Ahalath Israel Cemetery
Spokane, Spokane County, Washington

T25N R42E Sec 33

Contributed by Maggie Rail Jan 27, 2001 [mrail@asisna.com]. Total records = 0.

The following comes from information I received from Historian, Helen Boots and excerpts from Rural Spokane County Cemeteries, Vol. 1, pub. 1961 by EWGS.

Ahalath Israel Cemetery was a Jewish cemetery which was dedicated Apr 23, 1914 and recorded in the Spokane County records in Plat Book Q, page 52. The articles filed at that time were signed by: Louis A. Joffe, S. Goldberg, N. Goodman, A. Taitch, President; Sam Fishbach, Vice-president and D. Markowitz, Secretary.

The area of this old cemetery is Northwest of the overpass of Exit 276 of the I-90 freeway through Spokane, WA. This cemetery was closed after just a few burials were made. That was because of the solid rock encountered when digging graves. Reportedly all burials were removed at that time and it is believed they were moved to Mt. Nebo Cemetery, which is the present Jewish cemetery in Spokane. No records have been found to exist by either Spokane county or the Jewish community.

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