RIFFE CEMETERY, Lewis 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. Burial list of Riffe Cemetery has been submitted by John Planinshek March, 2000. Special thanks to the Lewis County Genealogical Society for graciously sharing their data. Both above notices must remain when copied or downloaded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Riffe Cemetery Riffe (town no longer in existence), Lewis County, Washington T12N R4E Section 19 Now under Riffe Lake Reservoir RIFFE CEMETERY LEWIS COUNTY WASHINGTON RIFFE CEMETERY: Now flooded by Riffe Lake was located East of Riffe NW 1/4 S19 T12N R4E. Most of the graves were moved to Doss, aka Mossyrock Cemetery. A few were moved to other locations. Cemetery records were burned at the turn of the century (1900). Chehalis Timberland Library, and Lewis County Historical Museum have some lists. The following list was transcribed verbatim on 11/14/1999 from typed documents filed in Superior Court Lewis County Washington on 04/30/1965. ATTACHED HERETO ARE CONSENT FORMS FOR RELOCATION OF REMAINS IN THE RIFFE CEMETERY - ALPHABETICALLY LISTED: Deceased's Consent for: Relationship Cemetery Auvil, Hanabal Wife Doss Bartley, Lowell Gene Mother Sticklin Bartley, Mintie E. Daughter Toledo Belcher Baby Mother Doss Belcher, John C. Sr. Son Doss " " " " " " " " " " " " " Daughter " " " " " " " John C. Belcher, Jr Wife Doss Belcher, June Mother Doss Belcher, Diana Mother Doss Belcher, Mary J. Son Doss Belcher, Mary J. Daughter Doss " " Doss Blankenship, Alta S. Husband Doss Blankenship, Conley Grandson Doss " Grandaughter Doss " " " Blankenship, Inez Father Doss Blankenship, Mary P. Son Doss " " " " " " " " " " Daughter " " " " Blankenship, Thomas I. Son " " " Doss " " " " Daughter " " Son Doss " Daughter Doss Tommie Blankenship Brother " " " " " Sister " " Sister Doss " Half-Brother Doss " Brother Doss " Half-Sister " " Half-Sister " " Half-Sister " " " " " Half-Brother " Blankenship, Zelma W. Husband Doss Bright, Faith Mother Doss Butts, Earl S. Mother/Father Doss Butts, Deolia Mary Mother/Father Doss Castle, Elva Mae Father Doss Charbonneau, Irene R. Mother Salkum " Father Salkum Coleman, Brenda Father Doss " Mother Doss Coleman, Ira Father Doss Coleman, Jasper F. Daughter Sunset Memorial " Son Claquato " Son Doss Coleman, Lewis Daughter Doss " Son Doss Coleman, James M. Daughter Doss " Son Doss " Daughter Doss Coleman, Katie Daughter Doss " " " Louisa J. Belcher Coleman Son " " " " " " " " Daughter " " " " Coleman, Ella L. Mother Doss Coleman, Martha Daughter Doss " Son Doss " Daughter " Coleman, Roy L. Wife " Coleman, S.D.& Katie Daughter Doss " " " " " " Coleman, Sylvania Son Claquato " Daughter Sunset Memorial Coleman, Sylvania Son Doss Coleman, W.N. Daughter Doss Cook, James Mother Doss Cook, Jarrett Grandaughter Salkum " " Salkum " Grandson Greenwood " " Doss " Grandaughter Greenwood " " Greenwood Cook, John B. Son Doss " Daughter " " " " " " " " " " " " " " Son Doss " Daughter " " " " " " " Cook, Pricey M. Son Doss " " " " Daughter " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " Cournyer, Philip F. Mother Sunset Memorial Dotson, Everett Sister Doss " Brother " " Brother " Dotson, Fred N. Sister " " Brother " " " " Dotson, Joseph Daughter " " Son " " Son " Infant Dotson Sister " " Brother " " " " Infant Louis Dotson Brother " " " " Estep, Cloia Lee Mother Doss Goble, Glenna Vivian Mother Cowlitz Gardens/Kels Hanger, Andrew Daughter Doss " Son " Hanger, Josephine Daughter Doss " " " " Son " " Daughter " " " Doss " " Doss " " " " Son " Hanger, Robert Earl Sister Doss " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " Brother " " " " Hanger, Robert Lee Daughter Doss " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " Son " " " " Hanger, Sarah Daughter " " Son Doss Hanger, William E. Son Mountain View " Daughter Mountain View Hodgson, Virgie Bartley Son Doss " Daughter Doss Hunt, Floyd Brother Doss Hunt, Lucinda Husband Doss Hunt, Myrtle Mother Doss Hunt, McKinley Brother Doss Hunt, Nancy Brother Doss Hunt, Rachel Son Doss Hurley, Edward Mother Doss Justice, Alex Wife Doss Justice, Andrew Father Doss " Mother Doss Justice, Charles Mother Doss Justice, Colbert Son Claquato " Daughter Doss " Daughter Claquato " Son " Justice, Child Brother Doss Justice, Ernest Brother Claquato " Sister " Justice, Harmon Wife Doss Justice, Jesse H. Son Doss " Daughter Doss " Son Doss Pricie V. Justice Daughter Doss " Son " " " " Justice, Maurice Mother Doss Justice, Mary Son Doss " " " " Daughter Doss " Son " Justice, Nadien R. Father Claquato Justice, Rena Mother Doss Justice, Victoria Son Doss Justice, W.T. Son Doss " " " " " " " Daughter " Kaiser, Katie K. Husband Doss Lambert, Henry Son Doss Lane, Harold Father Doss Lane, Mary Lou Father Doss Lane, Mary Lou Mother " Lane, Stephen Father Doss Lee, Bertha Sister Doss Lee, John Henry Daughter Doss McMahan Child (Unnamed) Mother Doss " Father Doss Miller, Ellis J. Brother Claquato " Sister Claquato " Brother Doss Miller, Dan Brother Doss " " Claquato " Sister " Miller, Lucinda Son Claquato " Daughter " " Son Doss Miller, William W. Son Doss " Son Claquato " Daughter " Miller, Child of Wayne Brother Doss Mulligan, Nora Alice Husband Sunset Memorial Osborne, Almeda Son Doss " " " " Daughter " " " " Osborne, H.W. Father Doss Osborne, Minnie Belle Brother Doss " " " " Sister " " " " Osborne, Stanley B. Brother Doss " " " Osborne, Stanley B. Sister " " Sister " Osborne, Unnamed Father " Osborne, W.R. Son Doss " Son " " Daughter " " " " Phillips, A.M. Daughter Doss " Son Doss " Daughter Doss Phillips, J.W. Grandaughter Doss " " Doss " Grandson " Pendleton, Anna May Mother Doss " Father Doss Pointer, Al E. Daughter Doss Pointer, Polly Daughter Doss Poore, Lenora Henry Daughter Morton " Son Doss " Son Morton Poore, S.D. Son " " Daughter Morton " Son Doss Rakes Child Unnamed Father Doss " Mother " Edgar Rakes Father " " Mother " Ray, Elmer John Mother Toledo " Father Toledo Regan, Calvin John Mother Doss " Father " Regan, Cora E. Son Doss " Son Doss " Daughter " " " Doss " " " Reagen, Joanna E. Father Doss " Mother " Reed, Harold F. Mother Salkum Reed, John T. Wife Salkum Reed. Marcelle R. Mother Salkum Redmon, Grant W. Daughter Doss " " " " Son Doss " " " Redmon, Bertha E. Daughter " " " " " Son " " " " Riffe, Armedia Daughter Mountain View " Daughter " " Son Mountain View Riffe, Charles T. Daughter Claquato " " " " " " " Son " " Son " Riffe, Floyd Son Mountain View " Daughter " " Daughter " Riffe, Lovie L. Daughter Claquato Riffe, Lovie L. " " " " " " Son " " " " Riffe, Sara Ann Workman Son Doss Rioedan, Eugene Daughter Doss " Son Doss " " " " Daughter " Riordan, Minnie Daughter Doss " " " " Son " " " " Schoonover, Lotus R. Mother Mountain View Schoonover, Mildred Mother Doss Schoonover, Oliver A. Son Doss Schwartz, Allen Wife Mountain View Schwartz, Elias Son Doss Schwartz, Hettie M. Son Doss Schwartz, Vernon Mother Mountain View Senter, Thurman Wife Mossyrock Shields, Sally A. Daughter Doss " " " " " " " " " Shields, Willis H. Daughter " " Daughter " " " " " " " Short, John Grandson Doss Short, Lulla Short Grandson Doss Short, Willard E. Mother Doss Silva, Glen Gradey Mother " Sloan, Blanche Mother Doss Silva, John B. Daughter-in-law Doss Smith, Kenneth E. Mother Rainey Valley " Father " Steel, Danny Father Claquato " Mother " Steele, David A. Wife Claquato Steele, Beverly Father " " Mother " Steele, Roland A. Mother " Stinson Girl Unnamed Brother Doss " Sister Doss " Brother " " Brother " Stinson, Ethel Brother Doss " Sister " " " " " Brother Doss " " " Stinson, Floyd G. Daughter " " Son " " Son " Stinson, Fred Mother Sticklin Stinson, Mary Alice Daughter Doss " Son " " " " " " " Stinson, Thomas Wife Sticklin Thompson, Howard Wife Swofford Thompson, Everett Sister Doss " Sister Doss " Sister " Thompson, Florence M. Mother Doss Thompson, George W. Daughter Doss " " " " " " Thompson, Phoebe K. Daughter " " " " Thompson, Phoebe K. Daughter " Toler, Hollie Sister Salkum " Sister Salkum " " Greenwood Memorial " " " " Brother Doss Unnamed Webb Child Mother Doss Webb, Harold G. Mother Doss Webb, Helen J. Mother Doss Workman, Cecil Oliver Sister Doss " Brother Doss Workman, Delores Jean Father Doss Workman, Elizabeth Son Doss " Daughter " " Son " Workman, Emily Daughter Doss " Son " " Daughter Doss " Son " Workman, George E. Wife Doss Workman, John Silas Brother Rainey Valley " Brother Rainey Valley " Brother " " " " " Sister " " Brother " Workman, Myrtle Mother Doss " Father " Workman, Oliver Son Doss " Daughter Doss " Son Doss " Son " Workman, Polly Son Rainey Valley " Son " " Son " " " " " Son " " Daughter " Workman, Ribern Daughter Doss " " " " " " " Son " " Son " " " " " Daughter Doss " Son " Workman, Walter Brother Doss " " " " " " " Sister " " Brother " Wyatt, Permelia Son Mossyrock " " Doss Wyatt, W.T. " Mossyrock " Son Doss