Title Info: Spring Canyon Cemetery

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Introduction The Spring Canyon Cemetery index lists individuals interred in Spring Canyon Cemetery in Lincoln County, Washington. See photos. 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.

Spring Canyon Cemetery is located at Lat: 47° 55' 49"N, Lon: 118° 56' 49"W T28N R31E Sec 17. To reach Spring Canyon Cemetery from Grand Coulee take Hwy 174 east towards Spokane for 2.8 miles. Make a left turn at the Spring Canyon Campground exit. The cemetery is less than a mile on the left side of the road at 45387 Camp Ground Drive, but is difficult to spot. Contact: 509-633-2235, P.O. Box 56, Grand Coulee, WA 99133.

There are 1,793 individuals listed in the index.

This index is in English.

This index is open for research.

Abbreviations:
b. = born
c/o = child of
d/o = dad of
FH = Funeral Home
h/o = husband of
mm/by = metal marker by
s/by = stone by
s/o = son of
FA = Faith Section
SH = Sacred Heart Section
Sec = section
B = block
R = Row
# = space
* = no photo

Transcribed by Maggie Rail, Nov 15, 2003, last edited Jun 18, 2010.

Transcription notes:

“Spring Canyon Cemetery was conceived by the Grand Coulee Lions Club. They purchased about 7 acres of land then had the cemetery built, with the first burial taking place in the fall of 1957.”

“It continues to be owned and maintained by the Grand Coulee Lions Club, operating by a cemetery board. It has been self-supporting for more than 20 years with a perpetual-care endowment fund. After 40 years, about half of the grave sites have been used.”

“This much needed cemetery services many towns in the surrounding area, such as Grand Coulee, Coulee City, Electric City, Elmer City and others.”

“I visited and walked this cemetery on Jun 22, 2003. I used a digital camera and have photos of all existing and legible stones at that time. An asterisk following an entry was usually from records which have no photo and came from obits or some other source. Birdie Hensley provided additional names and locations to me twice after Jun 22, 2003.”

Citation: Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], Spring Canyon Cemetery Index, Office of Secretary of State, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://www.digitialarchives.wa.gov, [date accessed].

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