Resthaven Cemetery
Mead, Spokane County, Washington

Market & Piper
Mead, Washington

Lat: 47° 44' 54"N, Lon: 117° 21' 40"W

Transcribed and compiled by Maggie Rail © Jun 17, 1999, updated Feb 24, 2005 [mrail@asisna.com]. Total records = 62.

Resthaven cemetery is located at Market and Piper streets just south of Mead, in Spokane County. Resthaven cemetery adjoins Evergreen cemetery, which lies to the north, both facing Market.

I have spent much time locating this cemetery. On Jun 17, 1999, at last I found and did a survey of the cemetery. It was disappointing to find most of the headstones gone.

At the entrance a recent monument has been erected. It states "A Tribute to The Old Age Pension League", beside which is an American flag on a flagpole waving over the weeded area. Sort of sad, yet gives one a good feeling. Someone cares...

The cemetery appears to cover an acre or two, difficult to tell. One thing I noticed, I kept sinking an inch or so into the ground as I walked about, which got my attention. Most likely gophers working the area, plus the graves sinking. It is highly weeded around the few remaining headstones with evergreen trees at the perimeter.

I continued to search for some record of this cemetery. In 2005 I finally found a listing that was from the books of H.H. Hill who was the sexton for this burial site. It appears that it was not used for very long. The records started in 1939 and went to 1950, containing only burial dates. Entries which have more information, have headstones in the cemetery. Almost all have the burial location in the cemetery.

This cemetery might be considered a part of Evergreen Cemetery, but it is laid out different and was owned by the IOOF at one time. I found it listed at the library stating that it was abandoned in the 1960s. It still sits abandoned, and is owned by the same people who own and neglect Evergreen Cemetery. That being the Vada R. Hoblin Trust, 510 Wilshire Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89110-4149.

- Maggie Rail

Legend:

b. = born bur. = buried BDFH = Ball & Dodd FH c/o = child of d. = died Gr = grave

h/o = husband of P = plot s/o = son of s/w = stone with Sec = section w/o = wife of

