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Rainier Cemetery
Rainier, Thurston County, Washington

GPS: 46.898461, -122.677471

12601 WA-507
Rainier, WA 98576

Contributed by Suzanne Livingstone [livingstoneancestry@gmail.com], September 15, 2019.
Total records = 175

Contact:
Gehrke Pioneer Cemetery Assoc
PO Box 192, Rainier WA

Driving Directions

From center of Town of Rainier, head North on Hwy 507 0.9 miles.  Cemetery is on right hand side, just after the small drive thru coffee shop.   There is room to park a couple of cars outside the cemetery entrance.

Cemetery Condition

Cemetery is in very good condition and well cared for.  There is parking for a couple of cars and an area to turn around.  

Cemetery History

The oldest marked grave was from 1900 and the cemetery is still actively used.  The most recent burial was in January 2018.  

Cemetery Records

Records below were transcribed from all visible and legible tombstone inscriptions by Suzanne Livingstone during a visit to the cemetery on May 28, 2018.

ADAIR, Gary Don, b. 27-Jun-1952, d. 16-Aug-1996, "US Army Vietnam"
ALDRIDGE, Terryl Ann, b. 15-Jan-1958, d. 31-Oct-2009
ANDERSON, Shirley Ann, b. 27-Aug-1938, d. 14-Jan-2004
ANDRIESEN, Affje, b. 1873, d. 1959
ANDRIESEN, Hendrik, b. 12-Jul-1903, d. 8-Jan-1993
ANDRIESEN, Paul Nichols, Sr., b. 1874, d. 1952
ANDRIESEN, Tressa, b. 22-Jan-1901, d. 3-Aug-1981
ASCHENBRENNER, James A, b. 20-Feb-1939, d. 15-May-1992
ASCHENBRENNER, Marisso An, b. 29-Jul-1992, d. 20-Sep-1995
BARKER, Alice Jane, b. 16-Jan-1870, d. 16-Jan-1937
BARNHOUSE, Adelbert Loomis, b. 11-Jan-1865, d. 20-Jun-1943
BARNHOUSE, Galtha Kittie, b. 12-Apr-1864, d. 12-Apr-1943
BARNHOUSE, Infant son, d. 10-Jan-1930, "s/o Thomas & Frances"
BARNHOUSE, Sarah A, b. 7-Jun-1830, d. 11-Jul-1907
BARNHOUSE, Thomas Evans, b. 10-Jan-1830, d. 8-Jul-1911
BIESEN, Chester, b. 18-Feb-1904, d. 12-Oct-1990
BISHOP, James R, b. 2-Jan-1943, d. 28-Feb-1998, "PO2 US Navy"
BONOGOFSKY, Selestinua, b. 1922, d. 1992
BOYCE, Edgar D, b. 8-Jul-1866, d. 29-May-1928, "Woodman of the world"
BRANSON, Alice M, b. 22-Nov-1905, d. 26-Aug-1963
BRANSON, Hugh L, b. 17-Feb-1906, d. 6-Sep-1965
BUCKLEY, Olive, b. 1904, d. 1963
BUNGARD, Bertha, b. 14-Apr-1871, d. 28-Apr-1914
BUNGARD, Howard Luther, b. 10-Nov-1892, d. 12-May-1914
CARVER, Kenneth, b. 8-Feb-1923, d. 7-Sep-2007
