Centerville Cemetery, Klickitat County, Washington


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Centerville Cemetery was started in the 1800's by a committee of local families. It is located about 1.5 miles south of the town of Centerville. A cemetery committee exists today to care for the cemetery.

A map of the area.

The cemetery transcription was recorded by Sharon Allan of Pasco, Washington, August 2000.


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Name Date of Birth Date of Death Other Info on Stone
Lahti, John P.

1881

1956

Son
Lahti, Henry

1845

1895

Father
Lahti, Kreeta Karolina

1854

1882

Mother
Lamb, David Warren

16 Dec 1895

12 Oct 1969

Ore. Sgt. Btry A24 Arty Cac WWI
Largent, Raleigh

1896

1983

Pfc - US Army - WWI; Husband to Ruth
Largent, Ruth

24 Nov 1901

3 Oct 1975

Wife to Raleigh
Leath, Infant  

8 Nov 1902

Son of Lt. S. M. Leath
Lehto, Briita U.

1874

1960

Wife to S. Herman
Lehto, S. Herman

2 Nov 1857

1 Apr 1940

Husband to Briita
Lehto, Hulda J.

1899

1975

 
Lehto, Kaisa W.

23 Aug 1871

29 May 1907

 
Lehto, John August

11 Nov 1893

25 Jan 1894

 
Lehto, Mary A.

15 Nov 1901

17 Oct 1977

Wife to Oscar W.
Lehto, Oscar W.

2 Oct 1898

16 Oc 1965

Husband to Mary A.
Lehto, Victor

1896

1978

Cpl. US Army WWI
Lehto, Wilbert W.

20 May 1943

28 Apr 1968

Washington Sp4 US Army
Leppanen, Jennie M.

1916

1917

 
Liimatta, Andrew

12 May 1846

8 May 1934

Born in Finland
Liimatta, Daiwo  

7 Jan 1912

Aged 4 mos., 5 days
Liimatta, Gideon

1878

1924

 
Liimatta, Hilda Angela  

22 Apr 1910

Aged 4 yrs., 6 mos., 25 days
Liimatta, Maria Kristina

1843

1908

 
Liimatta, Nathan

2 Mar 1874

22 May 1913

 
Liimatta, Otto

1877

1927

 
Lowery, Andrew  

8 Jun 1891

Son to J. & K.
Lowery, Emil Oscar

26 Nov 1897

30 Apr 1994

 
Lowery, Jacob

1845

1936

Husband to Kreeta
Lowery, Kreta

1859

1950

Wife to Jacob
Lowery, Lempi K.

16 Apr 1902

8 Jun 1908

 
Marquiss, Frank

3 Jun 1876

15 Aug 1917

Husband to L. Elizabeth
Marquiss, L. Elizabeth

1880

1931

Wife to Frank
Martin, James D.

24 Feb 1832

6 Jan 1905

 
Martin, Margaret

18 Jun 1840

7 Dec 1911

 
Masters, James H.

1922

  Husband to Marilyn
Masters, Marilyn

1928

1981

Wife to James H.
Masters, Mary A.

1891

1959

Wife to Thurston
Masters, Thurston H.

1888

1959

Husband to Mary A.
Matta, Adolph

1860

1949

Husband to Katie
Matta, Katie

1858

1937

Wife to Adolph
Matta, Herman H.

1888

1966

 
Matta, William

4 Mar 1897

17 Oct 1954

 
Mattern, David Raymond

28 Dec 1941

19 Jul 1996

 
Mattson, Albine

16 Sep 1890

11 May 1911

 
Mattson, Alvin Richard

1912

1965

Husband to Helen
Mattson, Alvin A.

21 Jan 1904

8 Mar 1905

 
Mattson, Amanda

3 Jan 1872

18 Apr 1895

 
Mattson, Anna K.