??, ??, bur. Jul 06, 1950, Sec. B Lot-6 Gr#16
??, ??, bur. Jul 16, 1950, Sec. C Lot-6 Gr#6
Barney, John F., bur. Aug 14, 1939, Sec. A Lot-5 Gr#3
Boynton, Emma, no dates, Sec. B Lot-5 Gr#6
Bradbury, Fannie, bur. Jul 18, 1942, w/o Albert, Sec. C Lot-6 Gr#6
Britton, Charles, bur. Apr 24, 1941, Sec. G Lot-6 Gr#7
Campbell, George, bur. Nov 15, 1939, Sec. A Lot-6 Gr#3
Cramer, William, bur. Sep 26, 1944, Sec. B Lot-6 Gr#4
Dahl, John, no dates, Sec. B Lot-5 Gr#1
Dawson, Joseph, bur. Mar 13, 1939, Sec. A Lot-5 Gr#5
Derr, Franklin, b. 1866, d. 1941, bur. Jan 09, 1941, Sec. G Lot-6 Gr#1
Dirks, William, no dates, Sec. C Lot-5 Gr#8
Dirks, William, no dates, Sec. G Lot-5 Gr#8
Dockeraal, Jonna F., bur. Oct 25, 1945, Sec. B Lot-6 Gr#1
Drake, Margaret, bur. Dec 02, 1941, Sec. B Lot-6 Gr#8
Emerick, Sam, bur. Jan 18, 1941, Sec. G Lot-6 Gr#6
Engler, Lois A., no dates, Sec. B Lot-6 Gr#5
Faulkner, Andrew, bur. Oct 14, 1939, Sec. A Lot-6 Gr#5
Grafmiller, John, bur. Oct 14, 1940, Sec. G Lot-6 Gr#3
Hartley, George W., bur. Jan 16, 1940, Sec. A Lot-6 Gr#2
Hersey, Frank Amos, bur. Jun 03, 1939, Sec. A Lot-3 Gr#1
Hoskin, Wm. Henry, bur. Jan 21, 1942, Sec. E Lot-5 Gr#5
Hostutler, Laura B, b. Jun 16, 1866, d. Jan 06, 1942, bur. Jan 06, 1942, Sec. E Lot-3 Gr#8
Hueber, Franz, b. 1861, d. Oct 25, 1939 Spangle, Wn, age: 78yr, BDFH, Sec. A Lot-6 Gr#4 *
Jones, William, bur. Jun 13, 1939, Sec. A Lot-5 Gr#8
Juggins, Frederick, no dates, Sec. B Lot-1 Gr#1
Lehman, Ella, b. 1863, d. 1941, bur. Apr 21, 1941, Sec. G Lot-5 Gr#3
Larson, Jens P., bur. Mar 10, 1942, Sec. E Lot-2 Gr#1
Leaf, Oscar, bur. Jul 07, 1942, Sec. A Lot-2 Gr#1
Lees, Alexander, bur. Apr 10, 1942, Sec. B Lot-3 Gr#8
Lone, Elias Ayles, no dates, Sec. A Lot-4 Gr#6
Long, Lee, bur. May 13, 1939, Sec. A Lot-5 Gr#6
Lundquist, Andrew, bur. May 09, 1941, Sec. G Lot-6 Gr#8
Marshall, Edmund, bur. Apr 18, 1940, Sec. A Lot-5 Gr#7
Marvin, Silas, bur. Feb 07, 1940, Sec. B Lot-5 Gr#8
McDonald, Arthur, bur. Oct 10, 1942, Sec. A Lot-1 Gr#2
McKay, Christina, bur. Dec 18, 1940, Sec. G Lot-4 Gr#5
Minch, William, no dates, Sec F Lot-5 Gr#1
Nelson, Nels, bur. Mar 09, 1940, Sec. A Lot-1 Gr#1
Nelson, Nels, bur. Sep 12, 1939, Sec. A Lot-6 Gr#8
Patterson, Allie, bur. May 20, 1941, Sec. E Lot-5 Gr#7
Provence, David, b. 1863, d. 1940, s/w Ella J., bur. Jan 07, 1941, Sec. C Lot-2 Gr#7
Provence, Ella J, b. 1866, d. 1942, s/w David M., bur. Mar 07, 1942, Sec. C Lot-2 Gr#8
Purcell, Horace B., bur. Jul 20, 1942, Sec. A Lot-2 Gr#2
Reddick, William, bur. Sep 24, 1940, Sec. G Lot-4 Gr#1
Roseboom, Frank, bur. Mar 18, 1940, Sec. B Lot-5 Gr#7
Ross, Robert, bur. Jun 29, 1943, Sec. B Lot-5 Gr#2
Savage, Richard, d. Oct 08, 1939 Spangle, Wa., age: 79yr, BDFH, Sec. A Lot-6 Gr#6 *
Sherman, Ocean, bur. Dec 22, 1940, Sec. G Lot-4 Gr#7
Sherman, Thomas, bur. Dec 19, 1941, Sec. B Lot-5 Gr#3
Sibeck, Blanche, bur. Mar 10, 1939, Sec. A Lot-5 Gr#2
Sibeck, Sam M., bur. Mar 10, 1939, Sec. A Lot-5 Gr#1
Smith, Mary Edward, bur. Sep 19, 1939, Sec. A Lot-6 Gr#7
Sommers, William, bur. Aug 20, 1939, Sec. A Lot-3 Gr#7
Stevens, Steven, bur. May 12, 1941, Sec. E Lot-5 Gr#8
Strickler, Mrs. R. C., no dates, Sec. B Lot-6 Gr#7
Taylor, Arthur, bur. Jun 13, 1939, Sec. A Lot-5 Gr#5
Tomlinson, Francis, no dates, Sec. G Lot-4 Gr#8
Tudor, Richard B., bur. Jun 29, 1948, Sec. A Lot-6 Gr#1
Urban, Martin, b. Nov 11, 1869 Austria, d. Jun 29, 1941, Spokane, Owned Butcher shops in Pawnee OK, 1906; Rosetown, Sask, Canada 1915 and Spokane WA, bur. Jun 29, 1942, Sec. A Lot-4 Gr#5
Venable, Edward, bur. Dec 03, 1940, Sec. A Lot-4 Gr#8
Wilson, Dora, bur. Dec 04, 1940, Sec. G Lot-6 Gr#5