CARVER, Kenneth, b. 9-Jul-1947, d. 18-Aug-2015
CASTLE, Earl, b. 8-Mar-1900, d. 20-Aug-1974
CASTLE, Rueben C, b. 29-Apr-1903, d. 18-Oct-1971
CHURCHWARD, Arthur B, b. 1898, d. 1981
CHURCHWARD, Charlotte H, b. 1893, d. 1973
CHURCHWARD, Grace Inman, b. 1897, d. 1984
CHURCHWARD, Olive E, b. 1895, d. 1961
CHURCHWARD, Susannah M, b. 1929, d. 1988
CLAUSSEN, Ellen, b. 3-Dec-1891, d. 20-Oct-1969
CLAUSSEN, Harold C, b. 14-Mar-1890, d. 14-Jun-1976
CLAUSSEN, Susie E, b. 1891, d. 1977
COWDERY, Clara, b. 1859, d. 1932
COWDERY, Florence, b. 1862, d. 1947
COWDERY, John W, b. 1857, d. 1934
COWDERY, Susan, b. 1867, d. 1927
DAHL, Carl August, b. 1902, d. 1973
DAVIS, Martha S, b. 1859, d. 1929
DEFORD, Lee, b. 2-Dec-1954, d. 16-Jan-2017
DEFORD, Raymond L, b. 14-Oct-1981, d. 24-Feb-2006
DICKSON, Chad Harmer, b. 19-Jun-1956, d. 3-Mar-2012
DIETZ, Christian, b. 1859, d. 1938
DIETZ, Sophia W, b. 1859, d. 1943
DOMINGUEZ, Michael, b. 16-Jun-1953, d. 28-Apr-2004
DRABE, Fredrick A, b. 20-Sep-1885, d. 27-Nov-1921
DRABE, Maria Charlotte, b. 1-Jul-1861, d. 8-Jan-1920
EDWARDS, James M, b. 1865, d. 1958
EKLUND, Christoffer, b. 1865, d. 1947, "h/o Johanna, married December 26, 1890"
EKLUND, Ernest C, b. 1892, d. 1930
EKLUND, Johanna A, b. 1871, d. 1947, "w/o Christoffer, married December 26, 1890"
EMMONS, Lena, b. 1893, d. 1971
ERSON, Anders J, b. 1844, d. 1931
FINDLAY, Alexander C, b. 27-Sep-1902, d. 13-Jan-1988, "Pvt US Army WWII"
FLAVEL, Alexander, b. 1862, d. 1934
FLAVEL, Mary Ann Sheppard, b. 20-Apr-1863, d. 17-Jun-1941
FLAVEL, Robert, b. 14-Oct-1859, d. 25-Dec-1928
FORD, Pearl Isabel, b. 23-Aug-1903, d. 22-Jan-1940
FURBUSH, Lorraine J, b. 25-Jul-1916, d. 16-Apr-2001
FURGESON, Hayden M, b. 19-Nov-2003, d. 8-Aug-2004
GEHRKE, Albert, b. 1861, d. 1949
GEHRKE, Charlotte, b. 8-Apr-1896, d. 2-Mar-1988
GEHRKE, Clarence, b. 29-Oct-1906, d. 12-Jan-1907
GEHRKE, Dora, b. 1870, d. 1941
GEHRKE, Herman William, b. 16-Jul-1896, d. 8-Jan-1985
GEHRKE, James Riley, b. 6-Aug-1924, d. 27-Aug-1996
GEHRKE, Maria Lipkow, b. 1866, d. 1954
GEHRKE, Otto Phillip, b. 1894, d. 1919
GEHRKE, Paul, b. 23-Nov-1897, d. 22-Jan-1917
GEHRKE, Ralph Charles, b. 1915, d. 1937
GEHRKE, Reinhold Heinie, b. 28-Nov-1905, d. 27-Apr-1987
GEHRKE, Theodore, b. 1869, d. 1944
GERRISH, Leila LaFleur, b. 5-Aug-1937, d. 17-Aug-2015
