LUMMI ISLAND CEMETERY, Whatcom 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 Lummi Island Cemetery transcribed and submitted by Jafra Sutherland October 15, 1999. Both above notices must remain when copied or downloaded. jafra@gte.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lummi Island Cemetery, Lummi Island, Whatcom County, WA 98262 Location: South side of the Legoe Bay Road, 1/2 mile west of the Nugent Road, and adjacent to the Lummi Island Congregational Church. NW1/4 of SW1/4 of NE1/4, Sec. 9, R 1 E, T 37 N History: IN the early 1900's land was cleared for a cemetery to be supervised by the Congregational Church, and those assisting were given lots. Subsequently title has been transferred to the township, to the Grange (in the late 1940's) and then back to the church. In 1964 the cemetery became a part of Whatcom County Cemetery District No. 2. Early records had been inadequate, but in 1952, after much questioning, it was thought that all but one to six graves had been identified. Records furnished by Pam Muehlhausen with permission of Cemetery Association. NAME DEATH DATE BIRTH DATE PLOT/GRAVE OTHER INFORMATION Adema, Eva 7/13/1989 3/1 cremains Adema, Floyd 9/9/1971 1899 3/1 cremains Alfs, Annie 1911 1884 76/10 Alfs, Gertrude 1907 36 no other info available Alfs, Herman F. 5/16/1967 1885 36 cremains interred 6/4/67 Alfs, John F. 1921 1846 36 Alfs, Marie 1932 1854 36 Anderson, Arthur R. 11/4/1980 1903 30/8 cremains Anderson, Charles is interred in cemetery but C.Tuttle & A.Granger report burial on Lot 83 not 72 although owned by Charles Anderson Anderson, Maud 2/14/1994 1904 30/8 Anderson, Ross W. 7/12/1962 3/23/1939 55/6 asphyxia by drowning Anderson, Walter Raymond 2/10/90 10/9/1929 11/3 sgt. Marines Korea Armbruster, Gerald 2/2/1986 11/27/1918 29/2 cremains Austin, Dana W. 3/10/1906 7/13/1880 78/2 Austin, Eli (I.Ely) 1884 78 memorial only-reported to have died at Pearl Harbor Austin, Glenora A. 12/4/1976 1894 78/1 Axtell, Ivy 1991 1917 30/2 cremains Axtell, John W. 1/15/1981 1910 30/2 cremains Baker, Betty Lou 3/6/1935 4/28/1932 81/5 drowned Baldwin, Anna K. 1/18/1966 1885 73/4 interred 5/22/1966 Baldwin, Lindley Murray 1955 1873 73/9 Bales, Phoebe (Neal) 4/4/1908 2/19/1828 61/8 cremains - born in Tennessee Barricklaw, Child no info (reported by Fred Seelye) 68 Baumgart, Ardith M. 8/22/1982 8/20/1935 23/8 cancer Baumgart, Henry A.(Hank)6/11/1977 1929 23/7 death during heart surgery Baumgart, Mac Anthony 4/28/1982 1958 23/3 auto accident Beeman, Ohse E. "Cap" 12/26/1970 1910 49/8 Belanger, Joe 8/7/1978 1901 30/4 cremains Blizard, Leonidus 12/7/1914 1/6/1844 45 Blizard, Sallie A. 7/23/1932 2/2/1846 45 Bonaparte, Robert Lee 12/20/1990 11/3/1923 28/2 Bostrom, Albert W. 4/19/1991 3/26/1921 66/3 medical doctor Botsford, Anna R. 10/23/1934 12/25/1860 6l/9A Botsford, Eulalia V. 1965 1894 61/9B Botsford, Virgil C. 4/4/1908 1835 61/10 Bringolf, Calla L. 1969 1881 61/9C Bringolf, George C. 1979 1883 61/9C Brown, Earl 1987 1899 34/3 cremains Brown, Grace 10/27/1915 4/25/1893 76/3 wife of David Brown