GATE OF HEAVEN CATHOLIC CEMETERY, Waterville, Douglas County, WA The US GenWeb Archives provide genealogical and historical data to the general public without fee or charge of any kind. It is intended that this material not be used in a commercial manner. All submissions become part of the permanent collection. Transcribed and compiled by Kevin Fraley ©1999. Submitted by Kevin Fraley September 27, 1999. Both above notices must remain when copied or downloaded. Swimref@cmc.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gate of Heaven Catholic Cemetery Waterville, Douglas County, Washington T25N R22E Section 27 Gate of Heaven Catholic Cemetery is a separate cemetery, not part of or attached to any other cemetery. It is located approximately one mile south of the center of Waterville. Drive south from Waterville on Waterville South Rd. (aka Rd. O NW). Continue past the intersection with Rd. Two NW, where you will see the large Waterville Fraternal Cemetery on your left. Ahead and to the left you will see Standpipe Hill, with a water tower at the top. About one third of a mile past Rd. 2, just as you reach the base of Standpipe Hill, take an unmarked dirt road that goes straight left (not the one that angles up the hill). Proceed about one quarter mile to the cemetery, which has no sign or marking. Nearly all stones are flat, so from any distance the cemetery appears to be a closely cut square amidst the wheat fields which surround it on all sides. It cannot be recognized as a cemetery until you are inside it. Gate of Heaven Catholic Cemetery appears to date from 1906 (the founding of St. Joseph's Parish in Waterville) or 1907. Within the last few years, the ownership and operation of the cemetery were transferred from the Catholic Diocese and Parish to Douglas County Public Cemetery District Number 3 (which also now owns and operates every other cemetery in and around Waterville), but the pastor of St. Joseph's retains all control over burials in the cemetery. The cemetery is now well maintained, the grass is kept mown, and a sprinkling system is in place. This list is compiled from a physical survey of the cemetery, done July 11, 1999 by Kevin Fraley, combined with the cemetery sexton records, obtained from St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Waterville. In addition, the parish sacramental records were searched, yielding additional death and burial information. The first section below shows all burials listed in the cemetery records, whether a stone was found or not. The second section at the bottom shows additional names which the parish sacramental records show as buried in Gate of Heaven. At least some of these sacramental records may be incorrect. I thank the pastor of St. Joseph's for kindly inviting us into his home and allowing us full access to the cemetery and parish records. Gate of Heaven Catholic Cemetery, Waterville Name Birth Death Other Barthold, Fred L. no stone Bell, O. Charles Feb. 1920 Boegen, Joseph no stone Boegen, Pierre "Peter" 1861 14 Jun 1930 with brother Roch, 69 Boegen, Roch 1865 19 Jan 1931 with brother Peter, 66 Braut, Miko 6 Apr 1883 17 Feb 1920 b. Punat, Austria Brunnick, Viola no stone Burke, Cecil J. (or G) 1900 12 Oct 1997 with John P. Burke, 96 Burke, John P. 27 Dec 1896 10 Mar 1992 with Cecil J. Burke, 95 Calhoun, J.C. 15 Jan 1911 no stone, age 90 Clerf, Gaspard 1900 Connin, P. no stone Dowd, Edward F. 1857 22 Jul 1936 with Helena J. Dowd, 79 Dowd, Helena Josephina Hynes 1869 13 May 1935 with Edward F. Dowd, 66 Dwyer, F.J. 30 Oct 1913 Eckert, Charley with Mike Eckert Eckert, Michael 1 Jun 1930 with Charley Eckert, 72 Ervin, Albion G. 1921 with Florence L. Ervin Ervin, Florence L. 1921 26 Oct 1994 with Albion G. Ervin, 73 Fist, David Allen 24 Mar 1964 "Fisk" in records Foley, William P. 4 Aug 1935 Foster, Annie M. 1863 18 Aug 1947 nee Schneider Gallagher, George 31 May 1942 no stone, age 81 Heisig, Albert Carl 1917 8 Sep 1995 age 77 Heisig, George A. 1916 12 Dec 1985 with Marianne Heisig, 69 