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St Thomas Memorial Cemetery was established in 1865 to serve the residents of the new ghost town of St Thomas in Clark County, Nevada, and is currently used by nearby residents.

The St. Thomas Memorial Cemetery is located on Magnasite Road off Moapa Valley Boulevard in Overton, Nevada, and was listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places on January 20, 2005, as NRHP number 04001529.

Covering over 5 acres, the cemetery was associated with the early Mormon settlements in the area, including St. Thomas, Nevada. It was established in the 1860s for the residents of St. Thomas before it was moved to its present location in 1935 to remove it from the area to be covered by Lake Mead following the construction of Hoover Dam.

For a short period, it was referred to as Mead Lake Cemetery before finally acquiring the name of St. Thomas Memorial Cemetery. Residents of St. Thomas and Kaolin, along with their descendants, are buried here.

The cemetery is maintained by the community.

GPS coordinates to the St. Thomas Memorial Cemetery are: 36°31′14″N 114°26′7″W

List of St Thomas Memorial Cemetery Graves

Below is the interment list and we will only be focusing on the older graves to tie them into Nevada history as we build out the articles we will add the links to each person.

  1. Helena Elizabeth Christensen – 31 Jul 1865 – 31 Aug 1866
  2. Edward Worchester “Ew” Marvin – 1803 – 31 Aug 1866
  3. Warren Foote Jr. – 15 Dec 1849 – 22 Feb 1867
  4. Joseph August Christensen – 22 Sep 1867 – 28 Jul 1868
  5. David Alma Foote – 23 Mar 1867 – 1868
  6. Alfred Luke Syphus – 22 Dec 1861 – 16 May 1894
  7. Mary Etta Syphus Bunker – 5 Feb 1871 – 30 Nov 1895
  8. Jane Whitney – 1897 – 1897
  9. John Abbott – 30 Apr 1898 – 1 May 1898
  10. John Heuss – 1840 – 12 Jul 1900
  11. John Merrill Bunker – Dec 1899 – 1 Nov 1901
  12. Mathew Syphus – 12 Mar 1828 – 19 Sep 1905
  13. Harry Armitage – unknown – 1907
  14. Sham Belding – unknown – 1907
  15. Joseph E. Pearson – unknown – 1907
  16. John R Ward – unknown – 1907
  17. Lucille Gentry – 21 Mar 1907 – 30 Jun 1909
  18. Henry J. Foxley – 8 Sep 1839 – 9 Jul 1913
  19. Solomon Wardell – 2 Jul 1841 – 12 Jul 1914
  20. Jesse Huntington O’Donnell – 6 Dec 1905 – 28 Sep 1914
  21. Jessie L. Perkins – 9 Apr 1904 – 16 Jul 1915
  22. George E. Whitmore – 1915 – 1915
  23. Vaughn Chadburn – 24 Feb 1919 – 27 May 1919
  24. Kenneth G. Pearson – 18 Oct 1898 – 18 Jul 1920
  25. Ormus Calvin Nay – 7 Jun 1872 – 12 Aug 1920
  26. Henry Harry Gentry – 18 Sep 1854 – 29 May 1921
  27. Eva Ellen Whitmore – 13 May 1917 – 25 May 1922
  28. Imogene Chadburn – 22 Jun 1922 – 26 Jun 1922
  29. Homer Alfonzo Pearson – 17 Apr 1901 – 20 Jun 1923
