Churchill County Cemetery Fallon, Nevada Contributed by Vicky Tripp Email: seafox8@charter.net Updates by Claude Parsley Copyright 2009 County R 9/7/2009 ********************************************************************************************************** The following were involved in some portion of the creation of the cemetery index. Most are members of the local Fallon Genealogy Club: Vicky Tripp - Barbara Hodges - Mary Louise Erb - Kenny Tripp - Kathi Wilson - Claudia Crowley - Georgia Cavanaugh - Peggy Ferrier - Carol Fitzsimmons - Yvonne Harrigan-Prettyman - Bunny Corkill and a special thank you to Kay Inglis for her photographs. All newspapers referenced in the obituary file reside at the Churchill County Public Library as well as in the Nevada State Archives in Carson City, Nevada. (775) 423-7581 Email: churchillinfo@clan.lib.nv.us Sources for the information came from: - Record of Funeral Books - located at Smith Family Funeral Home - Obituaries and articles in the newspapers located at the Churchill County Museum and Churchill County Public Library - Cemetery cards - Death records - Burial Permits Additional information may be obtained from the Churchill County Cemetery; Churchill County Museum; or Churchill County Public Library. USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the internet, material may be freely used bynon-commercial entities, as long as this notice remains on all copied files and permission is obtained by the contributor of this file. USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: Those electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representatives of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ********************************************************************************************************** Sections in Cemetery 1 Catholic 22 GV E Other Cemeteries 2 County 23 GV Vets 3 County Blk 1 24 IOOF 42 Adv. Or Allen Cemetery 4 County Blk 2 25 K of P 43 Adventist Cemetery 5 County Blk 3 26 Masonic 44 Allen Road Cemetery 6 County Blk 4 27 Memorial Garden A (MG) 45 Dixie Valley Cemetery 7 County Blk 5 28 Memorial Garden B (MG) 46 Fairview Cemetery 8 County Blk 6 29 Memorial Garden C (MG) 47 Fallon Indian Cemetery 9 County Blk 7 29a Memorial Garden D (MG) 48 Stillwater Cemetery 10 Cremains A 29b Memorial Garden E (MG) 48a Stillwater Indian Cemetery 11 Dolf 30 N. Public Lawn 1 48b Stillwater Ranch 12 FOE (Eagles) 30a N. Public Lawn 2 49 Wonder Cemetery 13 GH A 31 North Baby 50 Fallon Cemetery-Unverified 14 GH B 32 Potters Field 51 Hazen Pauper 15 GH C 33 Public 1 52 Johnston Ranch 16 GH D 34 Public 2 53 Lehman Ranch Cemetery 17 GH E 35 Public 3 54 Lucas Ranch 18 GV A 36 Public 4 55 Ranch 19 GV B 37 Public 5 56 Temple Ranch 20 GV C 38 Public C 21 GV D 39 R & K 40 Veteran ********************************************************************************************************** * View a picture of the tombstone at http://www.usgwtombstones.org/nevada/nevada.html ********************************************************************************************************** Pic Name Birth Died/Interred Sec Lot Space Notes * Adams, John Lester Jr. 3/2/1923 8/6/1982 2 79 Headstone-US Army WWII * Adams, John M. 4/29/1886 10/11/1984 2 90 Headstone-US Army WWI-Texas Ranger Anderson, Daisy Muriel 5/25/1910 6/7/1984 2 77 County Burial Arivzo, Fred 12/24/1898 7/1/1955 2 9 Cemetery has Arrizo-No obit. Standard Armstrong, Lester J. 11/25/1887 11/9/1965 2 27 Barbaressos, Harry Peter 9/11/1926 11/19/1974 2 40 B:Baltimore, MD-South fence-No Spaces 41-46 in lot book Beeman, Vada Jean 1/3/1989 2 105 County Burial Blackmar, Mary V. 10/1/1980 2 69 County Burial Blum, Louis 12/25/1877 7/23/1960 2 17 Miner Brown, Ray Arthur 11/20/1891 1/1/1962 2 5 B: Denver, CO Burr, Edward Earl 8/21/1893 3/28/1975 2 50 B:Chicago,IL Buzanes, George P. 12/28/1896 5/3/1967 2 30 south fence Calkins, Howard T. 12/17/1986 2 92 County Burial-South Road Caron, Henry Joseph 6/06/1893 1/7/1964 2 25 Chopping, Charles G. 2/01/1892 11/28/1957 2 12 Colhour, Otis Eugene 10/7/1936 6/23/1985 2 97 Spaces 98-99 empty Cooper, Tom H. 4/29/1994 2 7 91 Cremains-County Burial-South Road Cramer, William A. 4/13/1874 11/23/1964 2 N8 26 * Crofutt, James D. 6/28/1933 11/27/2002 2 84 * Crofutt, Lettie L. 0/00/1934 12/6/1993 2 N52 68 Headstone-buried with Rhoda Farrell DeMars, John Percy 2/13/1892 3/1/1954 2 3 Dickson, Anderson Edwin "Ed" 5/6/1902 10/5/1972 2 36 Donato, Floyd H. 9/17/1896 12/13/1966 2 29 B: Houston, TX (year changed on death-check newspaper for obit.) * Doucett, Ray C. 6/21/1906 11/24/1979 2 65 Headstone Douglas, James Gordon 6/2/1935 1/11/1985 2 86 US Navy Korea-County Burial Elvin, Arthur George 6/28/1880 10/20/1963 2 16 B: London, England Farrell, Leo Andrew 9/26/1888 12/21/1961 2 24 * Farrell, Rhoda B. 5/19/1912 9/14/1980 2 68 Headstone Ferreira, Jose Mendes 4/25/1897 6/21/1968 2 35 Ferro, Pietro 11/11/1902 5/3/1960 2 18 Forbes, Bert Max 1/20/1876 10/14/1955 2 11 south fence Foster, Cecile 5/30/1988 2 41 Spaces 41-46 Foster, Odais 5/30/1988 2 41 Spaces 41-46 Children planted a tree over gravesite near South Road Fredrickson, Louise 3/23/1937 4/24/1987 2 102 County Burial * Gallardo, Mary Nash 8/15/1917 11/16/1983 2 58 Headstone-County Burial Gonzalez, Michael 1/1/1888 4/25/1971 2 31 B: Chile, South America-aka "Chile Mike"-south fence Gorden, Alphonso T. 9/29/1981 2 72 County Burial * Grimes, Elizabeth Helen 5/5/1928 2/21/1981 2 82 Headstone-County Burial Haney, William 5/10/1872 12/26/1957 2 13 obit. Born 1871 Hansen, Harry 8/02/1887 2/28/1960 2 19 B: Copenhagen, Denmark Harrison, George Raymond 9/24/1893 5/22/1976 2 48 * Hasche, Wanda 5/29/1922 5/4/1980 2 63 Headstone Haun, Jack L. 8/23/1901 3/7/1975 2 51 High, Earl 3/25/1884 2/6/1954 2 2 Obit. B: 3/2/1884 Hutson, Marvin Rayburn 4/28/1932 12/31/1976 2 52 B:Clinton,OK * Jackson, Mary R. 2/22/1913 6/8/1988 2 104 Headstone Kelly, John 9/09/1875 9/20/1954 2 4 Lockett, Cala Marie 1/1/1912 11/22/1980 