1846

1920

Wife to Lars
Mattson, Baby John Otis

1955

1955

Son of Otis & Louise
Mattson, Clarence W. (Pat)

1906

1984

Husband to Lorene
Mattson, Edna

1911

1926

Daughter to F. W. & H. P.
Mattson, Frank W.

1883

1954

Husband to Hilda
Mattson, Gerald W.

1928

  Husband to Shirley
Mattson, Helen Frances

1905

1975

Wife to Alvin C.
Mattson, Henry

1904

1918

 
Mattson, Hilda P.

1881

1968

Wife to Frank
Mattson, J. Ivan

1906

1 Aug 1986

Husband to Miriam
Mattson, John Allan

1931

1937

Son to J. I. & I. W.
Mattson, John

1870

1946

Husband to Mary E.
Mattson, Lars

1842

1926

Husband to Anna K.
Mattson, Lorene M.

1906

  Wife to Clarence
Mattson, Louise H.

30 Jan 1913

  Wife to Otis
Mattson, Marguerite Dolores

1931

1952

 
Mattson, Mary E.

1880

1968

Wife to John
Mattson, Matt

1865

1939

 
Mattson, Miriam P.

7 Sep 1906

  Wife to J. Ivan
Mattson, Myrtle

1918

1918

 
Mattson, Otis A.

30 Apr 1902

25 Sep 1989

Husband to Louise
Mattson, Permelia

1868

19?

 
Mattson, Shirley M.

1929

1991

Wife to Gerald
Mattson, Theodore Leland

1908

1928

 
Mattson, Walter

1937

   
Melher, Carl

31 Jul 1930

4 Feb 1978

 
Merriman, Rollin M.

7 Mar 1867

24 Sep 1903

 
Miller, Armold Thomas

?

?

 
Miller, Baby  

23 Jun 1926

 
Miller, Elizabeth J.

1877

1923

 
Miller, Florence S.

1905

1999

Wife to Henry A.
Miller, Henry

1907

1980

Husband to Florence
Miller, Jerome A. (Jerry)

23 Jun 1926

30 Sep 1992

 
Miller, John K.

8 Dec 1959

7 Sep 1994

 
Miller, John A.

1876

1952

 
Miller, John Reginald

1915

1973

 
Miller, Lena

1894

1966

 
Miller, Milton

1906

1972

Husband to Velva
Miller, Velva Faye

1909

1985

Wife to Milton
Morris, Grant M.

28 Jul 1938

  Husband to Julie
Morris, Julie

10 Jul 1937

6 Jul 1984

Wife to Grant
Mulligan, Linnie

1882

1964

 
Munroe, Emma E.

1861

1933

 
Nichols, Lou Jean

1917

1971

 
Niemela, Ada May

2 May 1890

17 Oct 1890

Daughter to John & Katie
Niemela, Alice Mabel

10 Oct 1911

14 Apr 1919

 
Niemela, Bertha A.

1 Jan 1840

13 Nov 1906

 
Niemela, Claric Leland

14 Aug 1903

21 Dec 1903

 
Niemela, Charles A.

12 Jun 1871

27 Oct 1909

 
Niemela, Frank A.

1901

   
Niemela, Frank E.

9 Aug 1878

24 Nov 1901

 
Niemela, Hilda S.

1890

1949

 
Niemela, Ida E.

1877

1966

Wife to William
Niemela, John

24 May 1838

13 May 1912

Born in Finland
Niemela, John H.

1884

1903

 
Niemela, Kaisa F.

1873

1898

 
Niemela, Mabel Arilla

17 Apr 1891

7 May 1891

Daughter to John & Katie
Niemela, Maria

1842

1924

 
Niemela, Mary Elizabeth

17 Dec 1893

29 Dec 1893

Daughter to John & Katie
Niemela, Peter A.

15 Feb 1844

22 Feb 1908

 
Niemela, Wilbert L.

1909

1937

 
Niemela, William

1874

1964

Husband to Ida
Niemela, Zachary

19 Mar 1882

3 Aug 1956

 
Niskajarvi, Martha E.