  30. John L. Connelly – 1873 – 1923
  31. Virginia Whitmore – 1923 – 1923
  32. Jacob Bauer – 1 Jun 1847 – 28 Jan 1925
  33. Martha Ellen Syphus Gentry – 6 Mar 1859 – 18 May 1925
  34. Shiceko Hope Nishizaki – 1901 – 1926
  35. Melbourne Gentry Perkins – 26 May 1919 – 14 Jul 1927
  36. Velma R. Cozart – 4 Nov 1926 – 2 May 1928
  37. Mary Lottie Prince Bauer – 13 Jul 1902 – 9 Dec 1929
  38. Ned Lawrence Cox – 4 Mar 1935 – 5 Mar 1935
  39. Michele “Mike” Perasso 1 May 1854 – 28 May 1935
  40. Marguerite Bunker – 16 Jul 1913 – 3 Sep 1936
  41. Agnes Dean Syphus Murphy – 24 Jan 1892 – 20 Feb 1938
  42. Jesse Francis Murphy – 30 Nov 1891 – 20 Feb 1938
  43. Ethel Thomas Perkins – 6 Sep 1880 – 24 May 1938
  44. Twoena Watson – 23 Apr 1926 – 29 Jan 1939
  45. Wylie Rabia Cozart Jr. – 23 Jun 1928 – 27 May 1939
  46. Alfred Luke Syphus Jr. – 7 Dec 1887 – 18 Aug 1939
  47. Wylie Rabia Cozart Sr. – 31 Jan 1875 – 4 Dec 1941
  48. Youneo Ishimoto – 5 Mar 1923 – 15 Jan 1942
  49. John Elisha Mallory28 Apr 1858 – 12 Feb 1942
  50. Arlene Gay DeVoge – 8 Sep 1940 – 3 Feb 1943
  51. Sarah Melinda Allen Nay – 27 Jul 1875 – 1 May 1944
  52. Michael Virl Hickman – 7 Jul 1945 – 21 Aug 1945
  53. Nelson F. Cheney – 5 Feb 1882 – 9 Oct 1945
  54. Tonie Annette Marshall – 18 Oct 1945 – 18 Oct 1945
  55. John Mathieson Bunker – 12 Sep 1870 – 31 Jul 1946
  56. Hugh L. Lord – 1880 – 1947
  57. John Jay Simmons – 1946 – 1947
  58. Emma Glatz Smith – 8 Mar 1864 – 26 Nov 1948
  59. Levi Wilford Syphus – 24 Feb 1894 – 25 Jan 1949
  60. Levi Walter Syphus – 22 Apr 1866 – 14 Apr 1949
  61. Julia Ann Wardell Whitney – 23 Jun 1868 – 26 Jul 1950
  62. Ellen Christiana Gentry Perkins – 26 Feb 1881 – 17 Sep 1950
  63. Clara Melissa Syphus – 6 Jan 1874 – 18 Jan 1952
  64. George Elwood Perkins – 12 Oct 1880 – 7 Feb 1953
  65. Candyce Perkins – 24 Oct 1949 – 11 Dec 1954
  66. Shojiro Ishimoto – 14 Jan 1881 – 30 Jan 1957
  67. Rodoleo Elias – 26 Sep 1931 – 27 Nov 1959
  68. Lynn Guy Hopkins – 1960 – 1960
  69. Gregory Lynn Davis – 8 Oct 1961 – 9 Oct 1961
  70. Robert Henry Chadburn – 13 Sep 1877 – 13 Dec 1961
  71. Leland Odell Whitmore – 14 Oct 1910 – 23 Aug 1962
  72. John Fenton Perkins – 14 Feb 1878 – 31 Aug 1962
  73. Eloise Turnbaugh Bunker – 11 Dec 1881 – 3 Dec 1964
  74. Franklin Nathaniel “Frank” Carlow – 9 Oct 1913 – 17 Jan 1965
  75. Dinah Ann Hunt Chadburn – 9 Jan 1880 – 7 May 1965
  76. SP4 Stephen John Perkins – 22 Mar 1948 – 23 May 1970
  77. Robert A. Devoge – 16 Sep 1894 – 28 Feb 1973
  78. Adella Gentry Whitmore – 26 Feb 1893 – 29 Aug 1973
  79. Clarice Whitney Ballard – 24 Nov 1897 – 10 Dec 1973
  80. Robert Floyd Chadburn – 29 May 1902 – 22 Aug 1974
  81. Albert Bauer – 10 Oct 1893 – 27 Jan 1975
