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St. John Cemetery, Vancouver
Administered
by: St. John the Evangelist Parish
8701 NE 119th St.
Vancouver, WA 98662
360-573-3325
Year Established: 1868
Developed Acres: 4
On October 8, 1868, St.
John Catholic Cemetery (SW corner of 109th and
Maitland Rd) in Vancouver was established. St. John the
Evangelist Church in Vancouver administers the cemetery. The
3.55 acres of land was originally owned by Gratian LeBlanc and
was donated by Thomas J. Thornton and his wife Cleophine
LeBlanc to the Sisters of Providence for the establishment of
a church and cemetery. According to their great
granddaughter, Mrs. Maria Jagelski, burials may have been made
on the land in anticipation of the church. Rt. Rev. Augustine
M. A. Blanchet dedicated the church building erected on this
site on November 5, 1868. In 1907/08, the parish moved to a
new location more central to the community it served. That
church was replaced in 1950 by the parish’s current
structure. The first documented burial was of Ann Elizabeth
Lee in 1869.
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