1901

1991

 
Niske (Niskejarvi), Emel

1901

1919

 
Niske, Martha

1915

1917

 
Niva, Ada Gayle

26 Dec 1922

31 Dec 1992

 
Niva, Albert J.

1888

1940

Husband to Bess
Niva, Albine Loris

2 Dec 1900

12 Dec 1900

 
Niva, Bess I.

1889

1990

Wife to Albert
Niva, Elizabeth

1887

1901

 
Niva, Greta

1847

1894

 
Niva, Gus

?

?

 
Niva, Henry

1843

1917

 
Niva, Hilma J.

1903

   
Niva, Nicholas

1880

1910

 
Niva, Ronald

9 Feb 1920

21 Oct 1998

Husband to Zelma
Niva, Webster Orance

2 Dec 1900

10 Feb 1901

 
Niva, Zelma

9 Feb 1914

26 Mar 1995

Wife to Ronald
Nogle, Annice (Kayser)

1 Apr 1924

23 Dec 1994

Wife to Max
Nogle, Max

7 May 1919

  Husband to Annice
Olson, Helen

?

?

 
Olson, Joseph A.

1915

1979

Pfc US Army WWII
Olson, Miriam T.

1892

1960

 
Olson, O. F.

1890

1953

 
Olson, Sopia U.

1893

1921

 
Palmer, Brooks Lee

1949

1953

 
Pearce, Rolly E.

5 Jun 1889

5 Oct 1889

 
Pearman, Juliet  

18 Dec 1909

Aged 90 years
Peterson, Rose

11 Jul 1942

?

 
Pflucrad, ?

1903

1997

 
Randall, Adeline (Munroe)

1893

1972

Wife to Alexander
Randall, Alexander

1884

1970

Husband to Adeline
Rathbun, Laura M.

1919

  Wife to Merl; Married in 1937
Rathbun, Merl G.

1918

2000

Husband to Laura
Reed, James R.

11 Dec 1884

22 Jul 1963

 
Reini, Elise

1907

1918

 
Rein, Elias

1876

1912

 
Ritzschke, Anna M.

1 Aug 1892

9 Nov 1977

Wife to William
Ritzschke, Dewey

7 Mar 1898

16 Mar 1899

 
Ritzschke, Frank

1855

1941

Husband to Minnie
Ritzschke, Granville B. (Bud)

16 Sep 1906

19 Jan 1984

Husband to Louella
Ritzschke, Herman  

28 Jul 1889

Son of A. & Jane; Aged 4 years
Ritzschke, Infant  

1923

Son to Wm. & Anna
Ritzschke, Infant  

9 Mar 1891

Daughter to Frank & Minnie; Aged 14 days
Ritzschke, Louella M.

21 Nov 1908

17 Aug 1994

Wife to Granville
Ritzschke, Mary L.  

9 Sep 1886

Daughter to Frank & Minnie; Aged 2 years
Ritzschke, Minnie

1866

1938

Wife to Frank
Ritzschke, William H.

7 Dec 1886

17 Apr 1986

Husband to Anna
Rowns, John

1855

1928

 
Russell, Adrian T.

21 Sep 1833

10 Dec 1880

 
Russell, Albert J.

185?

1928

 
Russell, Charles E.

20 Aug 1892

23 Feb 1893

 
Russell, Elizabeth R.

26 Dec 1867

21 May 1910

 
Russell, Harriet D.

18 Jul 1837

19 Nov 1897

 
Saxton, Frank

1864

1941

Husband to Minnie
Saxton, Minnie J.

1866

1934

Wife to Frank
Schelhorn, Isabel

1910

1990

Wife to James; Married in 1949
Schelhorn, James

1920

1996

Husband to Isabel
Schlegel, Wallace M.

1936

1974

 
Scott, Charles Clifford

19 Mar 1887

8 May 1906

 
Scott, Martha L.

