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Fairview Cemetery
Medical Lake, Spokane County, Washington

Lat: 47° 36' 51"N, Lon: 117° 42' 17"W

Contributed by Maggie Rail, Dec 27, 1999, updated Mar 28, 2005 [mrail@asisna.com]. Total records = 81.

It is located north of Medical Lake on the south side of Thorpe Road, about 1/2 mile west of Brooks Road in the NE 1/4 of NW 1/4 of section 1, Township 24 N, R40.

Plat of this cemetery was filed with Spokane County on Sep 05, 1883, showing J Rockhold as surveyor. At this time, there was set off a portion of the west end of the cemetery to be used as a potter's field.

Fairview Cemetery is also at times called Jerue Cemetery, due to the fact that the Jerue family owned this cemetery for a number of years. This cemetery adjoins Medical Lake Cemetery, which is immediately west of Fairview Cemetery.

It is said that the land belonged formerly to Frank Garret. At some time after 1908, the cemetery became the property of the Clyde Jerue Funeral Home of Medical Lake, and when he died, his widow, Mrs. Emma Jerue, inherited it, she being in 1960 Mrs. Emma Manning, residing at Medical Lake.

Mrs. Manning stated in March, 1960 that records of the burials in this cemetery were kept by the Clyde Jerue Funeral Home; that the funeral home was willed by Clyde Jerue to his brother, Darrell Jerue of Jerue Funeral Home at Cheney, Wash., and the records were turned over to the latter company. In March, 1960, the Jerue Funeral Home of Cheney stated that they do not have the records of burials In Fairview Cemetery (or Jerue Cemetery.)

Apparently only a few lots were sold in Fairview Cemetery, and the oldest death shown on a grave stone is 1925. Most of the burials appear to have been from 1925 to 1930.

There are a great many graves that are unmarked in the section designated as a potter's field, although some have small concrete markers, and some have metal markers. Some of the concrete markers, which are about 4" x 16" set flush on the ground, have disintegrated and can not be deciphered.

The inscriptions from grave stones and from the metal markers appear as follows for those able to be read in 1960. I am told by many that this is considered abandoned in 1999 with some having been moved or so deteriorated that they cannot be found.

I first transcribed much of this from "Rural Spokane County Cemeteries" Vol. 1, Pub 1961 by EWGS. I have later found this cemetery and read all that I could find. I again revisited this cemetery on Sep 24, 2004 and have a photo of all existing and legible stones or markers. Those with an asterisk* are from the previous readings. All others I have a photo of the marker that still exists.