Brown, John R. 4/20/1991 1/12/1908 50/3 headstone faces east to indicate right graves Brown, Maude A. 8/19/1985 50/4 Brown, Mildred H. 6/3/1973 1/4/1901 34/3 cremains Burch, Virginia Pike 1951 1914 73/2 Carlson, Arnold John 2/22/1983 1/25/1909 33/5 Capt. Navy WWII Chamberlain, Bertha May 1948 1884 38/3 Chamberlain, E. Kathryn 1920 1911 38/8 Chamberlain, Ernest B. 1953 1879 38/2 Chamberlain, John 1934 1855 38/6 Chamberlain, Margaret M. 1933 1860 38/7 Christensen, John 1981 1890 2/5 cremains Christensen,Kristine Marie 2/26/1965 5/15/1892 2/5 cremains Coleman, Jessie May 3/27/1947 1882 63/6 born in Chicago, IL Coleman, Wallace 5/16/1958 6/5/1871 63/5 cremains Collins, Hazel E. 1893 47/10 cremains interred 11/28/1980 Combest, Mabel 4/8/1972 15/4 Combest,Sr. Shelby Branson 1923 1845 15/1 Combest,Jr. Shelby Branson 1925 1882 15/3 buried with Jack Shelby Stephens Cooper, Nelson "Ted" 1989 1906 52/7 Corcoran, Clifford 1979 1908 53/6 Corcoran, Clinton E. 1985 1921 53/5 cremains Army Engineers WWII Corcoran, Dennis 11/28/1906 2/28/1905 53/10 Corcoran, John Denton 1973 1889 53/12 Corcoran, Marcia 6/16/1919 1841 53/11 Corcoran, Maria Elizabeth Chappell 11/10/1948 2/16/1874 53 cremains Corcoran, William Thomas 9/20/1935 8/19/1861 53/11 cremains Dansforth, Nora 2/21/1982 3/3/1899 3/5 cremains interred with infant Rachel Smith Davis, Edith Rachel 5/7/1967 10/22/1893 26/3 Davis, Lloyd 2/1/1986 1895 26/3 cremains Dixon, Howard 8/22/1966 9/7/1904 34/4 cremains Dixon, Mabel 1/19/1993 34/4 cremains Douglas, Lucile Grant Palmer1933 1888 40 Doyle, Thomas 1/31/1999 29/5 cremains Ecker, Merlin 1/6/1986 1912 50/7 Ecker, Una Laura 12/17/1971 1912 50/8 Erickson, Bernice E. 7/3/1998 2/16/1916 50/2 cremains Erickson, Orville K. 11/10/1998 5/12/1915 50/2 cremains Finney, Richard M. 12/31/1991 4/27/1944 69/8 cerebral hemmorage Flower, Mable K. 1942 1870 16/3 Flower, Mark G. 1925 1868 16/4 Gaines, Grant Robert 8/11/1965 4/27/1922 44/1 cremains Major-Marines Gawley, Blanch A. 1919 1888 74/3 Gawley, Hector 8/20/1951 8/1/1870 73/3 born in Detroit MI Gawley, Isaac Curtis 1986 1919 74/1B Gawley, Josephine 3/15/1911 12/18/1839 77 on headstone "Mother" on top "Marshall" on bottom Gawley, Lillian 1935 1892 74/4 Gawley, Mattie L. 1948 1864 74/1A Gawley, Thomas R. 1928 1862 74/2 Godfrey, John 1942 76/1 unmarked-reported by AH Granger now marked Godfrey, Sophia 1927 1860 76/2 Granger, Angus Mac 2/11/1984 8/14/1907 23/5 cremains Granger,Sr. Arthur 1967 1878 24 Granger, Chancy R. 1948 1871 41/3 Granger,Sr. Charles A. 1920 1880 36 in drive south of lot Granger,Jr. Charles A.(Bud) 6/5/1963 1916 25/2 Granger, Edith Tuckett 5/18/1989 6/16/1905 23/5 cremains wife of Angus Mac Granger Granger, Eva Blanch 1941 1881 41/4 Granger, Fanny Winslow 1921 1860 78/3 Granger, Gordon Grant 1938 1916 24 tractor accident Granger, Helen 9/29/1977 1924 21/4 cancer 2nd Lt. WWII Granger, Herbert no info 78/4 cremains in father Melzer Granger's grave Granger, Irene 5/12/1999 1890 41/6 wife of Joseph Granger Granger, James E. 11/17/1968 1944 36/B cremains interred 2/22/1969 Granger, Janet