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Index to Locations
Fox Island Fox Island Cemetery
Gig Harbor Haven of Rest Cemetery
Lakewood Mountain View Memorial
Park
Longbranch Longbranch Cemetery
Puyallup Woodbine Cemetery
Steilacoom Western State Hospital
Memorial Cemetery
Tacoma Calvary Cemetery
Tacoma Oakwood Cemetery
Tacoma Tacoma Cemetery
Fox Island
Cemetery
Fox Island, Pierce County, Washington
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Dixy Lee Ray (1914-1994) —
also known as Marguerite Ray —
of Washington.
Born in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., September
3, 1914.
Democrat. University
professor; marine
biologist; host of weekly television
show "Animals of the Sea," on KCTS-TV in Seattle; member, U.S.
Atomic Energy Commission, 1972-75; chair, U.S. Atomic Energy
Commission, 1973-75; Governor of
Washington, 1977-81; defeated in primary, 1980.
Female.
Died, from a bronchial
infection,
in Fox Island, Pierce
County, Wash., January
2, 1994 (age 79 years, 121
days).
Interment at Fox Island Cemetery.
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Haven of Rest
Cemetery
Gig Harbor, Pierce County, Washington
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John O. W. Jarstad (1920-1998) —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Bremerton, Kitsap
County, Wash., July 22,
1920.
Republican. Television
sportscaster;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington 6th District, 1970.
Died, of heart
failure and diabetes
at Auburn Rehabilitation
Center, Auburn, King
County, Wash., June 12,
1998 (age 77 years, 325
days).
Interment at Haven of Rest Cemetery.
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Mountain View
Memorial Park
41100 Steilacoom Boulevard Southwest
Lakewood, Pierce County, Washington
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Thor Carl Tollefson (1901-1982) —
also known as Thor C. Tollefson —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Perley, Norman
County, Minn., May 2,
1901.
Republican. Lawyer; Pierce
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1932-34, 1939-46; U.S.
Representative from Washington 6th District, 1947-65; defeated,
1944, 1964.
Lutheran.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Alpha
Sigma Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Kiwanis.
Died in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., December
30, 1982 (age 81 years, 242
days).
Interment at Mountain View Memorial Park.
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Charles Henry Leavy (1884-1952) —
also known as Charles H. Leavy —
of Veradale, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born near York, York
County, Pa., February
16, 1884.
Democrat. State court judge in Washington, 1926; U.S.
Representative from Washington 5th District, 1937-43; federal
judge, 1942.
Died September
25, 1952 (age 68 years, 222
days).
Interment at Mountain View Memorial Park.
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Stanton Warburton (1865-1926) —
of Washington.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1865.
Member of Washington state legislature, 1900; U.S.
Representative from Washington 2nd District, 1911-13; defeated
(Progressive), 1912 (2nd District), 1914 (3rd District).
Died in 1926
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Mountain View Memorial Park.
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Athill E. Irving (1856-1927) —
of Presque Isle, Aroostook
County, Maine.
Born in Woodstock, New
Brunswick, May 1,
1856.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; farmer; horse
dealer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1912.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., April
26, 1927 (age 70 years, 360
days).
Interment at Mountain View Memorial Park.
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Longbranch
Cemetery
Longbranch, Pierce County, Washington
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James Kedzie Penfield (1908-2004) —
also known as James K. Penfield —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 9,
1908.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Canton, as of 1932; U.S. Ambassador to Iceland, 1961.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., September
11, 2004 (age 96 years, 155
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Longbranch Cemetery.
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Woodbine
Cemetery
Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington
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John Rankin Rogers (1838-1901) —
also known as John R. Rogers —
of Washington.
Born September
4, 1838.
Governor
of Washington, 1897-1901; died in office 1901.
Died December
26, 1901 (age 63 years, 113
days).
Interment at Woodbine Cemetery.
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Elmer T. Allison (1883-1982) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Bethel, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Washington.
Born in Houstonia, Pettis
County, Mo., December
5, 1883.
Communist. Sawmill
worker; arrested
in Cleveland, 1919, on charges
of violating the state's criminal
syndicalism law; Workers candidate for New York
state senate 14th District, 1926; poet.
Member, Industrial
Workers of the World.
Died in Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash., July 18,
1982 (age 98 years, 225
days).
Interment at Woodbine Cemetery.
