SAINT ROSE OF LIMA CATHOLIC CEMETERY, EPHRATA, WA The Saint Rose of Lima Catholic Cemetery is a separate section of the Ephrata City Cemetery. The land was donated for the Catholic section by the Meyer family and the first recorded burial was in 1915. Records prior to 1942 are held at the curch in Odessa, Wa. To reach the cemetery, you will enter town on Basin St. which is the main street, and turn West (toward the hills) on 3rd Ave. SW. Drive 3 blocks and the Catholic church will be on your left. The cemetery is across the street behind the church on E St. SW. The Catholic section is in the far SW corner of the cemetery and is marked with a sign and a statue of an Angel. During regular working hours, M-F a city employee is usually on the grounds or soon will be. Stop by the small building near the back of the cemetery and take a look at their map. It will make your search much easier. For those who must visit on a weekend, I will try to explain the numbering system. The Catholic section is laid out in a grid with lettered rows beginning at the entance by the sign with letter B and progressing toward the chain link fence at the far end, ending with row T. The numbered rows begin with 0 at the road which cuts through the cemetery, and end with 8 right in front of the Grotto of Our Lady of Fatima. Where these rows intersect, there are clusters of 6 to 8 graves indicated by the 2nd number in the Plot#. Most graves are well marked. The unknown and some infant graves are marked with small hand made concrete markers that are beginning to wear away. Three or four are totally unreadable and the only way I could determine who was buried in the plot was to look at the records at the church. 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. Compiled by Bonnie Miller, October 2003. My thanks to Lynn Stecker Secretary at St. Rose Church. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SURNAME GIVEN NAME DOB DOD PLOT # NOTES ALBERTS GARY LEE 9.JUN.1956 26.DEC.1996 J-6-3 ANDREWS DOROTHY M. 1927 1969 Q-1-4 ANDREWS STEVEN T. 1949 1968 Q-1-5 BALES PATRICK E. 1954 P-0-6 BABY BASHAW FLAVIAN 10.MAY.1837 8.DEC.1922 N-8-2/3/5 BASHAW JULIA 30.DEC.1847 27.APR.1938 N-8-1to6 BATES N. LAVERNE 1914 1976 J-1-1 BATES ALOYSIS LOUIE 16.OCT.1910 17.NOV.1989 K-1-4 US Army Air Corps WWII