M. 1972 1888 24 interred 12/20/1972 Granger, Joseph 11/7/1970 1909 41/7 Granger, Marie Kidwell 2/10/1969 1908 76/10 cremains in sister Annie Alf's grave Granger, Melzar Alfs 10/20/1984 1906 36 cremains Granger, Melzer 1922 1845 78/4 Granger, Nettia L. 1944 1888 36 in drive south of lot Granger, Ruth W. 1974 1904 41/2 wife of Warren Granger Granger, Warren 5/30/1978 1903 41/1 Grant, Jessica Ward 1941 1885 40 Greeley, David C. 7/27/1998 3/7/1918 12/2 Greeley, Susan Starr 11/3/1972 6/11/1945 12/5 Gutknecht, Pricilla Jane 3/28/1986 1930 69/1 cremains Handyside, Lawrence interred 5/24/1978 1898 62/1 Cmdr Navy WWI& II Handyside, Lucia Medora Lane 1/20/1987 9/30/1893 62/2 Harper, Mildred (Deedie) Howard 12/5/1994 7/22/1909 64/8 Harris, Cecil Earl 1981 15/2 cremains Hartford, Robert 5/29/1982 1913 46/6 Havens, Louis E. 2/25/1978 6/24/1894 47/6 cremains Havens, Sarah Fay 8/24/1990 1/21/1894 47/6 cremains Hawley, James Vernon 4/2/1992 1/10/1904 27/5 cremains Hawley, Leo E. 1/30/1985 2/16/1933 27/5 cremains Helm, Charles 6/6/1980 48/5 Hoffman, George 1987 1904 53/9 cremains Hoffman, Helen E. 6/29/1978 1911 53/9 cremains House, Dorothy C. Taft 1985 1908 44/4 cremains House, Gregory Leo no info available 45/1C Howard, Alice Miller 9/1990 1918 62/5 interred 9/24/90 mother of Barbara Mae Edgman King Huseby, Henry J. 5/2/1944 8/2/1904 54 born in Helena MT Sgt. Jacobs, Edward no info available 56 note on record says "brother of Mrs. Showers" Jell, Joyce 12/7/1987 2/8/1924 46/3 cremains breast cancer Jewell, Trinda Elizabeth 11/09/1998 6/15/1957 9/1 cremains Johnson, Infant male 6/8/1972 6/7/1972 11/6 premature - child of Richard & Lylene Johnson Johnston, Mary Davis Gillies 2/21/1993 5/1/1900 26/3 cremains Kappel, Marie 5/1/1986 1/25/1893 10/1 Kepferle, Susan 6/1987 1939 69/2 cremains King,Barbara Mae Edgman 2/15/1985 3/13/1938 62/6 Klaasen, Clara 5/21/1981 5/18/1892 64/6 cremains Klaasen, Jack 8/17/1965 4/21/1883 64/6 Lane, Baby 1884 1884 62/4 remains interred later with FF Lane Jr Lane, Daniel 10/22/1988 10/22/1960 31/5 cremains Lane, Sr. Frederick F. 2/21/1909 1829 62/3 2nd family to homestead on Lummi Island-came from Mass. Lane, Jr. Frederick F. 4/15/1911 1882 62/4 died in logging accident Lane, Oliver G. 1891 or1894 1885 62/4 remains interred later with FF Lane Jr Leech, Dale 4/1990 1909 34 memorial only-cremains scattered Lummi Church beach Leech, Jerry Dale 9/9/1981 11/12/1934 34/5 Lewis, Chelsea Marie (infant) 7/16/1990 6/25/1990 17/1 Long, Harold 1986 1905 63/3 Martin (?) Lot 37 (Herman Alfs advised grave contains body of young woman opened at time of burial of John F. Alfs 1921 Lot 36 Martin, Edna A. 1973 1903 76/5 interred 8/6/1973 Martin, Emil 8/12/1902 1864 76/5 Martin, Jody Leech 6/13/1988 5/18/1854 34/6 murdered in Ferndale, WA by boyfriend Martin, Jule Emil 5/21/1987 1898 76/6 note says father of Robert & Grace McDonald, Emile Chabot 1946 1890 55/10 cremains scattered McDonald, G.C. "Jerry" no info available 55 cremains scattered McEntire, Lorena Dodges 8/17/1995 5/12/1919 48/8A cremains Melcher, G. Maurine 8/9/1980 1902 44/1 cremains Melcher, John 1/10/1963 8/20/1895 44/1 cremains 2nd Lt WWI Miller, Grace M. 11/4/1981 1/20/1910 18/8 cremains interred 4/1987 Miller, John Richard "Jack" 7/12/1995 10/21/1918 3/7 Miller,Melvin V.