Rand District Cemetery
100-158 Ophir St, Johannesburg, CA, 93528
Tombstone Transcription
Compiled by: Interment.net
Date Compiled: May 2000
Dates of Death Range: 1897-1999
Total Records: 621
Transcribed and Contributed by "Anonymous", May 2000.
Located on a hill in Johannesburg, Calif, the cemetery is bounded by Mt. Wells Avenue on the north, Sunset Avenue on the south, Ophir Street on east, and Fremont Street on the west.
Thanks to Bart Parker, caretaker of the cemetery, for the following information on the history: It was established in Dec of 1896 when J.F. Davis, a gambler who had been shot in a gambling hall in Randsburg, was buried there
Some of the grave markers are faded and unreadable, some of the headstones and crosses are made of wood. Many of the graves have personal items place upon them, such as glassware, pans that were used for panning gold, and rock collections. One site has a mine car as a marker.
- Anonymous
Burial Records (Page 1 of 7)
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Adams, Helen E.: b. Jul 26 1915, d. Mar 18 1988, Beloved Wife Mother Grandmother
Adams, Johnnie R.: d. Nov 27 1998, Aged 87 years, 0 months, 28 days
Adams, Lillian Helen: b. 1905, d. 1962, Beloved Sister
Adams, Virgil H. Jr: b. 1923, d. 1992, US Air Force
Adamson, James D.: b. Nov. 21 1867, d. Aug 16 1897, Born Ontario, Canada
Allen, Chester John: b. May 17 1905, d. Jun 3 1959, Calif, Pfc 4112 Base Unit A AF, World War II
Alspach, James C.: b. 1914, d. 1968
Anderson, Axel Herman: b. Aug 9 1885, d. Jan 8 1948
Anderson, Harold: b. 1916, d. 1931
Anderson, William H.: b. 1871, d. 1947
Archer, Wilmer: b. Aug 12 1907, d. Apr 4 1987, Pfc US Army, World War II
Armantrout, Bill: b. 1914, d. 1984, "Getting Laid For The Last Time" "The Further Away I Get From Washington, D.C., The Safer I Feel"...Will Rogers
Armantrout, Walter R.: b. Apr 10 1919, d. Mar 14 1984, SSGT US Army, World War II
Atkisson, J. Gay: b. 1898, d. 1953
Atwood, Mabel J: b. Dec 8 1857, d. Sep 6 1937
Atwood, Ray E.: b. Jun 17 1906, d. Jun 26 1913
Austin, Mathilda Lee: b. 1890, d. 1967, Mother & Grandmother
Badalich, Michael Gregory: b. Feb 13 1955, d. Jan 28 1992, Here Lies...(marker is half a motocycle gas tank)
Baker, Cecil (Doc) F.: b. 1906, d. 1978, Husband and Father, The Lord Is My Shepherd
Baker, Lorena Madge: d. Feb 24 1999, Aged 90 years, 2 months, 17 days
Baker, Mary M.: b. 1914, d. 1991, Mom, Together Forever, In My Father's House Are Many Mansions
Baker, Minnie: b. 1892, d. 1956, Beloved Wife
Baker, Roscoe D.: b. 1911, d. 1987, Dad
Bangle, Blanche E. Molihan: b. 1914, d. 1951
Barsness, Rachel: b. 1876, d. 1960
Bass, Charles L. Sr: b. 1895, d. 1958
Bass, Margaret Jane: b. 1900, d. 1963
Batt, Etta M.: b. Apr 23 1881, d. Nov 27 1960, Our Mother
Batt, Jesse W.: b. Dec 27 1876, d. Jun 29 1941, Our Dad
Beck, Harold: b. 1890, d. 1985
Beck, Muriel: b. 1904, d. 1982
Becker, Alma N.: b. 1899, d. 1963, Mother
Becker, Helen: b. 1918, d. 1995
Becker, Lewis F.: b. 1890, d. 1957, Father
Becker, Walter: b. 1920, d. (no date)
Behrens, Emma Gunderson: b. 1889, d. 1968
Behrens, Julius Mike: b. Jun 11 1886, d. Jun 20 1969, Kansas Bugler US Army World War I
Behrens, Marie I.: b. 1896, d. 1943
Belcher, Major Lowe: b. Sep 9 1898, d. Nov 3 1969, Calif Sgt US Army World War I
Bell, Ethel: (cement cross with lettering in mosiac tiles) Mother
Benckendorf, Arthur L.: b. 1910, d. 1962, Husband Father