BASTTISTA BABY MARY 1964 S-0-3 BEIERMAN AGNES E. 1899 1981 E-2-8 BEIERMAN "JOHN ""JACK"" W." 21.MAR.1937 29.JUL.2002 E-2-7 US Army BESSETT BABY BOY 1955 N-0-5 BESSETT MARK JOHN 9.APR 1976 2.DEC.2001 G-8-4 BETTI BERTHA C. 1906 1989 C-6-8 CREMAINS BETTI GUIDO C. 1904 1993 C-6-8 CREMAINS BLAKE JANE 1915 1986 L-6-8 BOCHSLER MILDRED E. 1929 1975 M-1-7 BOCHSLER NORBERT J. 1928 1994 M-1-6 BRAND STEPHEN 1957 N-O-7 BABY temp. marker BRENNAN ARTHUR E. 1906 1992 F-2-1 BRENNAN EDNA M. ULRICH 5.MAY.1911 19.AUG.1989 F-2-1 BRETCHES MARSHA A. 1949 1994 S-2-2 CREMAINS BROADWATER KATHERINE H. 1904 1987 G-1-1 BROADWATER OSCAR W. 1908 1996 G-1-2 BROWN MARY ELLEN 9.JUL.1892 1.JUN.1959 K-4-5 nee DOOLEY BROWN MIKE no marker 1990 K-4-5 CREMAINS W / WIFE BRUNO DONALD 1908 1988 K-1-4 BURNS EDWARD 1968 P-0-4 aka: HOWARD BURNS BUTTERLY CAROLYN ANN 29.DEC1985 13.JUL.1994 E-0-3 BUTTERLY C.MILDRED 1902 1986 E-0-2 BYRD KEITH JASON 29.MAY.1975 24.JAN.1979 F-1-5 BYRNE EDWARD VICTOR 10.AUG.1920 21.AUG.2001 M-1-1 "US Army, WWII" CAMPBELL DAVE P. 1905 1995 F-6-6 CAMPBELL JOANN 1913 1998 F-6-5 CARLSON ROSE 1985 L-1-1&K-1 no marker CARON MARY E. 1895 1967 R-1-8 CARROLL ROBERT 1967 N-0-6 BABY CARROLL TIMOTHY 1956 N-0-6 BABY CARTER MAY L. 1890 1971 M-0-7 CHAVEZ MARTIN PUGA 1997 1999 G-5-5 CAR WENT INTO THE CANAL CHAVEZ JOSE G. PUGA 1995 1999 G-5-6 CAR WENT INTO THE CANAL CHAVEZ VICTOR E. PUGA 1987 1999 G-5-7 CAR WENT INTO THE CANAL CHORNUK CAROLYN 1997 H-6-8 marker not found COLLINS GRACE D. 1898 1986 Q-1-6 CONLIN GEORGE J. 1892 1980 E-7-3 CONLIN IDA A. 1892 1985 E-7-2 CONNER MARY J. 1917 1999 E-7-4 CREMAINS W/ SON COUTURE DAVID ALLEN 5.OCT.1965 15.NOV.1991 F-1-6 COUTURE EUGENE H. 1913 1983 F-1-7 COUTURE MARGARET L. 1916 1996 F-1-8 CRAWFORD HUGH P. 1.APR.1911 6.APR.2003 P-1-4 Married 24.Sept.1939 CURIEL-NUNEZ ALEXIS 1996 1999 G-5-8 CAR WENT INTO THE CANAL CURIEL-NUNEZ JOSE Jr. 1994 1999 F-5-5 CAR WENT INTO THE CANAL DALTON PATRICK JAMES 15 MAY.1911 20.DEC.1997 C-1-5 "US Army, WWII" DANIELS HENRY E. 1923 2000 E-5-1 DANO HARRISON K. 13.NOV.1916 3.JUN.2002 M-6-1 Married 28.Mar.1942 DANO JARROD HARRISON 20.AUG.1977 1.DEC.1984 M-7-8 """BEAR""" DAURIE DONALD (IKE) 2.JUN.1928 5.JUL.1998 G-7-8 Married 9.May.1951 DAWSON MARGARET M. 30.JUL.1946 "8,JUN.2003" D-7-3 CREMAINS DE AGUIAR ANA 1999 E-6-4 marker not found DECK