- Maggie Rail

Anderson, J., b. 1854, d. 1930? *
Ash, J., b. 1869, d. 1930 *
Baker, Eugene H., b. Oct 09, 1865, d. Jun 08, 1937 *
Baker, F., no dates *
Bamberger, Allie, b. 1878, d. 1936
Benoschek, Lane, d. Jul 17, 1932, "Baby"
Bentley, George, b. Dec 23, 1865, d. Nov 29, 1939
Button, Mary, b. Jun 25, 1927, 86ys *
Carrel, Fred J., d. Mar 31, 1925, 18ys 8mo 27ds, Jerue FH marker
Carter, William, b. 1852, d. ???? *
Casey, L., no dates *
Cheney, Zelma M., d. Aug 04, 1929, 7ys 8mo 4ds, Jerue FH marker
Daniels, Lela, b. 1969, d. 1939
Davis, J., b. 1855, d. 1930 *
Dennis, Baby, d. Jul 12, 1924, 1da, Jerue FH marker
Edwards, John D., d. May 03, 1933, 77 ys *
Emerson, George, d. Aug 31, 1927, Jerue FH marker
Fowler, Mary, b. 18??, d. 1930 *
Freund, France, d. Sep 25, 1929, Jerue FH marker
Frolander, Leo, b. 1871, d. 1944
Gaffney, Christine G., b. 1912, d. 1937 *
Gaffney, Edward J., b. 1876, d. 1941, s/w Nora, S.A.W.V.
Gaffney, Nora Alta, b. 1883, d. ___, s/w Ed J.
Gamble, Cyrus Thompson, b. 1880, d. Sep 29, 1930, bur. Oct 04, 1930 *
Gathwaighth, John, b. 1856, d. 1930 *
Hanley, Charley, d. Aug 31, 1927 *
Henkins, J., b. 1860, d. 1930 *
Hoffman (no given name), b. 1869, d. 1927, Ruhe 17n Frieden *
Huffman, John, d. Mar 26, 1927 *
Jaback, J., b. 1875, d. 1930 *
James, Hattie R., d. Apr 14, 1927, 19ys 4mo 11ds, Jerue FH marker
Johanson, Marvin, d. Mar 25, 1930, 19ys 6mo 0ds, Jerue FH marker
Johnson, Andrew, d. Jan 26, 1926, Jerue FH marker
Johnson, C., b. 1860, d. 1930 *
Jones, Grace, b. 1882, d. 1936 *
Joseph, Robert, d. Jul 25, 1929, 1yr 11mo 13ds, Jerue FH marker
Kakela, A., b. 1875, d. 1930 *
Kent, Augustus, d. Jun 05, 1928, 88ys, Jerue FH marker
Kiltner, C. W., d. Dec 05, 1928, 60ys, Jerue FH marker
Luke, Martain, no dates, IOOF emb.
Mackey, A. G., d. Aug 29, 1927, 21ys 6mo 2ds, Jerue FH marker
McComas, Maggie, d. Jul 07, 1929, 63ys, Jerue FH marker
McKay, Ruby, d. Jul 31, 1929, Jerue FH marker
Meyer, Albert C., b. May 13, 1889, d. Oct 27, 1925
Meyer, Annis, b. 1856, d. 1934 Mother, s/w Geo. L.
Meyer, Bert F, b. 1890, d. 1950
Meyer, George L, b. 1858, d. 1941, Father, s/w Annis
Millius, C., b. 1849, d. 1948 *
Mitchell, Carl, d. l03/12, 1930, 34ys 9mo 14ds *
Mortor, William, d. Mar 31, 1929, 86ys 5mo 22ds, Jerue FH marker
Nadpalaky, S., b. 1876, d. 1930 *
Newton, H., b. 1862, d. 1930 *
O'Brien, M., b. 1835, d. 1930 *
Okanes, M., no dates *
Pigo (or Pico?), b. 1880, d. 1930, name illegible *
Potter, Alvilda, d. Apr 27, 1928, 20ys, Jerue FH marker
Potter, Cynthia J., d. Mar 13, 1928, 90ys 11 mo, Jerue FH marker
Ravlin, J. A., b. 1860, d. 1930 *
Richardson, G., no dates *
Richardson, Robert B., d. Oct 19, 1931, 46ys 9mo 10ds *
Ringhisen, Katie, d. Aug 08, 1933, 58ys *
Robert, A. J., b. ????, d. 1930 *
Rogers, R., no dates *
Rowan, W. F., b. 1887, d. 1930 *
Ryan, William, b. 1872, d. 1930 *
Sanderson, Mary Hamlin, d. Jun 12, 1933, Our Dear Mother
Sanford, R., b. 1857, d. 1931 *
Scallen, J., b. 1840, d. 1930 *
Schafer, Baby, d. Nov 07,1930 *
Schafer, John, d. Oct 16, 1929, 54ys 0mo 29ds *
Schafer, Mary Anna, b. 1890, d. 1934 *
Sims, Ralph Roy, b. Jul 04, 1896, d. Jul 05, 1940 *
Squire, Emma E. , b. 1869, d. 1932, s/w Samuel
Squire, Samuel, b. 1861, d. 1935, s/w Emma
Staten, Ralph L., d. Jan 27, 1926, Jerue FH marker
Stewart, M., b. 1855, d. 1930 *
Thelen, Peter, d. Apr 17, 1927, 74ys, Jerue FH marker
Trask, Anna L., b. 1874, d. 1933, s/w Wm. H.
Trask, William H., b. 1863, d. 19--, s/w Anna L.
Westlund, Christine, d. Nov 09, 1931, 98ys, Jerue FH marker
Wilson, C., b. 1854, d. 1930 *