GIBSON, Jack A, b. 7-Jun-1946, d. 13-Jan-2004
GOODCHILD, Glenn P, b. 24-Nov-1961, d. 12-May-2007
GOODWIN, Dorothy May, b. 26-May-1920, d. 28-May-1920
GOODWIN, Edward, b. 1892, d. 1949
GOODWIN, Emory C, b. 13-Feb-1888, d. 15-Feb-1909
GOODWIN, Henry, b. 27-Sep-1860, d. 30-Jun-1905
GOODWIN, William H, b. 1888, d. 1968
HARMER, Alberta, b. 1924, d. 2000
HARMER, Jessie L, b. 21-Sep-1857, d. 22-Dec-1900
HARMER, Walter, b. 1922, d. 1922
HARRIS, Baby, d. 1997
HIGGINS, Billie Jo Hope, b. Aug 1977, d. Jan 2018
HIGGINS, Patricia L, b. 1946, d. 1979
HOUSTON, William, b. 6-Jan-1940, d. 6-Aug-2013
HURET, Leander, b. 1871, d. 1922
HURET, Lee, b. 1906, d. 1963
HURET, Merle S, b. 1909, d. 1989
HURET, Robert Leander, b. 7-Apr-1911, d. 5-Apr-1985
HUTTON, Stanley Ron, b. 21-Sep-1942, d. 17-Dec-1999
INMAN, Clarice Cowdery, b. 1874, d. 1939
INMAN, Weslie O, b. 1895, d. 1960
INMAN, William J, b. 1863, d. 1907
JACKSON, Edward E, b. 24-Jul- 1887, d. 3-Sep-1967, "WA Sgt Co K 158 Inf"
JACKSON, Sadie E, b. 22-Feb-1880, d. 31-Jan-1941
JAEKEL, Helen A, b. 1867, d. 1930
JESSEN, Minnie, b. 15-Mar-1881, d. 13-Nov-1933
KENDALL, Arnold J, b. 28-Jan-1927, d. 31-Jan-1927
KERR, Garry Wayne, b. 9-May-1949, d. 1-Nov-1981
KJERSTI, Katie Goodwin, b. 1856, d. 1945
KLINK, Duluth Arnold, b. 1896, d. 1952
KLINK, Madeline, b. 1896, d. 1954
KOEPPEN, August, "Capt Co G 4 Mo Cav (military stone)"
KOEPPEN, Caroline, b. 1844, d. 1926
KOEPPEN, Chas E, b. 31-Oct-1862, d. 1-Sep-1949
KOEPPEN, Harry A, b. 1920, d. 1989
KOEPPEN, Herman A, b. 16-Mar-1866, d. 27-Feb-1932
KOEPPEN, Irvin Herman, b. 10-Apr-1896, d. 31-May-1962, "WA SC3 US Navy WWI"
KOEPPEN, Maria J, b. 15-Mar-1877, d. 2-Jul-1963
LANGWORTHY, Roy L, no dates
LEWIS, Myrtle Dorfner, b. 1894, d. 1916
LIVINGSTON, Lena D (Gehrke), b. 28-Jan-1898, d. 19-Jan-1945
LOGAN, Trever, b. 14-Dec-1984, d. 26-Nov-2010
LOOSE, Michael James, b. 9-May-1971, d. 9-May-1997
LOUDERBACK, Ruth May, b. 1923, d. 1923
MABBOTT, Everett, b. 17-Mar-1922, d. 5-Sep-1990
MABBOTT, Julia P, b. 23-Aug-1927, d. 14-Nov-2005
MAIN, William, b. 1875, d. 1952
MANLEY, Carol L, b. 30-Nov-1930, d. 20-Jul-2001
MANLEY, Phyllis, b. 21-Feb-1932, d. 17-Oct-2003
MCNETT, Laura Ellen, b. 1889, d. 1968
MCNETT, Orville S, b. 1882, d. 1967
MCNETT, Rhoda, b. 1918, d. 1919
MCNETT, William E, b. 1875, d. 1954
MCPLANAHAN, Betty, b. 1927, d. 1997