Benckendorf, Floyd C.: b. 1908, d. 1960
Benckendorf, Frederick W.: b. Jun 12 1933, d. Jul 24 1954, Illinois, A3C Us Air Force
Benckendorf, Nellie A.: b. 1917, d. 1999, Loving Mother
Bennett, Harry George: b. Sep 29 1906, d. Feb 13 1958
Bennett, Helen: b. Mar 19 1910, d. Jun 12 1986, Beloved Wife, Mother, Grandmother
Bennett, Jennie Hazel: b. 1895, d. 1979, Beloved Mother
Bennett, Mary Grace: b. Apr 1 1909, d. Feb 22 1988, Rest In Peace
Bennett, Samuel C.: b. 1911, d. 1948, After Darkness Eternal Light
Bennett, Vera: b. 1917, d. 1918
Berry, Charles E.: b. 1891, d. 1978
Binns, Abraham A.: b. 1873, d. 1959
Bird, Helen Ann: b. Aug 14 1901, d. Jul 15 1989
Bishop, Charles: b. 1890, d. 1966, Forever in Our Hearts
Bishop, Edwin Joel: b. Apr 17 1938, d. Sep 19 1994, 56 yr 5 mo 2 d
Blagrave, Dean: b. 1936, d. (no date), Son
Blagrave, Jackie: b. 1934, d. (no date), Daughter
Blagrave, Winifred: b. 1914, d. 1993, Mother
Blair, Joseph: b. 1930, d. 1969, Son & Brother
Blair, Neil Addison: b. 1937, d. 1987, Come Ye Yourselves Apart Into A Desert Place And Rest a While, St Mark 6:31
Blair, Samuel: b. 1893, d. 1932, Husband & Father
Blair, Virgil G: b. Apr 17 1917, d. Jun 21 1984, CPL US Marine Corps World War II
Blake, Kenneth Harley: b. 1950, d. 1986, Son A Good Rock Man
Blasdell, Theodore Dale: b. Aug 3 1932, d. Mar 11 1936, Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep I Pray The Lord My Soul To Keep
Bob, Florence O.: b. Oct 6 1907, d. Nov 4 1998, Beloved Wife and Mother
Bob, Peter R.: b. 1889, d. 1956, Beloved Husband
Bohls, Eva: b. 1895, d. 1965
Boring, Daniel Joe: b. Jun 1 1937, d. Sep 13 1958, Calif, SN US Navy
Bowald, Vic: b. 1885, d. 1956
Bowen, Margaret V. Boyd: b. 1896, d. 1979
Bradt, Albert L.: b. Oct 6 1888, d. Aug 3 1969, Arkansas, CPL 23 RCT Co GSI, World War I
Bradt, Florence E.: b. 1907, d. 1977, In Loving Memory, Beloved Wife and Sister
Brainerd, Jason W.: b. 1904, d. 1961
Bright, Richard Lee: b. 1915, d. 1970, Forever in Our Hearts
Brown, Charles C.: b. 1900, d. 1952, Husband Father, The Lord Is My Shepherd
Brown, Charlie: b. Jan 24 1864, d. Dec 25 1898, Native of Illinois, At Rest
Buffington, Carson Fremont: b. 1882, d. 1963
Buffington, Ellen Louise: b. May 31 1880, d. Aug 31 1971
Bulla, Adolph: b. 1888, d. 1965
Burgeson, John A.: b. Sep 8 1890, d. Apr 13 1970, Minnesota, PVT CO A 604 ENGR REGT, World War I
Burr, William W.: b. 1836, d. 1910
Byrd, Helga Wilhelmina: b. 1901, d. 1970, Beloved Wife, Till We Meet Again, Dear Pal
Byrns, Patrick: b. 1853, d. 1917
Cagle, Clatie Pearl: d. Jun 20 1913, Aged 8 years, In Memory Of, Daughter Of E. E. & Sarah Cagle
Campbel, Richard A.: b. 1940, d. 1961, At Rest
Campbell, Erlinda B.: b. Mar 3 1910, d. Jul 15 1977, Beloved Mother and Grandmother
Canal, Frank G.: b. 1894, d. 1967
Cantlay, Edmund: b. 1892, d. 1969
Cantlay, Rachel: b. 1852, d. 1927, At Peace
Cantlay, Richard Sr: b. 1890, d. 1964
Cantlay, William: b. 1849, d. 1898
Cantlay, William R.: b. 1884, d. 1964
Carrillo, Ramon: b. 1889, d. 1931, Father
Carter, Margaret Hewitt: b. 1885, d. 1945
Cassin, Lillian Vodele: b. 1891, d. 1955
Charleston, Leta: b. 1882, d. 1970
Charlesworth, Delroy Scott: b. 1918, d. 1966
Christensen, Jance H.: b. Oct 28 1900, d. Mar 3 1967, Nebraska, Pfc COA 19 Infantry World War I
Christensen, Jennie Catherine: b. Dec 18 1908, d. Aug 2 1988, The Lord Is My Shepherd
Christensen, Marsha Alice Nicholaides: b. Mar 22 1932, d. Dec 7 1989, Dau We Love You