  82. Harry Bauer – 9 Sep 1890 – 28 Aug 1975
  83. Roxton Whitmore – 13 Feb 1889 – 1 May 1976
  84. Ethel Watson Bauer – 20 Aug 1920 – 12 May 1977
  85. Cory Alan Bauer – 17 Apr 1958 – 26 Jan 1979
  86. Herbert Allen Nay – 11 May 1898 – 30 Jun 1979
  87. Sheridan Ballard – 19 Jan 1894 – 27 Jul 1979
  88. Amy Murphy Herrick – 19 Apr 1920 – 15 Oct 1979
  89. Edward Earl Gates Jr. – 7 Jul 1883 – 11 May 1980
  90. Edward Earl Yates – 7 Jul 1884 – 11 May 1980
  91. Laura May Gentry – 25 May 1897 – 3 Jul 1980
  92. Gladys Louise Gentry – 15 Oct 1908 – 26 May 1981
  93. Murray Francis Murphy – 6 Sep 1911 – 5 Apr 1982
  94. Osborne Leland Gentry – 12 Mar 1900 – 24 May 1982
  95. James Calvin Nay – 11 Jan 1900 – 3 Jan 1983
  96. Elisabeth Jane Murphy Romanaski – 19 Sep 1917 – 3 Jul 1983
  97. Velda Gentry Farnsworth – 13 May 1914 – 10 Nov 1983
  98. Lynn Syphus Murphy – 9 Aug 1925 – 9 Oct 1984
  99. Carolyn Lewis Perkins – 21 Jan 1920 – 10 May 1986
  100. Edwin Virl Hickman – 5 Dec 1914 – 17 Jan 1988
  101. Stella Cleon Hannig Nay – 30 May 1900 – 3 Jul 1988
  102. Thelma Murphy Sunnell – 24 Mar 1919 – 2 Oct 1988
  103. Clyde Keeler Perkins – 16 Feb 1912 – 28 Dec 1989
  104. Geneva Murphy Perkins – 9 Mar 1913 – 13 Jun 1990
  105. Betty Gentry Lewis – 30 May 1927 – 20 Nov 1990
  106. Marilyn Ivy Huffman Whitmore – 1 Jun 1937 – 29 Mar 1991
  107. Cora Maxine Whitmore Hopkins – 23 Sep 1932 – 9 Jul 1991
  108. George Shoge Ishimoto – 24 Apr 1925 – 5 Dec 1991
  109. Marjorie Julia Murphy Miller – 30 Dec 1914 – 7 Mar 1993
  110. Philip D Mobaly – 12 Feb 1924 – 14 Apr 1995
  111. Philip Dean Murphy – 12 Feb 1924 – 14 Apr 1995
  112. Ada Whitmore Stacy – 26 Mar 1919 – 17 Sep 1995
  113. Stacy Ada Whitmore – 26 Mar 1919 – 17 Sep 1995
  114. Wayne Hugh Robertson – 28 Jul 1941 – 3 Oct 1995
  115. William Jesse Murphy – 8 Jan 1923 – 5 Nov 1995
  116. Gladys Artimecia Smith Carlow – 28 Apr 1904 – 25 Nov 1995
  117. Tiffany Jenee Dozier – 1995 – 1995
  118. Cornel Arthur Lewis – 2 Jul 1953 – 21 Aug 1996
  119. John Gentry “Jack” Perkins – 12 Aug 1917 – 17 Feb 1997
  120. Marva Rae Perkins Sprague – 6 May 1914 – 8 Sep 1998
  121. Ruth Marshall Murphy – 5 May 1915 – 26 Jan 1999
  122. David A Burt31 May 1947 – 1 Mar 2000
  123. John Temple Cohee15 Oct 1927 – 10 Apr 2000
  124. Lorin Brigham Whitmore – 3 Feb 1929 – 5 Jul 2000
  125. Edith M. Wise – 30 Nov 1929 – 10 Dec 2000
  126. Gale George Whitmore – 7 Feb 1925 – 24 Feb 2001
  127. LaJetta Bauer Chadburn CENOTAPH – 24 Apr 1904 – 2 Aug 2001
  128. Jessie Christine Horn Murphy – 15 Oct 1925 – 29 Jul 2002
  129. Sidney Roxton Whitmore – 31 Dec 1920 – 1 Feb 2003
  130. Craig Richard Collup – 16 Sep 1983 – 3 May 2003
  131. David Lloyd Anderson – 6 Feb 1938 – 29 Aug 2003
