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Mica Cemetery Mica, Spokane County, Washington Hwy 27, Mica WA Contact: Deborah Ferkins 509-477-7414 Lat: 47° 33' 22"N, Lon: 117° 12' 40"W T24N R44E Sec 26 Transcribed and compiled by Maggie Rail © 1998. Last edited Jun 16, 2016 [mrail@asisna.com]. Total records = 207. Mica cemetery is located just about 1 mile south of the town of Mica on Highway 27 on the west side of the highway. The condition of the cemetery leaves lots to be desired. See note at bottom. ** My Grandson, Matt Morris and I walked this cemetery in 1998. It was quite evident that not all of the graves had headstones at that time, and many were unreadable. I was able to find a copy of the old Sexton burial records, pub. in 1961 by EWGS, entitled "Rural Spokane County Cemeteries" to compare with our readings at that time. I since have been able to get all of the records which have been recorded. The Mica Cemetery has been without a Sexton for several years. The records were turned over to Spokane County when there was no one to care for them. I tried without success to find these records. After two and one half years and a newspaper article about this cemetery, I was contacted by Kathleen O'Conner of Spokane, who said she knew where the records were. Kathleen contacted the county, but it took her many months to get the meeting coordinated with the county to open the records, Kathleen was able to get copies of all of the old Mica cemetery records they had for me. Therefore I have compared the files with my readings, and placed an asterisk * after records I added from these books. I also have added additional information to the existing records, which I found in the Sexton records and old mortuary records. - Maggie Rail ** Additional information In September of 2001 the Spokane Valley Kiwanis Club took on the task of cleaning out this cemetery. I visited it on Oct 18, 2001. It is much better, but needs some planning still to decide what to do with plants which will grow back again, like lilacs. I find them a troublesome addition to a cemetery. So many times stones become hidden in them. Visited again in 2002, again overgrown. |
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Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], Mica Cemetery, Office of Secretary of State, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://digitalarchives.wa.gov, [date accessed].
Source: Index and transcription notes donated to the Washington Historical Records Project by Maggie Rail, 2017. |
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Mica Photo 1 0.1 MB Mica Photo 2 0.1 MB Mica Photo 3 0.1 MB |
