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Holy Rosary Cemetery
Rosalia, Whitman County, Washington

Lat: 47° 12' 34"N, Lon: 117° 20' 56"W
T45N R43E Sec 26

Contributed by Richard Morgan, Jun 05, 2001, last edited Apr 16, 2007 [moric@colfax.com]. Total records = 116.

Location: From South Rosalia, Wa. exit of Hwy 195, go South on Rosalia-Oakesdale Rd. - Rd. 271 Approx. .5 mi. Left to C W Hughes Rd. Then Approx. .5 mi. Right to L D Johnson Rd. then .2 mi. to first gate on right, field road to second gate.

This is the cemetery for the Holy Rosary Catholic Church of Rosalia, established in 1892. It is under the Diocese of Spokane. Contact: 622 North Plaza Ave., Rosalia - Mailing address: Box 321, St. John, WA 99171; Phone: (509) 523-4011.

I completed reading this on Jun 04, 2001.

- Richard Morgan

Allen, Rose, no stone, no date, Row #6
Angerer, Alois, b. 1856, d. 1904, Row #7
Angerer, Kreszentia, b. 1862, d. 1925, Row #7
Angerer, Leonard, b. 1902, d. 1968, Row #8
Angerer, Michael, b. 9/11/1858, d. 1/28/1913, Row #7
Angerer, Victoria C., b. 1892, d. 1977, Row #8
Angerer, William J., b. 1898, d. 1972, Row #8
Brown, Beth T., b. 1900, d. 1983, Row #14
Brown, Roy E., b. 1891, d. 1973, Row #14
Buergel, Adam J., b. 1903, d. 1976, PFC Army Air Forces WWII, Row #1
Buergel, Alma C., b. 1881, d. 1922, Row #1
Buergel, Joseph M., b. 1875, d. 1949, Row #1
Buergel, M. A., b. 7/1951, d. 7/1951, Infant, Row #7a
Chekal, J. A., no stone, buried 1921, Row #15
Chekal, Katherine, no stone, buried 7/31/1907, Row #15
Chekal, Rose, b. 1905, d. 1999, Row #1
Coker, Catherine, b. 1910, d. 1910, Infant, Daughter, Row #14
Coker, Mary, b. 1867, d. 1944, Mother, Row #14
Connolly, John, b. 2/11/1909, age: 56yrs, Row #8
Connolly, Mary, b. 5/9/1921, age: 60yrs, Row #8
Donahoe, Caroline, b. 1893, d. 1984, Row #15
Donahoe, Hilary, no stone, buried 9/17/1913, Row #15
Donahoe, James M., b. 1881, d. 1936, Row #1
Donahoe, Martha, b. 1860, d. 1934, Mother, Row #14
Donahoe, Mary M., b. 4/26/1885, d. 4/12/1892, Son & Dau. of Thomas F. & Rose Donahoe, Row #15
Donahoe, Rose, b. 1887, d. 1975, Row #14
Donahoe, Rose,, d. 7/8/1893, age: 37yrs, Row #15
Donahoe, Thomas, F.,, d. 4/5/1922, age: 89yrs, Row #15
Donahoe, Thomas, P., b. 2/28/1880, d. 9/13/1880, (same side as Mary and stone as Rose), Row #15
Donahoe, Walter J., b. 1889, d. 1968, Row #15
Donahoe, William, J., b. 1841, d. 1926, Father, Row #14
Donahoe, William, b. 1881, d. 1956, Row #15
Doneen, Byron Lawrence, b. 9/19/1907, d. 2/25/1991, Row #2
Donovan, R. F., no stone, buried, 8/12/1917, child, Row #8
Dowling, James, b. 1890, d. 1904, behind Dowling family stone, Row #10
Dowling, John J., d. 1920, same stone, Row #9
Dowling, Joseph E., b. 1885, d. 1941, same stone, Row #9
Dowling, Joseph, b. 1855, d. 1932, Father, Row #9
Dowling, Justine, b. 1863, d. 1936, Mother, Row #9
Dowling, Justine, b. 1889, d. 1904, behind Dowling family stone, Row #10
Dowling, Luella Mary, b. 1894, d. 1904, behind Dowling family stone, Row #10
Dowling, Mary T., b. 1886, d. 1960, same stone, Row #9
Dowling, Mary, Agnes, b. 1904, d. 1904, age: 7mps, assume Dowling, Row #9
Dowling, Mary, b. 1879, d. 1904, behind Dowling family stone, Row #10
Dowling, Robert E., b. 1/12/1896, d. 8/26/1950, Row #9
Dowling, Twin, infants, d. 1929, same stone, Row #9
Dowling, Veronica, b. 1899, d. 1904, behind Dowling family stone, Row #10
Fagan, Anna, no stone, buried 11/14/1964, Row #15
Fagan, Henry, Harold, b. 9/14/1900, d. 2/27/1901, son of H. & Annie V. Fagan, Row #15
Fagan, Patrick, Henry, b. 1869, d. 1946, Row #15
Fetzner, Esther A.M., b. 1908, d. 1971, Row #10
Fetzner, Ezra W., b. 1901, d. 1972, Row #10
Fetzner, Melvin Leo, b. 1937, d. 1938, Row #10
Flannig(a or i)n, child, no stone, no date, far N.E. Corner, Row #16
