10 minutes)
3. Molly Loring
Died Aug 24, 1967
(KM data born May 17, 1917.
Maiden name Lyons.)
4. Anna Marie Strutz
Died Apr 13, 1963
(KM data one day old.)

Block H
1. James C. Robertson
1850 - 1948
(Masonic emblem. KM data middle
name Chester. Also known as Jim.
Sep 22, 1850 - Apr 1, 1948)
1. James Robinson
Stillborn Apr 27, 1941
(Unmarked. KM data infant son of
Chester.)
2. Rolland C. Ingram
1889 - 1948
(Masonic emblem)
3. Harriet F. Ingram
1897 - 1987
4. Phyllis J. Inglis
1929 - 1988
4. Peace Eternal
May Tecklenburg
Aug 28, 1876 - Feb 13, 1934
5. Carl A. Tecklenburg
Mar 12, 1864 - 
(May and Carl are on a double
marker)
7. Calvin T. Flickinger
Nov 3, 1908 - Jul 27, 1962
(Masonic emblem)
8. Kenneth Stanley Rustad
1905 - 1964
(KM data Apr 19, 1905 - Dec 18, 1964)

Block I
1. Charles C. Adkins
Apr 28, 1900 - Aug 18, 1962
(Masonic emblem. KM data actually
in I 2 with his wife but his marker is
here.)
2. Margaret Betty Russell Adkins
Jul 19, 1892 - Apr 4, 1971
(Unmarked. Info from KM data)
156

Block J
1. Eva Lowell Simons
1884 - 1951
(KM data Aug 13, 1884 - Feb 7, 1951. 
Mt. Eva was named after her.)
2. Andy A. Simons
Aug 10, 1882 - Sep 18, 1962
3 Inez Balderston
(Unmarked. KM data possible burial
name from old Masonic map.)
3. Archibald Dugald Balderston
1873 - 1919
4. Earnest Lewis Robbin
1881 - 1950
(Masonic emblem. KM data
Dec 1, 1881 - Jul 25, 1950)

Block K
1. Edward Wood
May 29, 1862 - Nov 13, 1935
(Unmarked. Info from KM data.)
2. Rhoda Cooper
(Unmarked. KM data possible burial.
Name from old Masonic records)

Block L
1. Robin Neil Dunham
Died May 14, 1955
(KM data infant)
3. Hedley V. Hoben
Nov 6, 1873 - Mar 15, 1948
(Masonic emblem. KM data middle
name Vicar also known as Harry.)
4. Luella McVey Tate
1876 - 1952
(KM data also known as Wella.
Maiden name McVey 
Jul 20, 1876 - Dec 29, 1952)

Block M
1. Calvin M. Brosius
1870 - 1942
(Masonic emblem)
2. Emilie B. Weybrecht
Died Jun 1, 1934
(KM data maiden name Brosius
born Jan 25, 1874. She was
exhumed, cremated in Seattle and
her ashes were buried in her former
home in Ohio. Her marker was
found in the basement of the old
Brosius Noon building and placed
on the gravesite noted on the
Masonic map as a memorial. Emilie
was the sister of Calvin Brosius)

Block N
2. Willard Glenn Mahurin, Jr.
Aug 9, 1936 - Sep 27, 1952
(Unnamed. Marked with white
plastic fence. Info from KM data)
4. Albert Ludwig Peel
May 5, 1870 - Nov 29, 1960
(Unmarked. Info from KM data)
5. Lydia M. Peel
Sep 4, 1866 - Feb 16, 1942)
(Unmarked. Info from KM data.
Maiden name Okeson)
6. Loving Daughter - Sister - Mother
Frances Sarah - Shea - Jones
Sep 5, 1920 - Mar 27, 1969
6. Claude E. Jack Shea
Jul 17, 1873 - Mar 27, 1965
7. Beloved Son
Arthur David Shea
1939 - 1950
(KM data Jun 8, 1939 - Aug 8, 1950)
8. Beloved Daughter
Carla Ann Horton
1939 - 1945
(KM data Dec 3, 1939 - Apr 19, 1945)
157

Block O
2. Dorothy Urbach
1900 - 1933
(KM data middle name Leona.
Maiden name Minzesheimer.
Aug 4, 1900 - Dec 3, 1933)
3. Zora K. Dunagan
Nov 5, 1893 - May 25, 1934
(KM data Mrs. D. F. Dunagan
maiden name King.)
5. Mary Jane Novak
Died May 24, 1935
(Mortuary marker inside a retaining
wall. KM data married to Andy.)

Block P
1. Arthur David Haverstock
Born Sept 10 Minneapolis
Died Sep 8, 1937
(No birth year on marker. Foot
marker reads A. D. Haverstock,
M.D.
2. Beloved Husband & Father
Thomas C. Price
1874 - 1944
(Masonic emblem Anchorage #221
BOCE Anchorage #135)
3. Beloved Wife & Mother
Margaret B. Lechner
1895 - 1956
(Surrounded by a metal fence with
an Eastern Star marker. KM data
Nov 13, 1895 - Feb 29, 1956)
4. Charles M. Lechner, Sr.
May 24, 1888 - Jun 5, 1969
Unmarked. Info from KM data.
Cremains buried with wife.)