2 83 (Bottom)-Spaces 84-85 empty Mathus, Dan Dallas "Larry" 12/7/1900 10/5/1984 2 89 County burial * McAlpin, Douglas 3/5/1908 9/16/1961 2 23 Headstone * McCarthy, Alfred J. 4/11/1905 9/16/1986 2 93 Headstone-PFC US Army WWII McGrail, John Andrew 9/14/1884 8/17/1955 2 10 south fence McGregor, Margaret C. "Marge" 1/1/1900 10/20/1983 2 74 Spaces 75-76 empty on South Road Medin, Samuel M. 4/5/1905 7/26/1977 2 54 * Mills, Greta E. 9/29/1914 9/27/1984 2 88 Headstone-County burial Mitchell, Edward J. 12/23/1894 8/9/1960 2 21 Miner Moralli, John 10/13/1981 2 62 Mullins, Mike 4/16/1898 9/23/1975 2 49 B:County Tyrone, Ireland Norheim, John 10/27/1903 9/10/1974 2 39 B: Norway Palmer, Jack Herbert 6/22/1890 9/21/1966 2 28 D: Austin, NV Pecore, Lorraine "Patches" 1/2/1929 5/27/1983 2 78 County burial * Portis, Ernest Henry 10/21/1903 3/4/1974 2 38 Headstone Proffett, Harry Kenneth 4/24/1890 10/26/1959 2 20 AFH-Indigent plot-south fence * Ramirez, Joe "Choppo" 0/00/1898 2/6/1955 2 7 Mexican-Headstone made of cement-sinking into ground Ravenscraft, Frank Omer 6/11/1894 1/5/1962 2 6 Resseger, Gertrude Mildred 7/22/1905 1/22/1987 2 100 County burial Robbins, George Egbert 7/21/1898 10/25/1968 2 33 Rosendich, Louise 6/28/1984 2 87 County burial Ryan, James Fred 2/11/1911 4/4/1977 2 55 B:Portland,OR-Merchant Marine 1942-1946 (Spaces 56-57 empty) Sam, Andy 8/01/1871 8/14/1959 2 14 Schaefer, Peter Albert 11/22/1902 12/28/1977 2 67 Seavey, Jack L.G. 1/10/1901 3/29/1981 2 71 County burial Sherman, Alice 5/19/1988 2 103 County burial Simmons, Edwin Parker 9/20/1896 9/4/1977 2 53 B:Oakland, CA-aka Eddie Simmons Simpson, James 12/25/1968 2 32 Nothing Rec/Fun Bk 20 Slew, Ham 7/01/1897 12/17/1978 2 66 B: China Smith, Clarence W. 11/25/1893 5/21/1984 2 59 South Road-Space 60-61 empty Spring, Samuel 12/25/1866 2/25/1955 2 8 * Stroud, William "Harry" 11/3/1894 3/31/1986 2 95 Headstone-County burial Thomas, Josie May 7/24/1927 3/7/1987 2 101 County burial Thompson, Carey Allan 2/11/1901 9/15/1960 2 22 B: Mississippi * Travers, Daniel "Peewee" 4/14/1907 8/19/1973 2 37 Headstone Unknown, Male 10/9/1980 2 70 Body not identified at time of burial-lot book has John Doe Van Ness, Henry 10/17/1872 1/6/1954 2 1 (starts at West fence 3' & South fence) Noted headstones only in this section. * Vehus, Robert 0/00/1900 5/22/1989 2 106 Headstone-County burial Watts, Gilbert C. 6/4/1913 4/3/1986 2 94 County burial Welker, Helen 7/3/1904 11/27/1983 2 46 County burial-space 47 in lot book empty-south fence Westfall, Charles 5/27/1982 2 80 County burial Wightman, Irene 1/10/1905 7/24/1983 2 73 County burial-interred 8/1/1983 Williams, John Louis 7/25/1884 7/25/1973 2 In lot book under space 6 Willis, Roy J. 7/8/1985 2 96 County burial Wilson, Harold A. 5/1/1907 1/23/1980 2 64 County burial Woll, Albert 1/31/1882 4/18/1962 2 15 B: Parkfield, CA-Obit.has D:4/28/1962 * Wood, Ora F. 9/00/1909 10/6/1981 2 81 Headstone-County burial Yoder, William Henry 8/21/1885 8/15/1968 2 34