(Lehr) 10/10/1991 12/3/1908 18/8 cremains interred 4/11/1992 Moore, Brooke Shannon(infant) 6/7/1974 6/7/1974 33/8 note says father (possibly Kenneth) dug grave Moore, Judith Louise 4/19/1972 8/24/1945 33/7 heart attack Musser, Ethel Tobyne 7/16/1989 10/20/1885 69/8 cremains Neff, Catherine Corcoran 12/6/1985 8/31/1912 53/5 Neuman, Ben 1/5/1992 8/20/1950 29 cremains Neuman, Charlotte Erdmute 10/8/1994 7/19/1946 29 cremains Neuman, Ernest G. 8/25/1974 29/7 cremains Neuman, Winifred 1981 1938 29/7 US Navy, Vietnam Nilsen, Douglas Matt 12/15/1964 7/10/1931 20/4 accident Sgt army Korea-originally interred plot 81/2 moved 2/1/1965 Nilsen, Mallory Dean 11/16/1988 4/24/1964 81/2 Nilsen, Matt 2/15/1962 9/10/1902 81/1 cancer Nilsen, Stuart Dean 3/21/1975 12/20/1934 81/2 no remains except his watch in a Mason jar Nilsen, Thelma 7/1980 1912 81/3 Noble, Mary Margaret Corcoran 6/20/1990 4/4/1903 53 cremains Nordensson, DeLayne 11/22/1956 4/19/1945 52/4 burned by fireplace Nordensson, Jacob 8/28/1972 1890 52/5 father of Delayne Nordensson, Lillian L. Smith 10/28/65 7/23/1903 61/6 cremains wife of Oscar F. Oates,Jr.,Joseph 5/1984 1946 49/1 Air Force - Korea War Olson, Orwell 1920 1917 35 parents (Conread Olson) moved back to Norway after Orwell died O'Rourke, Cora 1913 1873 42 wife of James O'Rourke Palmer, Frances Madeline 2/3/1936 1855 40 Palmer, James 6/23/1927 1844 40 GAR Civil War former state senator Payne, Arthur R 1917 1853 47 Payne, Guy L. 1943 1880 47 Peel, Amanda M. 11/25/1975 1893 2/4 cremains Philbrook, Charles E. 1915 1840 43/8 Philbrook, Ethel Mary 7/11/1973 1880 43/6 Philbrook, Joshua 7/4/1978 1881 43/6 Pike, Grace G. 8/6/1937 10/21/1858 73/8 born in Detroit, MI Pike, Helen Louise (infant)2/6/1917 2/4/1917 73/6 Pike, Lawrence S. 12/18/1918 3/2/1880 73/7 born in Detroit, MI Pike ?? blank concrete headstone 73/10 lot owned by Lawrence Pike Prominski, Willis Raymond 5/26/66 1906 2/6 Reel, Virginia S. Edrington 1912 1841 76/7 wife of John R. Reel Reynolds, June Robertson 11/12/1993 6/6/1918 47 cremains-grdaughter of Arthur Payne Richards, Goldie 5/3/1902 7/20/1901 60 Richards, Neva stone with name but not interred 60 mother of Goldie and Roger Richards Richards, Roger 5/3/1900 4/20/1900 60 Richards, William stone with name but not interred 60 father of Goldie and Roger Richards Richardson, Faye 9/17/1990 1915 60 cancer-double headstone 5/11/1991 wife of William Richardson Righi,Marvel Augusta Miller12/31/1971 1/25/1912 62/8 sister of Alice Miller Howard Robertson, Charles T. 1/31/1967 1888 47/10 cremains Robertson, Esther A. Payne 1/15/1975 2/24/1893 47/9 born on Lummi Is. wife of Charles T. Rohrbacker, Clifford M. Rocky 11/20/1991 2/12/1906 33/4 Roughton, Jr. Willis Russell 1982 10/2/1921 13/5 Sadler, Andrew Joseph 5/4/1986 8/16/1966 69/6 accident Seelye, Hannah K. 2/8/1915 11/10/1833 59 Seelye, James Barton 