DANIEL J. 1909 1983 P-1-2 DECK MARGARET RYAN 1909 1996 P-1-1 DECKER JOAN E. 1946 1992 R-2-6 DODSON JAMES H. 1899 1970 C-5-1 DODSON MAMIE 1957 B-5-4 DODSON MARIE 1896 1982 C-5-2 DOONAN SARAH F. 1955 P-0-8 "Temp. marker ""Sara Doneen""" DORAN IGNATIA 30.DEC.1916 2.SEP.1999 G-8-1 Married 28.Nov.1946 DORAN SAMUEL 15.JUL.1920 25.MAY.1993 G-8-2 DRITTENBAS GRACE 1906 1976 J-0-1 DRITTENBAS HARRY 1899 1974 K-0-1 DUNN MEARL C. 1901 1962 S-1-4 EHRMAN SUSAN G. 1958 N-0-8 EMERY EDWARD ELLSWORTH 23.MAY 1906 8.MAY.1998 R-1-2 CREMAINS W / WIFE EMERY MINONA (FITTS) 17.JAN.1912 10.DEC.2001 R-1-2 CREMAINS W / HUSBAND EMERY RUSH O. 14.MAY.1941 15.JUN.1962 R-1-3 Washington Sp5 Enl Det7 Army ESLICK BABY S-2-1 ESLICK "MARGARET A. ""BOBBI""" 1914 5.MAY.2001 R-1-4 CREMAINS/HUSBAND ESLICK C.BRUCE 1916 1981 R-1-4 ESLICK JAY THOMAS 1941 1962 S-1-2 FIESS FRANCES E. JAN.1911 JUL.1997 G-6-1 FITTS HARVEY EDWARD 12.JUL.1909 30.JAN.1996 Q-2-4 "Tec 3 US Army, WWII" FITTS RACHEL 4.FEB.1914 2.JAN.1994 Q-2-3 FITZGERALD ROBERT 1959 N-0-6 BABY FOX HARVEY L. 25.SEP.1905 28.JAN.1984 P-2-5 FOX JIM 1917 1992 F-2-8 FOX O.TERESIA 27.OCT.1909 14.OCT.1994 P-2-6 GALPIN JOHN HENRY 1910 1051 R-0-6 GEORGIE JOHANNA 1872 1962 T-1-6 GEORGIE RUDOLF 1869 1959 T-1-5 GRAY LILLIAN A. 10.JUL.1912 11.JUN.1990 H-8-4 GUDMUNSON RAYMOND S. 10.MAR.1919 19.JUN.1990 F-6-8 Married 16.Sep.1950 GUILHERME MARIA L. 1924 2000 H-7-5 Married 30.Dec.1951 HANEY BLANCHE R. 1907 1960 S-1-7 HANEY HAROLD E. 1906 1965 S-1-8 HARNEY MALCHY (JOSEPH) 1956 N-0-6 Malchy on marker HARTGRAVE JOHN D-2-4 Temp. marker HAUGHTON THOMAS M. 20.MAY.1908 23.NOV.2000 J-3-5 Married 25.Feb.1935 HAVENS BABY KEITH 1965 S-0-6 INFANT-2 separate markers HECKLER RICHARD B. Jr. 20.SEP.'56 N-0-6 HOUGHTON RODNEY DANE 5.DEC.1925 24.MAR.1990 D-2-8 HUBBARD ROBERT LEE 1938 1998 E-7-4 CREMAINS W/ MOTHER HUESTIES INFANT 1973 P-0-2 Temp. marker JAHN JAMES KARL 14.SEP.1946 15.MAR.1969 Q-1-3 Washington Pvt US Army JAHN SYLVIA D. 1917 1980 Q-2-6 JANSEN GEORGE FRANK 3.OCT.1893 26.SEP.1971 N-0-3 Nebraska CPL Co D4 Engineers JONES DELLA MARIE 1917 L-7-4&5 KAUFMAN SCOTTY 1955 P-0-7 BABY Temp. marker KEARNS BETTY M. 6.DEC.1911 5.OCT.1982 M-1-3 KEARNS HELEN WINKLER 1913 1971 N-1-6 KEARNS JOHN F. 8.MAY.1913 30.MAR.1993 N-1-4 KEARNS ROBERT JOSEPH Jr. 1911 1976 N-1-5 KEEGAN MICHAEL J. 1849 1938 