1861

1923

 
Shull, Eula

1897

1985

Wife to John
Shull, John

1896

1985

Husband to Eula
Shull, Raymond Royd

10 Aug 1919

9 Jun 1989

 
Sipple, John  

1895

Aged 75 years
Simi, C. W.

1931

1987

 
Smith, Infant

29 Dec 1905

1 Jan 1906

Child to Lee & Cora
Smith, Owen C.

16 Dec 1893

28 Dec 1907

 
Smith, Mary

May 1829

Jul 1905

Wife to William D.
Smith, Mattie

11 Jan 1876

24 Feb 1899

 
Smith, William D.

30 Jan 1826

28 Aug 1899

Husband to Mary
Smith-Frost, Georgiae

2 Oct 1940

28 Jun 1986

 
Smith-Frost, Nelreatha Evaneline 24 Jul 1909 13 Apr 1982  
Snyder, H. M.

15 Dec 1832

7 Jan 1904

 
Sperry, Clarence Leslie

1904

1995

Husband to Lavelle
Sperry, Lavelle (Yeakel)

1904

1995

Wife to Clarence
Stephenson, Douglas L.

5 Sep 1959

9 Oct 1997

 
Stephenson, Loyd E.

29 Dec 1939

23 Oct 1989

 
Stephenson, Ruth A.

6 Sep 1938

30 Mar 1994

 
St Lawrence, George

10 Jul 1874

22 Jun 1945

 
St Lawrence, Henry J.

18 Nov 1876

19 May 1898

 
St Lawrence, Henry J.

1916

1980

Husband to Rosalma
St Lawrence, James

18 Nov 1876

19 May 1893

Born in Cal.
St Lawrence, Janette

3 May 1853

28 Aug 1928

 
St Lawrence, Lulu

27 Mar 1887

20 Apr 1913

Wife to William
St Lawrence, Mary E.

28 Dec 1872

28 Mar 1887

Born in Cal.
St Lawrence, Otis

1887

1944

 
St Lawrence, Rosalma

1918

1993

Wife to Henry J.
Sturgis, E. C.

8 Dec 1911

  Husband to Viola
Sturgis, Viola

11 Nov 1918

20 Feb 1984

Wife to E. C.
Taylor, Andrew

16 Nov 1910

13 Jul 1988

Husband to Hazel A.
Taylor, Hazel A.

6 Apr 1910

  Wife to Andrew
Taylor, Joe

1901

1979

Husband to Zelma
Thomas, Baby  

20 Nov 1973

Girl
Thompson, Annie

26 Nov 1837

30 Apr 1902

Wife to James T.
Thompson, James T.

1830

1912

Husband to Annie
Thompson, Luella May  

25 Aug 1891

Daughter to John & S. E.; Aged 12 years
Tobin, Aida Jane

1915

1936

 
Tobin, Edna L.

9 Feb 1913

1 Dec 1989

Wife to Lyle
Tobin, Goldia F.

1895

1989

Wife to John R.
Tobin, Lyle R.

4 Jul 1912

30 Dec 1996

Husband to Edna
Tobin, John R.

1895

1962

Husband to Goldia
Todd, Orzo J.

8 Dec 1842

16 Nov 1895

Husband to Rebecca
Todd, Rebecca

17 Feb 1849

23 Jan 1898

Wife to Orzo
Tormanen, Eva Kristina

20 Apr 1823

24 Sep 1910

Wife to Sihvert
Tormanen, Sihvert Gustaa

1845

1918

Husband to Eva
Tucker, Ester Todd

1886

1971

 
Uecker, Gladys G. (Wiidanen)

1908

  Wife to Wade
Uecker, Wade (Tex)

1908

1975

Husband to Gladys
Wagner, Lina

14 Mar 1865

12 May 1888

 
Walbur, Madeline

8 Jan 1847

23 Nov 1902

 
Walman, Gabriel

1844

1911

 
Walman, Hans Levi

1891

1891

 
Walman, Ida (Hendrickson)

30 Aug 1886

10 Jan 1959

Wife to John A.
Walman, Johanna

1852

1908

 
Walman, John August

29 Sep 1873

9 Jun 1948

Husband to Ida
White, Ilene M.