Gallagher, Charles J., b. 3/11/1884, d. 3/13/1915, Row #6
Gaynor, child, no stone, buried, 2/4/1923, Row #7
Geiger, Barbara, b. 4/6/1876, d. 1/8/1905, also infant baby, Row #8
Golden, Catherine, M., b. 1877, d. 1972, assume Golden- close family marker, Mother, Row #12
Golden, James, b. 1866, d. 1940, Brother-says Golden, Row #12
Golden, Thomas Harvey, b. 5/1/1909, d. 9/11/1919, assume Golden- close family, marker, Row #12a
Golden, Thomas J., b. 1872, d. 1935, assume Golden- close family marker, Father, Row #12
Gordon, Marie E., b. 1915, d. 1919, Row #8
Gordon, Mary M., b. 9/3/1853, d. 6/16/1917, wife of James Gordon, Row #8
Green, child, no stone, buried, 2/11/1923, Row #7
Gregg, Andrew, b. 1856, d. 1934, Row #13
Hammond, Abe, b. 1863, d. 1932, Row #1
Hammond, Ada, b. 1872, d. 1951, Row #1
Hanley, Joseph, b. 1829, d. 1919, Brass Plaque, Row #6
Hesse, William G., no dates, Row #5
Huether, Mary, b. 1939, d. 1939, Infant daughter of Patricia & Reinhold, Huether, Row #10
Huether, Reinhold, b. 1909, d. 1954, Row #11
Huether, George, b. 1941, d. 1990, Row #9
Keron, Almira Agnes Bohan, b. 1868 Oconto WI, d. 1922, w/o John Henry, no stone, (info from family), Row #7
Keron, John Henry, b. Apr 13, 1854 IL, d. Feb 09, 1916 Malden, bur. Feb 11, 1916 (info from family), Row #7
Kilkelly, Bernard,, 9/22/1911, Aged, 73yrs, Row #4
LaClair, Catherine, b. 1883, d. 1965, Row #9
Lindgren, Philip, W., b. 4/25/1947, d. 5/15/1980, Row #10
Long, Lee, b. 1891, d. 1961, Row #12
Marron, James, no stone, buried 1951, 79yrs, old, Row #12
Mattausch, Craig,, d. 1959, Row #9a
May, child, no stone, buried, 1918, Row #7
May, child, no stone, buried, 1919, Row #7
McDonald, John Donald, no stone, buried, 11/13/1913, Row #6
McGarvey, John, b. 1832, d. 1922, Row #6
McGarvey, Mary, no stone, no date, Row #6
Merriman, Edward A., no stone, buried 10/4/1913, Row #5
Murphy, P. S., no stone, buried 1/7/1912, far N.E. Corner, child, Row #17
Murray, Alberta A., b. 1916, Row #1
Murray, George N., b. 1917, d. 1977, PFC US Army WWII, Row #1
Norton, James, b. 11/15/1863, 7/31/1943, Row #12
O'Boyle, J., no stone, no date, Row #15
O'Boyle, Patrick, b. 1846, d. 1927, assume Golden-close family, marker, Row #12
Paulson, Georgia, b. 1923, d. 1935, Row #7
Paulson, Mary, b. 1891, d. 1935, Row #7
Potter, child, no stone, buried 9/16/1910, far N.E. Corner, Row #17
Rowland, Loretta L., b. 3/19/1906, d. 7/12/198, Row #9
Schermer, Charley, b. 1888, d. 1904, far N.E. Corner, Row #16
Schmitz, Peter A., b. 6/21/1826, d. 5/27/1902, born near Achen, Germany, Row #12
Schmitz, Rosalie, b. 1847, d. 1924, Row #12
Schurra, child, no stone, buried 1898, (Believed by family to be Celestin Schurra, Jr., born 10/1/1895, died 2/01/1898), Row #14
Shindler, Charles, b. 1884, d. 1956, Row #10
Shindler, Harold Gale, b. 4/14/1957, d. 4/14/1957, Infant, Son of Harold & Norma, Row #10
Shindler, Philip C., b. 1911, d. 1933, Row #10
Shindler, Rose Mary, b. 1887, d. 1967, Row #10
Summers, child, no stone, no date, Row #4
Taylor, Horace Webster,, d. 10/5/1905, age: 10mo 11dys, Son of BP & A., Taylor, Row #6
Taylor, Vesta Leola,, d. 12/31/1907, age: 11mo 8dys, Infant daughter of BP & A., Taylor, Row #6
Terrien, Louis Joseph, b. 1923, d. 1923, Son of Louis J. & Anna Terrien, Row #5
Trainor, Ellen M., b. 1855, d. 1949, Row #13
Trainor, Rose, b. 1932, d. 1932, Baby, Row #11
Trainor, William Vincent, b. 1892, d. 1935, Row #11
Trainor, William, b. 1858, d. 1920, Row #13
Voelker, Cecilia, b. 3/24/1869, d. 9/5/1943, Row #2
Voelker, Valentine, b. 2/24/1858, d. 2/2/1918, Row #2
Whalen, F.,, child, no stone, buried 10/9/1915, Row #5
Whalen, J., child, no stone, buried 5/14/1920, Row #5

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