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Foresters Cemetery
Roslyn, Kittitas County, Washington

Memorial Ave.
Roslyn, WA 98922

GPS: 47.21967,-121.00258

by Suzanne Livingstone [livingstoneancestry@gmail.com]
Published September 16, 2019
Total records: 48

Driving Directions 

From main intersection in Roslyn, turn left on Pennsylvania Ave, follow up hill past Roslyn Museum, merging onto 5th Ave.  Follow signs for Roslyn Historic Cemeteries; turn left on Memorial Ave.

Parking available next to information kiosk.  You can park here and walk to the cemetery or drive down the main roadway to the cemetery at the end on the right side, just after Old Knights of Pythias.

Cemetery History

The Ancient Order of Foresters was founded in England in 1745 and introduced to America in 1832. The local lodge of The Foresters of America was founded in Roslyn in the 1890s, with the first grave in the cemetery dated 1894.

Notes

Cemetery is in very good condition and well cared for.  There is plenty of parking. The oldest marked grave was from 1894 with the most recent burial in 1994.

Cemetery Records

Records below were compiled by Suzanne Livingstone in April 2018 during a visit to the cemetery. These are the stones that are visible.  It is possible there may be other stones, some of which are no longer visible, either under grass or very weathered to where they are non legible.

ASH, John J, b. 14-Oct-1873, d. 26-Feb-1934
ASH, Margaret M, b. Mar 1877, d. Nov 1918
BAUGH, Mary, b. 23-June-1872, England, d. 8-July-1895, Roslyn WA, "w/o Frank"
BIERMANN, James, b. 7-Feb-1885, d. 4-Oct-1921
BOSTOCK, Arthur, d. 29-Nov-1896, age: 32years
BOSTOCK, Eliza, b. 1856, d. 1926
BOSTOCK, Ezekiel, b. 1852, d. 1917
BOSTOCK, Herbert, b. 1856, d. 1935
CRAIG, Willa M, b. 13-Aug-1902, d. 8-Sep-1902, "s/o W.H. & Annie"
CRAIG, Willie H, b. 13-Aug-1902, d. 1-Sep-1902, "s/o W.H. & Annie"
DORS, Micheal, b. 2-Mar-1857, d. 17-Feb-1899
DOWE, Mary, b. 1829, d. 1912
GRAY, Hannah, b. 2-July-1886, d. 5-Jun-1966
HALE, Edith, d. 6-Dec-1900, age: 41years, "w/o Thomas"
HAMILTON, Ivan David, b. 13-Nov-1927, d. 28-Jan-1928
HERON, Janet, b. 24-May-1880, Scotland, d. 12-Jan-1901, Roslyn WA, "w/o John"
HERON, Janie, b. 1851, d. 1941
HERON, John, b. 29-June-1878, England, d. 9-Feb-1906
HERON, William, b. 4-July-1846, d. 9-Apr-1925
HOFFMAN, Elizabeth M, b. 31-May-1885, d. 13-Jun-1921
LUCAS, Dorothy Mae (RN), b. 12-Dec-1907, d. 7-Mar-1994
LUCAS, Fred, b. 1894, d. 1915
MCDONALD, Harold E, d. 24-Feb-1901, age: 5months 12days, "s/o Isaac"
MCDONALD, Lucille, d. 19-Nov-1903, age: 1year 9months 19days, "d/o Isaac"
MENEGHEL, Chris, b. 1856, d. 1938
MENEGHEL, Hedwig Schubert, b. 1858, d. 1936
MENEGHEL, Lewis, b. 6-Mar-1898, d. 8-May-1912
MILLS, Gay, b. 1894, d. 1897
MULLEN, James, b. 21-Jan-1855, d. 1-Dec-1920
OSTLIFF, Benjamin, d. 10-Aug-1894, age: 14years
OSTLIFF, Mary Logan, b. 17-June-1853, d. 5-Oct-1920
OSTLIFF, Thomas, d. 2-Oct-1901, age: 48years 9months 28days
OWENS, Morgan, b. 21-Mar-1903, d. 12-Jul-1903
REES, John, b. 1830, d. 1912
REES, Nicholas, b. 1854, d. 1918
REES, Rachel, b. 1861, d. 1927
REIMAN, Henry, d. 19-Apr-1898, age: 4years, "s/o P & Henry"
RENTON, Mathew W, b. 31-Mar-1891, d. 29-Oct-1896, "s/o William & Martha"
ROBERTSON, Dan, "s/o Thomas & Charlotte", no dates
SHIELDS, Edward, b. 28-Aug-1882, d. 13-Apr-1911
SPIER, Lilly, b. 4-Dec-1881, d. 26-Sep-1911
THORNSBY, Frances Mary, b. 17-Sept-1889, d. 26-Aug-1898
THORNSBY, Sanforth, b. 25-Oct-1857, d. 8-Nov-1909
WEDGWOOD, John, b. 1901, d. 1975
WEDGWOOD, Mary Jane, b. 1858, d. 1933
WEDGWOOD, Theresa, b. 1899, d. 1902
WEDGWOOD, William, b. 1855, d. 1931
ZIMNEY, John, d. 22-Sept-1899, age: 33years