CEMETERIES: COOPER MOUNTAIN CATHOLIC CEMETERY, ALOHA, WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE: ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm Transcribed and formatted for use in USGenWeb Archives by:Judy Kellar Fox 26 May 2003 ******************************************************************************** Cooper Mountain Catholic Cemetery Northeast corner of SW Kemmer Rd. and SW 190th Ave., Aloha, Oregon Read and transcribed 25-26 May 2003 by Judy Kellar Fox, 9395 SW 190th Ave., Aloha, OR 97007-6733, The Cooper Mountain Catholic Cemetery served Sts. Peter and Paul Mission Church, part of St. Cecelia’s Parish (Beaverton, Oregon). Sts. Peter and Paul was established in 1902 on a couple acres on the top of Cooper Mountain. The church, built at the east side of the parcel, has long since disappeared. What remains is the cemetery with about 25 stones. Most stones are legible. All but a few are quite covered with lichens and moss. All but those noted below face south. Transcriptions proceed in rows uphill from south to north. Each stone is numbered by row from west to east (left to right facing north from the cemetery entrance). Row 1: 1. MARIANNE RIGERT JULY-NOV. 1930 Row 2: 1. MOTHER KATHERINE CHLEBOWSKI 1856-1928 2. FATHER GEORGE CHLEBOWSKI 1866-1933 AT REST [same stone, at bottom] GEORGE CHLEBOWSKI 1898 SON 1982 Row 3: 1. ANNA REAMER GEB. [BORN] WEISHAUPT 1863-1937 [stone hidden in and protected by bushes] 2. AUGUST WENZEL 1867-1930 MARTHA WENZEL 1867-1950 [smaller, separate stones:] FATHER MOTHER 3. PHILOMENA KUSCHEL KAHLER 1841-1925 4. ANTOINETTE M. SCHOENBAECHLER 1870-1948 MOTHER 5. CONRAD SCHOENBAECHLER 1867-1923 FATHER 6. ANDREW P. SCHOENBAECHLER 1906-1944 SON Row 3: 1. ANNA M. KEMMER BORN JUNE 15, 1860 DIED FEB. 15, 1938 NICKOLAS KEMMER BORN JAN. 4, 1857 DIED MAY 9, 1920 [also "Mother" and "Father" stones flat on ground] 2. Iron cross, unmarked "Father" stone leaning in front of the base Row 4: EMMA BANY WELTERS MAR. 4, 1868 FEB. 16, 1933 Row 5: 1. southeast face ALOIS GASSNER BORN DEC. 15, 1847 DIED JAN. 8, 1916 AT REST 1. southwest face JUSTINA GASSNER BORN JULY 7, 1848 DIED JAN. 25, 1920 AT REST GASSNER 1. Northwest and northeast faces are blank. 2. XAVIER A. GASSNER 1874-1943 HUSBAND 3. [North side of four-sided stone; other sides appear blank. Small "L. L. G." tablet in ground nearby] LEOLA LOWIS [sic] GASSNER BORN Nov. 27, 1903 DIED Dec. 2, 1905 4. ALOVIS DIZ GASSNER 1877-1942 "Dad" 5. DORA LEE GASSNER 1882-1942 "Mom" Row 6: 1. AGNES M. GASSNER 1896-1975 2. JULIUS GASSNER 1884 1946 3. Unmarked grave depression twelve feet east of Julius Gassner stone with rose bushes planted at head and foot of depression Row 7: 1. JOHNNIE SANTORO 1909-1916 2. ROSIE SANTORO 1912-1923 Row 8: 1. ROOS JOHN MAR. 6, 1891 NOV. 5, 1949 MARIE A. AUG. 8, 1896 DEC. 24, 1984 JOSEPHINE M. MAR. 9, 1933 APR. 25, 1933 2. ROSI PILUSO MAY 21-23, 1917 3. MEEHAN ROBERT APR. 20- OCT. 12, 1895 LEIGH AUG. 28- OCT. 15, 1905 [stone is broken off and leaning against pedestal] A list of markers read in 1968 was published in St. Cecelia’s Parish’s "The First Century: A History of Catholic Life in the Beaverton Area, 1876-1976" (Oregon: the parish, 1976) [Family History Library US/CAN Book Area 979.5 A1 no. 142; Film 1321491, Item 1], p. 66. The list includes markers for "Hughes, Mike _____--1930" and "Gassner, Eva (baby)" that were not identified in 2003. The list also gives the following different information: Chlebowski, George 1866-1938 Chlebowski, Katherine Weishaupt 1863-1937 Gassner, Leola Lewis 1903-1905