15 Nov 1940

  Wife to Jimmy
White, Jimmy

4 May 1936

29 Apr 1987

Husband to Ilene
Wiidanen, Albine W.

1912

1966

 
Wiidanen, Amanda

1845

1925

Wife to Andrew
Wiidanen, Andrew

1857

1934

Husband to Amanda
Wiidanen, Berta Christina

1889

1891

 
Wiidanen, Charles

21 Apr 1877

28 Nov 1952

Husband to Jenny
Wiidanen, Chester E.

1904

1976

 
Wiidanen, Daniel M.

17 Jan 1935

18 Sep 1952

 
Wiidanen, Evelina

1882

1961

Wife to Henry
Wiidanen, Florence D.

1897

1984

Wife to Peter A.
Wiidanen, Frances W.

1914

1983

 
Wiidanen, Frank E.

27 May 1897

3 Jul 1921

 
Wiidanen, Frank W.

31 Mar 1899

25 Aug 1906

Son to W. & I. M.
Wiidanen, Harry William

1906

1934

 
Wiidanen, Henry

1878

1939

Husband to Evelina
Wiidanen, Jenny

29 Aug 1883

9 Jan 1966

Wife to Charles
Wiidanen, John W.

1886

1923

 
Wiidanen, Lores J.

1901

1923

 
Wiidanen, May Lucille

?

?

 
Wiidanen, Merle O.

1917

1996

 
Wiidanen, Nina E.  

6 Sep 1906

Daughter to H. E.; Ages 10 months
Wiidanen, Peter A.

1888

1965

Husband to Florence
Wiidanen, Wesley R.

1920

1982

 
Wiidanen, William

1824

1940

 
Wilcox, Eliza Ann  

25 Feb 1901

Aged 83 years
Wilcox, Guy Harold

1891

   
Willikka, Frank O.

1880

  Husband to Matilda
Willikka, Matilda

1879

1947

Wife to Frank
Wilson, Allina

1878

  Wife to Henry
Wilson, Arthur M.

18 Apr 1886

15 Feb 1969

 
Wilson, Elmer M.

1882

1926

 
Wilson, Elmer J.

18 Nov 1903

24 Aug 1972

 
Wilson, Henry

1878

1952

Husband to Allina
Wilson, Oscar

13 May 1895

8 Jun 1973

 
Wilson, Mike

1838

1914

 
Wilson, Rika Bertha

1858

1930

 
Wilson, Wesley H.

12 Sep 1910

25 Aug 1977

 
Wilson, Willie

12 Jan 1905

4 Nov 1972

 
Wilson, Vivian A.

1899

1977

 
Witikka, Jon

20 May 1845

26 Apr 1910

Husband to Mary
Witikka, Mary

10 Aug 1844

1 Dec 1903

Wife to Jon
Woods, Patricia

24 Aug 1914

  Wife to Lyle
Woods, Lyle

19 Mar 1913

18 Oct 1990

Husband to Patricia
Yeakel, Amelia

Jun 1854

21 Dec 1919

 
Yeakel, Anna

1880

1947

Wife to Charly
Yeakel, Charly

1876

1950

Husband to Anna
Yeakel, Conrad

Jul 1851

28 Jun 1921

 
Yeakel, Fred

1882

1957

Husband to Iva
Yeakel, Infant

1901

1901

Son to Fred & Iva
Yeakel, Iva M.

1887

1973

Wife to Fred
Yeakel, Hazel F.

1914

1994

Wife to Wilbur
Yeakel, Joe

1885

1963

 
Yeakel, Julia Ethel

13 Nov 1890

4 Apr 1918

 
Yeakel, Mollie

1900

1987

 
Yeakel, Wilbur F.

1910

1988

Husband to Hazel

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