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Hortense Allison Wagenknecht (1887-1975) —
also known as Hortense Wagenknecht; Hortense
Allison —
of Washington; Ohio; Connecticut; California.
Born in Warsaw, Benton
County, Mo., January
14, 1887.
Candidate for Presidential Elector for Washington; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Connecticut; Communist candidate for California
state assembly 71st District, 1934.
Female.
Died May 28,
1975 (age 88 years, 134
days).
Interment at Woodbine Cemetery.
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Western State
Hospital Memorial Cemetery
Steilacoom, Pierce County, Washington
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William Henson Wallace (1811-1879) —
Born in Troy, Miami
County, Ohio, July 19,
1811.
Lawyer;
member of Iowa
territorial House of Representatives, 1838; member
Iowa territorial council, 1842-43; candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Iowa Territory, 1843; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1848; member of Washington
territorial legislature, 1853; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Washington Territory, 1861; defeated, 1854;
Governor
of Washington Territory, 1861; Governor
of Idaho Territory, 1863-64; appointed 1863; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Idaho Territory, 1864; probate judge in
Washington, 1870.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Steilacoom, Pierce
County, Wash., February
7, 1879 (age 67 years, 203
days).
Interment at Western State Hospital Memorial Cemetery.
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Calvary
Cemetery
Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington
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John J. O'Connell (1919-1998) —
of Washington.
Born in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., April
30, 1919.
Washington
state attorney general, 1956-68; candidate for Governor of
Washington, 1968.
Died in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., March
24, 1998 (age 78 years, 328
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Oakwood
Cemetery
Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington
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Homer Truett Bone (1883-1970) —
also known as Homer T. Bone —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind., January
25, 1883.
Lawyer;
Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington 3rd District, 1920; member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1923-24; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1933-44; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Washington, 1940;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1944-56; took
senior status 1956.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Gamma
Eta Gamma.
Died in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., March
11, 1970 (age 87 years, 45
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Tacoma
Cemetery
4801 South Tacoma Way
Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington
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Ernest Lister (1870-1919) —
of Washington.
Born in Halifax, Yorkshire, England,
June
15, 1870.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance
business; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington 2nd District, 1909; Governor of
Washington, 1913-19; died in office 1919.
Died, from heart and
kidney
disease, in Seattle, King
County, Wash., June 14,
1919 (age 48 years, 364
days).
Interment at Tacoma Cemetery.
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Addison Gardner Foster (1837-1917) —
also known as Addison G. Foster —
of Wabasha
County, Minn.; Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Belchertown, Hampshire
County, Mass., January
28, 1837.
Republican. Lumber
business; railroad
builder; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1899-1905.
Died in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., January
16, 1917 (age 79 years, 354
days).
Interment at Tacoma Cemetery.
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John Wilson Sprague (1817-1893) —
also known as John W. Sprague —
of Sandusky, Erie
County, Ohio; Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in White Creek, Washington
County, N.Y., April 4,
1817.
Erie
County Treasurer, 1851-52; steamboat
business; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;
received the Medal
of Honor (posthumously, in 1894) for actions at Decatur, Georgia,
in 1862; railroad
executive; mayor of
Tacoma, Wash., 1883.
Died in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., December
27, 1893 (age 76 years, 267
days).
Interment at Tacoma Cemetery.
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Ezra Perin Savage (1842-1920) —
also known as Ezra P. Savage —
of Sargent, Custer
County, Neb.
Born in Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind., April 3,
1842.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; stock,
grain,
and implement
business; Lieutenant
Governor of Nebraska, 1901-03; Governor of
Nebraska, 1901-03.
Died January
8, 1920 (age 77 years, 280
days).
Interment at Tacoma Cemetery.
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Emmett Newton Parker (1859-1939) —
also known as Emmett N. Parker —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in York
County, Pa., May 12,
1859.
Republican. Lawyer;
municipal judge in Washington, 1890-92; superior court judge in
Washington, 1893-97; justice of
Washington state supreme court, 1909-33; chief
justice of Washington state supreme court, 1921-22.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, in a hospital
at Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., December
8, 1939 (age 80 years, 210
days).
Interment at Tacoma Cemetery.
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Francis Wellington Cushman (1867-1909) —
also known as Francis W. Cushman; "Abe Lincoln of the
Pacific Coast" —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Brighton, Washington
County, Iowa, May 8,
1867.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Washington, 1899-1909 (at-large 1899-1909,
2nd District 1909); died in office 1909.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Roosevelt Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 6,
1909 (age 42 years, 59
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Tacoma Cemetery.
