Wenas Cemetery

GPS Coordinates: 46.774550, -120.625694
PLSS Coordinates: NW¼ SE¼ Sec. 19 T15N R18E
Location: Selah, Yakima County
Record count: 536

Ownership: Wenas Cemetery Association

Directions: Wenas Cemetery is located in Section 19, Township 18 East Willamette Meridian, Range 15 North. It is on the East-Southeast side of the North Wenas Road approximately 16 miles North-Northwest of Selah in Yakima County, Washington.

Background: Wenas Cemetery was incorporated in 1880. The cemetery is the second oldest cemetery in Yakima County. It is approximately 7 acres in size. It was founded on land donated to the cemetery by George (Doc) and Elizabeth McGlothlen in 1880 and Lyle and Louise Schneider in 1989. The cemetery is owned and operated by the Wenas Cemetery Association. The earliest marked grave is 1881. There were burials at this cemetery prior to the incorporation and establishment of the cemetery and the cemetery association. However, the records do not indicate who was buried.

Burial Records

• Tombstone Transcription, by Judy Schuster, April 25, 2001, (536 records)

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