L-7-3&6 KINDER A. JOAN 1917 1993 S-2-7 KINDER FRED M. 1956 1978 S-2-8 KINDER JOHN A. 1951 1959 S-0-1 KINDER OLIVER R. 1913 1992 S-2-6 KOLLER WILLIAM A. 1915 1983 M-1-4 KUHLE DOROTHY MARY 18.JUN.1904 8.DEC.1997 D-7-5 Nee TUSCH LAMPMAN GERTRUDE VOGEL 1889 1991 T-1-8 LAMPMAN THEODORE J. 1882 1959 T-1-7 LEMANSKI JOANN 1989 L-1-3 marker not found LOOSEMORE JOHN A. 1915 1987 K-1-2 LOUZIER LOUIS G. 1880 1938 N-6-1 MACHTMES EDMUND A. 17.APR.1910 28.APR.1970 P-1-6 Minnesota Tec 4 CoA 276 Infantry MACHTMES ELIZABETH 2003 P-1-5 MALASPINO PAULINE H. 17.JUL.1922 1.JUN.2002 G-5-1 MARCY BENJAMIN P. 29.DEC.1891 19.JUN.1969 B-1-7 MARCY EMMA B. 5.JAN.1897 11.FEB.1986 B-1-8 MARTINEZ EDWARD JOEL 1989 R-0-8 BABY McALPINE ETTA 1978 H-0-7 no marker McDONNELL BABY JOHN 13.MAR.'66 S-0-3 McDONNELL CHARLES J. 18.FEB.1923 24.JUL.1998 R-2-5 US NAVY McDONNELL JOHN F. 26.JUL.1924 20.JUL.2002 R-2-4 Married 21.jun.1952 McDONNELL PHOEBE M. 1897 1968 Q-0-4 McDONNELL WILLIAM P. 1889 1972 Q-0-3 McGUIRE CLARENCE L. 1902 1972 N-0-2 McGUIRE "MARGARET A. ""BOBBI""" 1905 1996 N-0-1 """BOBBI""" McPHERSON ANNA R. 1878 1969 Q-1-7 MELBERG VELMA M. 15.JUN.1918 22.NOV.1918 T-0-4 Daughter of CR & TM METCALF HERBERT W. 21.APR.1912 8.MAY.1989 D-1-7 S. Sgt US Army WWII MENZIA ADELINE B. 17.DEC.1924 30.DEC.2002 E-1-1 Married 21.Aug.1948 MENZIA CORNELIUS A. 17.JUN.1921 21.JAN.94 E-1-2 MERDANIAN ROY E. IV 14.OCT.1976 30.SEP.1994 R-3-5 MEYER EDWARD 1886 1915 S-0-7 MEYER ETHEL MAE 1994 S-2-2 MEYER FRANK L. 1879 1940 T-0-2 MEYER GERALD H. 2.MAY.1920 22.NOV.2002 S-2-3 US Army WWII MEYER HERBERT E. 1890 1974 T-0-2 MEYER JOHN J. 1876 1950 S-0-8 MEYER JOSEPH M. 1849 1939 T-0-5 MEYER MATHEW A. 1883 1948 T-0-7 MEYER MAY MAUDE 1889 1974 T-0-3 MEYER THOMAS L. 1943 1970 T-0-1 MEYER WILLIAM B. 1885 1904 S-0-5 MILLER RUBY MARGARET 1905 1983 H-1-8 MOLITOR VIRGINIA 2002 F-8-5 marker not found MORRIS MARIE 1986 B-5-1 marker not found MORRIS THOMAS L. B-5-2 marker not found MURTAUGH CHARLES J. 1967 M-0-5 Temp. marker NEAL TWINS 1959 L-0-5 marker not found NEFF BABY GIRL 1955 P-0-6 Temp. marker NELSON SOLOMON C. 18.MAR.1915 16.APR.1991 T-1-2 Pfc. US Army WWII NICHOLS WANDA K. 1888 1972 M-0-1 NIXON LARRY 1897 1963 C-5-4 NIXON RAMONA 1901 1958 C-5-3 NORMAN DICK 9.NOV.1969 23.FEB.1971 R-0-4 Toddler OHLMS BABY BOY 1955 P-0-8 Temp. marker PADGITT