  132. Betty Smith Wickett8 Jul 1929 – 21 Sep 2003
  133. Rosemary B. Ballew Anderson – 24 Apr 1940 – 5 Jun 2004
  134. Morey Arnold Cragun – 12 Nov 1946 – 10 Nov 2004
  135. James A. Wagner – 7 Apr 1951 – 31 Jan 2005
  136. Joy Iva Stevens DeVoge – 22 Apr 1925 – 2 Oct 2005
  137. Phil Sprague – 20 May 1916 – 2 Jan 2006
  138. William Edward Sanders – 10 Sep 1936 – 12 Jul 2006
  139. Maxine Nay Richards – 20 Jul 1924 – 17 Apr 2007
  140. Malulani Ku’uleialoha Mikaya Davis – 5 Apr 2008 – 3 May 2008
  141. Louise Andersen Hickman – 12 Jul 1913 – 17 Feb 2009
  142. Laurence S Murphy – 10 Mar 1930 – 21 Mar 2009
  143. Barry Gladwin – 11 Feb 1949 – 23 Mar 2009
  144. John William “Jack” Anderson – 15 Sep 1930 – 20 Jun 2009
  145. Judith Ann Murphy Sanders – 1 Jan 1940 – 11 Feb 2010
  146. Clinton Dereck Whitmore – 10 Aug 1964 – 18 Apr 2010
  147. Chester Roy “Chet” Hopkins – 27 Jul 1917 – 17 Aug 2010
  148. Guy Gentry Whitmore – 30 Sep 1936 – 19 Mar 2011
  149. Kathryn Elizabeth Thomas Johnson – 13 Jan 1959 – 17 Jun 2011
  150. Blair Bruce Perkins – 13 Jul 1973 – 17 Aug 2011
  151. Randall L. Jones – 7 Apr 1955 – 17 Jan 2012
  152. Jenifer Kay Christensen Perkins – 15 Dec 1944 – 21 May 2012
  153. Janette Anderson – 1934 – 28 Dec 2012
  154. Mary Anna Dobbs Abbott – 18 Jan 1933 – 30 Aug 2014
  155. Gentry Stephen Perkins – 19 May 1971 – 1 Sep 2014
  156. Chloa Terrell DeVoge – 11 Jul 1932 – 5 Oct 2014
  157. Harold Dean Gollahon – 21 Mar 1933 – 31 Dec 2014
  158. Kaye Anderson Herron – 18 May 1936 – 28 Aug 2015
  159. Glenn Robert DeVoge – 16 Nov 1923 – 30 Oct 2015
  160. Charles Richard “Dick” McKee – 3 May 1938 – 7 May 2016
  161. Bruce Gentry “Tarzan” Perkins – 23 Jan 1946 – 26 Jun 2016
  162. Marlene Adel Eddleman Gollahon – 10 Sep 1935 – 6 Aug 2016
  163. CoraLee “Cori” Whitmore – 11 Dec 1975 – 29 Jan 2017
  164. Charlee Nattin Anderson 2 Jul 2017 – 2 May 2018
  165. Shirley Ann Nay Anderson 3 Dec 1934 – 25 Oct 2018
  166. Arlie Louise Thompson Lewis18 Aug 1935 – 6 Jan 2020
  167. Dennis Bryant Whitmore 7 May 1941 – 18 Jan 2020
  168. Kenneth Marvin De Voge 23 Dec 1929 – 22 Aug 2020
  169. Etta Arden Meyer Ishimoto 10 May 1929 – 29 Oct 2020
  170. Kent Fenton Perkins – 29 Jul 1969 – 15 Aug 2021
  171. Benjamin F. Bonilli – Birth and death dates unknown.
  172. Bud Christensen – Birth and death dates unknown.
  173. L. S. Dry – Birth and death dates unknown.
  174. Unknown Owen – Birth and death dates unknown.
  175. Adult Pioneer – Birth and death dates unknown.
  176. Child Pioneer – Birth and death dates unknown.
  177. Infant Pioneer – Birth and death dates unknown.
  178. Unknown Wellington – Birth and death dates unknown.

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