Title Info: Veterans Cemetery

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Introduction The Veterans Cemetery index lists individuals interred at the Veterans Cemetery in Roslyn, WA (Kittitas County). See photos. It is one of 27 identified burial places in Roslyn, WA. View information about Roslyn’s cemeteries here. Index information about an individual may include: name, birth date, birth place, death date, and names of family members. Index data was compiled by Maggie Rail, a member of the Washington State Cemetery Association, who has transcribed over 400 cemeteries since 1993.

Abbreviations used in this index:
b.= born
c/o= child of
d.= dead
h/o= husband of
P= Plot
s/o= son of
s/w= stone with
w/o= wife of

There are 195 individuals listed in this index.

Notes from transcriber Maggie Rail, August 2001:
This cemetery is one of the cemeteries on the northern side of the southeast group of cemeteries in Roslyn WA. To reach it drive west through Roslyn on Pennsylvania Ave. Continue hanging left till you reach Memorial Road, where you turn left or south. Take the first left and it will be the first cemetery on your right. Lat: 47° 13' 12"N, Lon: 120° 59' 58"W T20N R15E Sec 17. See map.

This cemetery is situated across the road on the east of the Old County Cemetery which now is Veteran Cemetery #2. On the east is the New City cemetery and on the south is the Moose Cemetery.

I found this to be such a joy to read. All the beautiful white headstones remind me of Arlington Cemetery. There were a few of the flat headstones, but the majority were the traditional white monuments.

The morning of the day I read this cemetery, I started reading up on the hill in the Santa Barbara and Dr. Starkovich Cemeteries. At quarter of noon I hear this cannon go off. I took notice, believe me. Then many rifle shots rang out. I had to ask when I went to lunch what it was. It seems that they had a burial in this cemetery that day and when they do they always use the full military style burial rite, with cannon, etc.

I surveyed this cemetery on Aug 20, 2001, using pencil and pad, plus my digital camera. Transcribed 2001.


This index is in English.

This index is open for research.

Citation: Preferred Citation:[Identification of item], Veterans Cemetery Index, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov,[date accessed].

Source: Index and transcription notes were donated to the Washington Historical Records Project by Maggie Rail, Historical Records Project, August 2009.
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