Kootenai County Cemetery AKA Old Paupers Cemetery

Located in Coeur d' Alene

"The county commissioners today set aside a plot of ground consisting of 12 acres as a county cemetery. The burial plot is located one-half mile west of the Huetter service station and is located on the north side of the highway." --Coeur d' Alene Press, 17 Jun 1937, Thursday

In 1976-77, the Pine Tree 4-H Club, with a grant from the Standard Oil Company of California, completed a restoration and research on the Kootenai County Cemetery. Research was completed through English Funeral Home in Coeur d' Alene, Idaho and the names below are the persons listed as buried in this cemetery. This information came from the old Cassedy Funeral Home records now maintained by the English Funeral Home. The Pine Tree 4-H still maintains the cemetery on an annual basis just before Memorial Day.

In 1982-83, Alfred E. and Betty J. Shane of Coeur d' Alene completed their compilation of "Kootenai County Cemeteries Vol. I and Vol. II". The information from the Pine Tree 4-H Club was enhanced and the Shane's Books can be found in most Libraries in the area.

It should be noted that, to date, only four plot locations in this cemetery have names attached. These are preceded by an asterisk (*) in the listing below. No official plotting was ever done and only one stone marker exists. That one belonging to John Edward Davis. The cemetery is no longer in use, and the last internment was that of Delbert Lunsford on 22 May 1943.

Burial List

* Hubert AITTANA – born 23 Dec 1911; died 01 Sep 1939; 5th from the left, 3rd row
Martin ANDERSON – died 12 Jan 1942
Edward Martin BAUGHMAN – 31 Jul 1936
Rufus BECK – 12 Oct 1937
* Paul Merton BEST – born 3 Sep 1890; died 12 May 1939; 1st in 3rd row, in the lilac bush
Infant BOCK – 30 Apr 1939
Jane Wiletta BRADFORD – 15 Apr 1938
Minnie Alice BUNTON – 09 Apr 1939
Linda Hazel BURKE (Baby) – 07 Apr 1943
* Ivan CARPENTER – born 22 Oct 1900; died 2 Jul 1940; 5th from left, 3rd row
Isabelle COURTWRIGHT – 24 Dec 1937
Mary COX – 12 Nov 1935
* John Edward DAVIS – born 11 Dec 1864; died 22 Jan 1941; 6th from right, front row, next to tree just to right of entrance
Frank GOODWIN – 06 Aug 1939
Andrew GREIDER – 08 Jun 1938
Frank HANDLEY – 19 Jun 1939
Thomas HANKING – 18 Apr 1939
Frederick HANSON – 08 Apr 1942
Katherine HODGE – 06 Feb 1942
Thomas HODGE – 22 Jan 1943
Chester C. ISAMONS – 26 Mar 1938
Alice JEFFREY – 23 Jul 1940

Elmer George JENKINS – 20 Oct 1940
Charles JOHNSON – ?? Jun 1941
David JOHNSON – 19 Oct 1940
Henry JOHNSON – 15 June 1937
Edward KAUFMAN – 25 May 1940
Andrew A. KINDRED – 18 Jan 1938
Berhart LANNING – 15 Apr 1942
Alex LEITCH – 06 Nov 1938
Tinkea LOWER – 10 Sep 1936
Delbert LUNSFORD – 22 May 1943
John MAGNUSON (MUNSON) – 22 May 1942
* William Henry MANION – 18 Mar 1937
Albina (Alvina) MATHEWS – 11 Feb 1943
William H. McBRIDE – 01 Sep 1938
Leo MERCER – 19 Dec 1936
Conley Lavern MILLER – 23 May 1940
William MYERS – 19 Oct 1940
James Cornell NEWKIRK – 29 Nov 1938
John NICKELSON – 29 Jul 1939
Charles SALYERS – 18 Aug 1941
Toiva SAMUEL – 15 Jun 1940
James Wesley SNYDER – 17 Mar 1938
Mary Loretta STANLEY – 04 Oct 1938
George STEWART – 19 Jun 1941
Robert WILLIAMS, Jr. – 08 Apr 1939
Frank WRITE – 16 Oct 1935

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Original contributions by James H. Makovec.
Additional information and photos may be found at FindAGrave.com

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