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Meyers Falls Cemetery
Kettle Falls, Stevens County, Washington
West 7th Ave & Ivy St.
Kettle Falls WA
T36N R38E Sec 19
Lat: 48° 36' 24"N, Lon: 118° 03' 42"W
Contributed by Maggie Rail, © Jan 09, 2001, last edited Sep
05, 2007 [mrail@asisna.com].
Total records = 1,373.
Meyers Falls Cemetery was in the town of Meyers Falls WA, back in the
1930's. This was before the construction of Grand Coulee Dam. The cemetery
for the town of Kettle Falls, at that time, was Grandview, but oft times
it is referred to now as the 'Old Kettle Falls' cemetery.
This is because when the river rose after Coulee Dam was built,
the town of Kettle Falls moved to what was then Meyers Falls. It then
took on the name of Kettle Falls, but the Cemetery kept it's name. Grandview
sort of took the backseat and was used less and less. When we read Grandview,
they were restoring it from neglect.
This cemetery is very well cared for, and I would have to say it
is beautiful, with a personality all it's own.
After I transcribed from our two pieces of work, I compared with
two sources. The reading of this cemetery published in 1976 by EWGS
and the list at the entrance of the cemetery, which I refer to as
Sexton file. I photographed the lists of burials which had locations.
Some were very difficult to read from my photos. Please do not consider
these burial locations absolute, realize they could be incorrect,
I speak of the numbers at the end of many entries, which are the locations
in the cemetery. Some did not have a location, which means even the
cemetery association does not have all of the burials accounted for,
by no fault of their own I am sure.
If the name came from EWGS I placed one asterisk * after the name,
if it came from the Sexton file, I wrote, "Sexton file",
in the entry. Usually these have no dates, and most likely no headstone
or marker.
My daughter Vicki Morris and I walked and read this cemetery on Aug
15, 2000. I used my digital camera and Vicki wrote in a notebook.
Then we would switch jobs. If I have a photo for many of these stones. Some
needed to be copied by hand, a photo would not turn out good so those
I will not have.
- Maggie Rail
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