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William Henry Calkins (1842-1894) —
also known as William H. Calkins —
of LaPorte, LaPorte
County, Ind.
Born in Pike
County, Ohio, February
18, 1842.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Indiana
state house of representatives, 1871; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1877-84 (10th District 1877-81, 13th
District 1881-84); candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1884; justice of
Washington territorial supreme court, 1889.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., January
29, 1894 (age 51 years, 345
days).
Interment at Tacoma Cemetery.
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William Hall Doolittle (1848-1914) —
also known as William H. Doolittle —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born near North East, Erie
County, Pa., November
6, 1848.
Republican. Member of Washington state legislature, 1880; U.S.
Representative from Washington at-large, 1893-97; defeated, 1896.
Died in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., February
26, 1914 (age 65 years, 112
days).
Interment at Tacoma Cemetery.
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Wesley Lloyd (1883-1936) —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Arvonia, Osage
County, Kan., July 24,
1883.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Washington 6th District, 1933-36; died in
office 1936.
Member, Freemasons;
Eagles;
Elks.
Died of a heart
attack in Washington,
D.C., January
10, 1936 (age 52 years, 170
days).
Interment at Tacoma Cemetery.
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William Thompson (1813-1897) —
of Iowa.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1813.
Democrat. Member of Iowa
territorial legislature, 1843; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1847-50; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1860.
Died in 1897
(age about
84 years).
Interment at Tacoma Cemetery.
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James Wickersham (1857-1939) —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.; Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska; Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Patoka, Marion
County, Ill., August
24, 1857.
Republican. Probate judge in Washington, 1884-88; member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1898; Judge
of U.S. District Court, 1900; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1909-17, 1919, 1921,
1931-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alaska
Territory, 1928
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; member, Resolutions
Committee).
Died in Juneau,
Alaska, October
24, 1939 (age 82 years, 61
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Tacoma Cemetery.
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John Tyndall McCutcheon (1892-1971) —
also known as John T. McCutcheon —
of Chehalis, Lewis
County, Wash.; Steilacoom, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., March
23, 1892.
Republican. Farmer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Bordeaux, 1916-17; Marseille, 1917-18; Geneva, 1918; Beirut, 1919-20; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington 6th District, 1932; member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1941; member of Washington
state senate 26th District, 1943-47.
Died in Steilacoom, Pierce
County, Wash., August
9, 1971 (age 79 years, 139
days).
Interment at Tacoma Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of John W. McCutcheon and Jane Tweed (Dandy) McCutcheon; married to
Tima Mary Gregg. |
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memorial |
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Theodore Crosby Sears (1828-1898) —
also known as Theodore C. Sears —
of Ottawa, Franklin
County, Kan.; Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., August
4, 1828.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kansas
state senate, 1871-72; general attorney for the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas Railroad,
1872-81; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1880.
Died, reportedly from senility,
in Lakeview, Pierce
County, Wash., November
8, 1898 (age 70 years, 96
days).
Interment at Tacoma Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Lewis Sears and Sarah (Crosby) Sears; married to Elizabeth
Hoyt. |
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memorial |
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Alexander Wild Thornely (1845-1908) —
also known as Alexander W. Thornely; John Alexander Wylde
Thornely —
of La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis.; Long Prairie, Todd
County, Minn.; Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales,
March, 1845.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; bookkeeper;
feed
and grain
business; customs
broker; secretary, Crescent Coal
Company; Vice-Consul
for Mexico in Tacoma,
Wash., 1906-08.
English
ancestry.
Shot
in the head by two robbers, and died four
days later in Fannie Paddock Hospital,
Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., January
24, 1908 (age 62 years, 0
days).
Interment at Tacoma Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Sarah (Roberts) Thornely and Robert Thornely; married, September
6, 1881, to Louise Lavinia Hinkley. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: Tacoma News Tribune,
January 21, 1908 |
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Clinton Peyre Ferry (1836-1909) —
also known as Clinton P. Ferry; "The Duke of
Tacoma" —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., May 24,
1836.
Consular
Agent for France in Tacoma,
Wash., 1898-1903.
French
ancestry.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., July 31,
1909 (age 73 years, 68
days).
Interment at Tacoma Cemetery.
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