MERCER, J.G., b. 1852, d. 1916
MOODY, Margaret, b. 4-Sep-1913, d. 10-Feb-2004
MOORE, Don, b. May 1953, d. April 2012
MORGAN, Marilou Paine, b. 26-Nov-1928, d. 28-Mar-2010, "w/o Tommie, married June 7, 1947"
MORGAN, Tommie William, Sr., b. 23-Jan-1925, d. 6-Jun-2000, "Pfc USMC WWII PH"
MORRIS, Clarice, b. 5-Oct-1899, d. 4-May-1908
MULLIGAN, Donald, b. 5-Jun-1917, d. 17-Feb-1919
MULQUEEN, J.C., b. 16-Apr-1855, d. 29-Aug-1911
NESTLER, Josie Thomas, b. 1873, d. 1959
NICOMETI, Amy L, b. 27-Nov-1974, d. 17-Sep-1999
NIELSON, Christena, d. 20-Feb-1903, age: 35years 5months, "w/o Hans"
NORTH, Lena Jean, b. 27-Oct-1983, d. 25-Jun-2017
OSBORNE, Waldo, b. 1911, d. 1913
PAINE, Charles H, b. 1894, d. 1969
PAINE, Louisa A (Gehrke), b. 29-Nov-1891, d. 2-Mar-1951
PARSONS-WHITE, Veronica Lynn, b. 22-Jul-1986, d. 14-Sep-1995
PIERPONT, Anna Jean, b. 9-Feb-1922, d. 9-May-1991, "w/o William, married December 19, 1941"
PIERPONT, William F, b. 31-Dec-1919, d. 15-Jun-1999, "h/o Anna, married December 19, 1941"
PITTMAN, Judy A (Wharton), b. 11-Aug-1947, d. 10-May-2010
RAE, Michelle, b. 21-Jul-1964, d. 15-Jul-2014
RAYMUNDO, Manuel A, b. 1900, d. 1977
RAYMUNDO, Velda D, b. 1895, d. 1990
RIDDALL, Iona Ann, b. 4-Jan-1936, d. 1-Apr-2010
ROBERTSON, John Daniel, b. 16-Sep-1914, d. 10-Mar-1942
RUSTMAN, Anita L, b. 16-Sep-1955, d. 30-Jun-1998
SEVER, Anna Clark, b. 1868, d. 1936
SEVER, Charlie C, b. 6-May-1862, d. 6-Apr-1910
SMITH, Emma Biesen, b. 1870, d. 1959
SMITH, James W Jr., b. 1-Sep-1918, d. 3-Jun-1967, "WA S Sgt Dental Svc Det"
SPENCER, Kittie V, b. 1864, d. 1954
SPENCER, Walter E, b. 1874, d. 1939
SWIFT, Gerald Eugene, b. 24-Dec-1938, d. 30-Jul-1993, "A2C US Air Force"
TAYLOR, Grace A, b. 8-Sep-1928, d. 18-Apr-2003
TAYLOR, Laura C, b. 15-Jun-1956, d. 8-Nov-2016
TAYLOR, Samuel E, Jr., b. 10-Jul-1926, d. 29-Jan-1990
THOMAS, James A, b. 3-Apr-1863, d. 13-Apr-1930
TICKNOR, Sarah Gail, b. 2-Feb-1981, d. 1-Jan-2007
TOUMINEN, William W, b. 9-Sep-1905, d. 7-Mar-1974, "WA Pvt US Army WWII"
WADDELL, Robert, b. 23-Jul-1825, d. 16-Jan-1907
WADDELL, Susan S, b. 6-Aug-1835, d. 7-Mar-1914
WALKER, Richard W, b. 7-Nov-1930, d. 9-Apr-2010
WALKER, Thelma, b. 4-Mar-1932, d. 31-Dec-2016
WELLS, Mabel C, b. 21-Feb-1909, d. 5-Apr-2004
WHARTON, Clifford J, b. 25-Oct-1940, d. 27-Dec-2008
WRIGHT, Paul Ward, b. 9-May-1942, d. 28-Jun-1978