Block Q
3. Jean Bolam
1891 - 1949
4. Alex Bolam
1890 - 1966
(Masonic emblem on marker
5. Baby Ferguson
Aug 23, 1952
(Broken cross. Info from KM data)
Concrete slab
6. Our Beloved
Flossie Smith Barnes
1924 - 1956

Block R
1. Nellie A. Protzman
Oct 19, 1907 - Mar 25, 1929
(Obelisk shaped marker. KM data
maiden name Etrope)
1. Josephine Sheldon
(Unmarked. KM data Josephine's
cremains buried with daughter Nellie
Protzman. Josephine the wife of
Charles.)
2. Fannie Lou Smith
1925 - 1935
(KM data Mar 14, 1925 - Jun 2, 1935)
2. Eunice K. Smith
1901 - Jan 6, 1944
(KM data Mrs. Harry Smith maiden
name Rogers. Dec 28, 1901 - Jan 6, 1944)
4. Derick Lane
1874 - 1938
(KM data Nov 5, 1874 - Oct 31, 1938)
5. Harvey Patrick Sullivan
1874 - 1936
(KM data Mar 1, 1874 - Sep 13, 1936)
6. Viola Murray Sullivan
1884 - 1941
(1983 information died Nov 27, 1941
Age 53 y 9 m 7 d)
7. Frederick S. Wilmans
1893 - 1955
(Masonic emblem. KM data
Jul 28, 1893 - Jul 14, 1955)
158
8. In Remembrance of our Daughter
Norine
1916 - 1956
(KM data Norine Johnson)

Block S
1. George Nash Puckett
1899 - 1954
(Masonic emblem. KM data
Mar 11, 1899 - Dec 7, 1954)
3. Miriam A. Painter
Mar 11, 1888 - Aug 11, 1961
(KM data Miriam Alexander
Culbertson Painter. Mrs. Harold)
4. Harold Painter
1892 - 1943
(KM data Nov 10, 1892 - Sep 7, 1943)
5. Charles Cameron
Dec 29, 1871 - Aug 12, 1938
6. Ellen Cameron
Nov 8, 1884 - Jan 7, 1953
(KM data aka Nell maiden name
Bowles)
7. Agnes Painter Saindon
1920 - 1954
(KM data Sep 9, 1920 - Sep 2, 1954)
7. Donald Harold Saindon
1948 - 1984
(KM data died Oct 2, 1984)
7. Betty Painter Rafferty
1919 - 1982
(Masonic emblem)
7. Bessie Wise
Died Jul 24, 1982
Age 63
(Unmarked. Mortuary marker
missing in 2002. Info from 1983. KM
data middle name Louise. Aka
Betty. Maiden name Painter.
Apr 26, 1919 - Jul 24, 1982 )
8. Paul C. McMullen
1876 - 1938
(Masonic emblem. KM data died
May 13, 1938)

Block T
1. Baby Boy Hurley
(Unmarked. KM data unnamed male
infant Jun 29, 1955)
2. Carl Alvin Peterson
US Navy World War I
1888 - 1947
(KM data Nov 2, 1888 - Sep 21,
1947. From Skagway. Traveled to
Seward and died.)
3. John W. Stinson
Died Dec 26, 1942
Age 48 y 3 m 8 d
(Marker not found in 2002.
Information from 1983. KM data
born Sep 18, 1894)
4. Clarence E. Farrell
Died Oct 20, 1942
Age 56
(Mortuary marker. KM data born in
1886)
6. Carl E. Orlander
1890 - 1965
(KM data Karl Elam Gabriel
Ohlander born in Sweden Jul 25,
1890 - Mar 26, 1965.)
7. Nils Peter Hagen
1886 - 1960
In God's Loving Care
(KM data died Sep 14, 1960)
8. Margaret B. Hagen
1892 - 1976
In God's Loving Care
(KM data Apr 29, 1892 - Aug 30,
1976. Maiden name Braaten. Born
in Norway.)
159

Block U
1. Arlow Palmer Hagen
1915 - 1932
In God's Loving Care
(KM data Nov 16, 1917 - Jul 27, 1932)
2. Foster Singleton, Jr.
Feb 10, 1924 - Feb 28, 1934
(Unmarked. Info from KM data)
3. In Memory of
Bernard A. Horton
Mar 7, 1911 - Jun 18, 1927
4 Henry E. Horton
Sep 24, 1905 - Oct 3, 1967
(Unmarked mound. Info from KM
data)
5. David I Dyer
1938 - 1954
Our Beloved Son
Near 5 John J. Rosness
Alaska
Feb 4, 1883 - Oct 6, 1969
6. Helga Lunden Rosness
Alaska
Nov 19, 1883 - Dec 6, 1967
7. Jack L. Rosness
Alaska
Tec 4 200 OM Serv BN
World War II
Aug 4, 1912 - Apr 8, 1947
8. Goldie Blue
1883 - 1957
(Marker missing in 2002.
Information from 1983)
8. Wayne Blue
1877 - 1940

Block V
1. Pamela Eileen Painter
1943 - 1948
(KM data Aug 10, 1943 - Jan 9, 1948)
2. Melvin Artie Horner
Feb 12, 1878 - Aug 19, 1954
(Unmarked concrete slab. Info from
KM data)
3 Patricia Gail Kennedy
Dec 16, 1941 - Dec 17, 1941
(Unmarked depression. Info from
KM data.)
4. Curtis Richard Morford
Aug 14, 1856 - Dec 1, 1944
(Unmarked. Info from KM data
He was a judge.)
5. Alfred H. Bryant
1870 - 1948
(Masonic emblem)
6. Thomas Babcock
Sep 26, 1876 - Oct 21, 1948
(Unmarked. Info from KM data)
7. In Loving Memory
William H. Sleeman
1886 - 1949
(KM data Jun 17, 1886 - Mar 14, 1949)
8. Carl Muller
Aug 30, 1892 - Dec 19, 1944
(Unmarked. Info from KM data)