10/11/1940 1/6/1880 57 Seelye, Lorinda Emiline Fields 11/21/23 8/17/1854 59 Seelye, Lyman W. 4/1/1939 1/7/1853 59 Seelye, Merrick C. 9/12/1907 2/5/1832 59 Seelye, Viola 1920 57 Semmons, Vera Belanger 2/1993 1910 30/3 cremains auto accident Small, Mark E. 9/8/1981 10/27/1962 46/4 cremains auto accident Smith, Albert no info available 80 Smith, Emma C. 1946 1879 61/7 cremains wife of James E. Smith Smith, Forrest Atwood 4/26/1998 3/28/1906 80 cremains Smith, George no info available 80 Smith, "Grandfather" no info available 80 Smith, Harry B. 1916 39 Smith, Ida M. 1937 39 Smith, James E. 1938 1874 61/7 cremains Smith, Manley no info available 80 Smith, Peter B. 8/2/1918 9/21/1836 79 5 unmarked graves at this site owned by Peter B. Smith Smith, Rachel (infant)11/24/1975 3/5 interred with Nora Dansforth Smith, Raymond S 2/16/1986 7/2/1907 31/1 cremains Smith, Sarah A. 2/26/1904 3/8/1834 79 wife of Peter B. Smith Smith, Trula P 12/22/1994 10/18/1908 31/1 cremains wife of Raymond S. Smith Staude, Gustave Gentil 1984 1901 7/3 cremains Staude, Mrs. Walden Herreshoft 10/1987 1907 7/3 cremains Stephens, Jack Shelby 9/9/1957 1/18/1929 15/3A cremains interred with Shelby Branson Combest, Jr. Stewart, Michael S. 9/1982 1963 83/5 cremains interred 11/1982 arson boat fire in Alaska Tankersley, Grace Marie 1/1/1985 1912 20/2 cremains Tankersley, Theodore R 1989 1907 20/2 Taft, Frank M. 1955 1873 44/3 Taft, Ruby 5/29/1964 6/26/1878 44/2 Thomas, Irene Medora 11/6/1978 1897 30/5 cremains Thomas, Lois Emily 7/21/1992 4/15/1904 31/4 cremains Thomas, William 1985 1902 31/4 Travis, Peter James 6/1983 1963 67/4 cremains accident Tuckett, Sophie Eleanor 3/22/1962 11/25/1867 23/4 cremains mother of Edith Granger Turner, Georgiana 1939 1854 73/1 Tuttle, Anna (daughter of Christian Sr.) 75 note states she died at age 24 Tuttle, Bertha (daughter of Christian Sr.) 75 note states she died at age 18 Tuttle, Sr.Christian 1902 1827 75 1st original resident of Lummi Island 1870 Tuttle, Jr.Christian no info available 75 Tuttle, Clara Shrewsbury 1901 1858 75 wife of Christian,Sr. Tuttle, Floyd 4/5/1993 11/17/1915 28/7 cremains Tuttle, Grace 1/16/1995 11/23/1921 28/7 Tuttle, Hattie Belle 6/7/1967 1896 75 wife of Moses Tuttle, Hiram N. 6/2/1986 4/22/1888 75 cremains Pvt Army WWI Tuttle, Mark S. 1941 1883 75 Tuttle, Moses 1890 1952 75 Upton, Alice 3/17/1994 2/28/1901 64/1 cremains Van Horn, William "Bud" 4/10/1991 1904 18/3 cremains headstone placed 8/19/1995 Vaugn, Matthew no info available 83 Waddell,Jr Jerry N. 6/1984 1949 79/1 cremains Weston, Ronald Rushfeldt 6/1981 3/17/1956 27/8 cremains Weston, Stanley A. 1986 1907 28/4 cremains CWO Army WWII & Mason Westphal, Suzanne 5/22/1998 3/6/1906 34/8 cremains Wolff, Bruno 1980 1920 30/7 headstone only-cremains scattered Rose Garden Canada Wolff, Renate 1/27/1982 1914 30/7 cremains Woodward, Ann Francis Bowden 11/12/1979 2/17/1901 62/7 wife of George T. Woodward Woodward, George T. 3/29/1979 1914 63/4 Woodward, W. 9/2/1926 1866 6/3 Wright, Wilhemina 5/14/1982 17/8 Wright, Willis K. 7/29/1998 9/15/1918 17/7