Heisig, John 1864 6 May 1954 with Renate Heisig, 90 Heisig, Joseph 24 Jan 1899 19 Mar 1991 age 92 Heisig, Marianne D. 1918 with George A. Heisig Heisig, Marie N. 1886 23 Dec 1975 with Robert Heisig, 89 Heisig, Renate 1868 15 Jul 1940 with John Heisig, 67, stone says d. 1941 Heisig, Robert 1881 26 Sep 1970 with Marie N. Heisig, 89 Juchmes, Esther (Mrs. J.P.) 10 May 1940 no stone, age 56 Juchmes, Jacob 9 Jun 1840 21 Oct 1916 Juchmes, John Peter 31 Jan 1966 no stone, age 83 Juchmes, Thomas no stone Kennedy, Herbert J. 1899 14 Apr 1974 with Mary Kennedy, 75 Kennedy, Mary Alice 1912 22 Oct 1962 with Herbert Kennedy, 50 Kirkpatrick, J.K. no stone Koenig, Carl E. 20 Aug 1938 27 Dec 1990 with Loretta Koenig, 52 Koenig, Loretta 1940 with Carl E. Koenig Long, Joseph J. 14 Aug 1919 "J.M." in records McGrath, Hugh James 16 May 1845 16 Jul 1912 age 67 originally b. in Catholic section of Kummer Cem., moved c. Dec 1923 McGrath, Leo Augustine 12 Oct 1887 18 Jun 1911 age 23y 8m, son originally b. in Catholic section of Kummer Cem., moved c. Dec 1923 McGrath, Martha Jane 24 May 1852 11 Oct 1922 age 70, nee Bingham originally b. in Catholic section of Kummer Cem., moved c. Dec 1923 O'Brien, Anna Elizabeth 1924 21 Nov 1925 age 11m 2w O'Brien, Eva E. 1897 20 Apr 1975 age 78 O'Brien, John W. 1922 6 Aug 1995 with Mary O'Brien, 72 O'Brien, John Wm. 1888 7 Dec 1943 age 55 O'Brien, Mary H. 1928 with John W. O'Brien Oppel, Adam 21 Jul 1921 no stone, age 68 Oppel, Michael S. 8 Aug 1897 8 Aug 1921 Pankratz, Marie A. 1901 20 Jan 1959 with Walter Pankratz, 57 Pankratz, Walter A. 1905 with Marie Pankratz Peeper, John Henry 19 Sep 1930 age 80 Reeves, Adalene Pinky 1918 1992 Richter, Agnes A. 28 Mar 1866 28 Nov 1909 nee Schneider Riibe, Emil Francis 18 Apr 1939 19 Apr 1939 Riibe, Helen Marie 10 Sep 1909 27 Mar 1992 with LaVaughn Riibe, 82, b. Ephrata WA Riibe, LaVaughn F. "Shorty" 1912 1981 with Helen M. Riibe Roberts, Howard 1911 1983 m. 4 Dec 1945 Rohlman, Ruth Sybil 27 Sep 1935 infant, age 0 Rousselle, Charles Nov 1834 10 Feb 1903 b. Bouzincourt, France Ryan, James P. 11 Jan 1923 no stone, age 72 Schneider, John 29 Aug 1855 26 Mar 1938 with Mary Schneider, 82 Schneider, Joseph 5 Aug 1867 23 Nov 1912 "dear brother," age 45 Schneider, Margaret Jacobs 10 Jun 1826 27 May 1908 "rest mother," Mar in records Schneider, Mary M. 1 May 1869 14 Feb 1909 with John Schneider, nee Kruger Shea, Catherine F. 1866 12 Mar 1948 with Thomas Shea, 82 Shea, Thomas H. 1863 27 Dec 1922 with Catherine Shea, 59 Sprauer, Arnold Joseph 19 Jun 1928 no stone, 1y 8d Sprauer, Erwin H. 26 Jul 1918 25 Mar 1992 no stone, age 73 b. Withrow, WA Sprauer, Mrs. Erwin no stone Sprauer, Leo no stone Sprauer, Mary Ann no stone Sterman no stone Terzl, Joseph C. 3 Mar 1925 no stone, age 70 Thompson, Mary 1865 23 Jun 1913 age 48 Tisseur, Annie 1841 1924 5/1923 Tissure in records Trudell, F.J. no stone "Unknown Man" unknown burial no stone Weir, Michael 29 Oct 1918 no stone, Wier in records, but believed buried at Waterville Fraternal with wife, stone is there Additional names found in parish sacramental records of St. Joseph's Parish which may be buried in Gate of Heaven Cemetery. Most of these are listed as definitely being in Gate of Heaven, others are only possibles. None have stones or appear on the sexton's list. Kelly, M.Z. 26 Nov 1907 age 33, 11, 24 definite Kelly, M.A. 16 Feb 1908 age 70, 10 definite Mulloy, S.J. 3 Aug 1910 age 60 possible Sheehan, May 12 Jul 1917 definite Lang, Infant 15 Jul 1919 age 1 day definite Hahnenshild, Joseph 12 Jun 1922 (bur. date) definite Mulloy, Mrs. Anna 14 May 1922 possible Schneider, John (Infant) 21 Mar 1923 definite acc. to family, buried here, then moved to Wenatchee City Cemetery Kendal, John James 9 Sep 1924 age 9d definite Carroll, William "Gulielmus" Rufus 12 Sep 1929 age 36 definite Schneider, John S. 26 Aug 1935 age 42 definite acc. to family, buried here, then moved to Wenatchee City Cemetery Carroll, Milo 22 May 1945 age 62 possible Mullen, Joseph John J. III 31 Dec 1998 definite