Title Info: Gate of Heaven Cemetery

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Introduction The Gate of Heaven Cemetery index lists individuals interred at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Waterville, Douglas County, Washington. Index information 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.

There are 81 names listed in this index.

Notes from Transcriber Maggie Rail (current as of November 9, 2009):

Gate of Heaven Cemetery is located at Lat 47° 38' 17"N, Lon 120° 03' 55"W, T25N R22E Section 27. To reach the cemetery drive south on Waterville South Rd. Continue till you reach the base of Standpipe Hill, take a dirt road left, and continue about ¼ mile to the cemetery. You can see it on the side of the hill as you approach. It has little to resemble a cemetery from a distance, only the square of green lawn sitting within the wheat field.

Gate of Heaven Cemetery burials date back to around 1905. It started as the cemetery for Saint Joseph Catholic Church in Waterville. It now has been turned over to the Douglas County Cemetery District #2. The church still has say as to who is buried there and also keeps records.

I visited this cemetery in 1999, but did not do a transcription, but rather helped the person with me collect the records. Since that time I have those records as well as the files furnished from the current Sexton of the Douglas County Cemetery District #2.

This index is in English.

This index is open for research.

Citation: Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], Gate of Heaven 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.