CHARLES WEBSTER 1907 1953 Q-0-5 PADGITT HAZEL MARIE (DUNCAN) 1912 12.MAY.1992 Q-0-6 DOD not on marker PAGE JAMES PHILLIP 6.MAR.1944 24.SEP.1992 P-2-1 SP4 US Army PAZ "MARIA ""AURELIA""" 1985 1996 H-5-7 Family perished in house fire PAZ GONZALO Jr. 1987 1996 H-5-8 Family perished in house fire PAZ GONZALO Sr. 1965 1996 H-5-1 Family perished in house fire PAZ "MARIA ""IRMA""" 1962 1996 H-5-2 Family perished in house fire PEARSON ALBERT T. 10.JUN.1903 7.APR.1969 Q-1-8 PEARSON CLARA C. 10.APR.1904 10.JUL.1994 P-1-5 PEREZ BABY 1967 S-0-3 PEREZ BONNIE STILLBORN 5.MAR.1970 P-0-7 Daughter of Ignacio & Margarita PETERSON RANDY 1956 2000 G-4-5 PFEIFER BABY STILLBORN 6.SEP.1953 Q-0-1 PFEIFER JOSEPH A. 18.OCT.1913 14.SEP.1992 G-8-7 Married 15.Aug.1979 PICKERING JERIE 12.OCT.1923 5.JAN.1986 D-1-6 CREMAINS W/SISTER P. EHINGER PINE CAROLINE ELAINE 1955 P-0-6 BABY PING "ROBERT E. ""BOB""" 22.SEP.1924 18.JUN.2003 B-2-7 PING CHRISTINA MARIE 6.FEB.1952 28.NOV.2000 B-2-8 POGEMILLER DOLORES ANN 1916 1999 G-1-7 POGEMILLER RUSSELL E. 1908 1979 G-1-6 PRAY EUGENE H. 21.SEP.1916 28.JUL.1984 B-1-5 PRAY JANE M. 14.AUG.1919 23.MAY.1994 B-1-6 PREJEAN HERNON A. 7.APR.1946 3.JAN.1999 G-7-5 US Army Vietnam RAMPAZZI ANNA MARIA 1888 1953 Q-0-8 RANGEL BABY BOY 1954 R-0-7 BABY RASHFORD JOHN ARTHUR 1.MAY.1962 10.MAY.1986 L-1-8 RASHFORD VIRGINIA CLATIE 15.OCT. 1971 28.AUG.1976 L-1-7 RATAEZYK MARY 1888 1967 L-0-8 RATAEZYK MICHAEL A. 1882 1960 L-0-7 RATAEZYK HARRY R. 1909 1980 L-0-2 RATAEZYK STEPHIA J. 1907 2000 L-0-2 RATAEZYK WALLACE E. 1917 1976 K-0-5 REID NOEL E. 17.DEC.1925 20.AUG.1923 E-1-6 "1st Sgt. US Army WWII,Korea" REYNOLDS MARGIE A. 1926 1992 H-6-1 Married 24.Oct.1945 RICE CHARLOTTE 11.JUN.1954 13.JUN.1954 R-0-8 BABY ROBERTS OSCAR ALFRED 1900 1953 Q-0-7 ROJAS-GIL LUCILA 1954 2001 H-5-6 RUSH JAMES ALLYN 1964 1965 S-0-3 BABY RYAN "E.E.""GENE""" 1917 1978 N-4-3 RYAN PATRICK 1955 N-0-5 BABY RYAN THOMAS L. N-0-5 BABY marker not found SCELLICK PATRICK JOHN 1964 S-0-2 BABY SCHEMPP MARGE 1996 F-7-8 marker not found SCHMID RUTHANNE ELIZABETH 5.APR.1927 7.MAR.1999 R-2-1 SCHMITT HELEN K. 1919 1979 N-1-1 Married 16.Jan.1954 SCHMITT EUGENE H. 1911 1978 N-1-2 Pfc US Army WWII SCHROEDER FRANK L. 1899 1970 P-1-8 SCOTT LENA LOUISE 17.SEP.1895 17.DEC.1950 R-0-5 "Born in Polic, Louisiana" SELL BABY ALLEN 1965 S-0-7 SELL FRANCES L. 1.APR.1939 6.NOV.1993 N-4-8 SHARICK FLORENCE MARIE 1926 1977 M-2-1 SIX HELEN L. 1903 1976 M-0-2 SIX BEN F. 1900 1972 M-0-3 SLAUGHTER MILANIE ANN N-0-6 BABY SLAUGHTER BABY GIRL 1957 N-0-6 BABY SMICK "PATRICIA ""PATTY""" 6.JAN.1922 12.SEP.2001 C-4-5 Married 13.Jun.1956 SMITH "JOHN R. ""JACK""" 24.DEC.1931 18.DEC.1993 F-7-2 SMYTH MARGARET JOSEPHINE 1883 1965 R-0-1 STAUFFER SYDNEY F. 1934 1999 G-8-3 CREMAINS STOLLE HELEN L. 1928 1977 J-1-8 Married 2 Aug.1947 STOLLE JOHN L. 1924 1992 J-1-7 STOLLE ROY WILLIAM 1954 1988 H-1-5 STRATMANN MARGUERITE A. 1900 1968 Q-0-1 Married 2.Aug.1947 SUKO WILLIAM 1905 1969 Q-1-2 SULLIVAN ROBERT H. 1920 1960 L-0-6 SUMMERS "MARY E. ""BETTY""" 24.DEC.1905 17.DEC.1993 E-7-7 TUSCH family name on marker SWIFT MARGARET A. 1916 1970 L-0-4 THORNTON JAY CASTLE "17,MAY.'84" M-1-8 BABY TORRISON FABIOLA A. 19.AUG.1894 22.JUN.1991 J-0-3 TOTTEN KIMBERLY JO 15.APR.1971 16.APR.1971 R-0-7 BABY TUSCH LESLIE E. 27.JUN.1917 14.APR.1999 D-7-6 TUSCH MARY EDITH McGUIRE 12.DEC.1915 14.OCT.1977 D-7-7 UNKNOWN NEAR P-0-6 UNKNOWN NEAR T-1-6 UNKNOWN NEAR T-1-6 UNKNOWN NEAR T-1-6 WALKER LAUREL 1918 1990 E-2-3 Married 30.Dec.1938 WALKER STEVE H. 1917 1995 E-2-2 DOD not on marker WASKO JOHN M. 11.MAR.1911 20.APR.1960 S-1-5 WASKO KATHERINE K. 1916 1991 S-1-6 WEBB LARRY E. 13.OCT.1948 29.OCT.2000 H-7-1 Married 21.Apr.1969 WEBB SAMANTHA ELIZABETH 1.DEC.1993 1.JAN.2003 B-0-3 """Forever Our Sunshine""" WEST WILBUR BERNARD 6.OCT.1911 16.JUL.1964 R-1-7 California WT2 USNR WWII WHITLOW KATHLEEN JOAN 3.SEP.1893 21.AUG.1981 R-1-6 WHITLOW LESLIE W. 12.JUN.1892 30.MAR.1963 R-1-5 Washington LCDR (MC) USNR WICKWIRE DOROTHY MARIE 10.DEC.1918 2.MAY.1984 P-3-1 WICKWIRE JAMES FREDERICK 1.SEP.1914 7.DEC.1990 P-3-2 WINSKI MARY R. 1930 1998 G-5-4 WITTE AGNES C. 1919 2001 N-1-8 WITTE ALICE 1947 1994 N-1-7 CREMAINS W/PARENTS WITTE CARVER P. 1954 1971 M-1-5 WITTE VICTOR E. 1908 1981 N-1-7 WOLFE WILLA K. 25.JAN.1930 21.JAN.2003 H-8-6 """BILLIE""" WOLFE CLIFFORD D. 12.JUL.1923 23.SEP.2002 H-8-5 Married 13.Apr.1946 WOMACK INFANT 1962 S-2-5/1 WOMACK ROGER A. 7.JUL.1931 19.JUL.1997 T-2-8 USN KOREA / VIETNAM WOMACK TOMMY 1954 1960 S-2-5/2 Son of Mr/Mrs Roger Womack ZIGAN EDMUND H. 1902 1998 F-2-4 Married 31.Dec.1923 ZIGAN EULA A. 1902 1990 G-2-1 ZEHM HOWARD 1995 G-7-2 marker not found