Click photo to enlarge

Click photo to enlarge

Click photo to enlarge

Ottmar Cemetery
Rocky Coulee, Grant County, Washington

Lat: 47° 12' 12"N, 119° 08' 56"W
T20N R29E Sec 26

Transcribed by Maggie Rail, © Jun 13, 2005, last edited Nov 29, 2005. [mrail@asisna.com]. Total records = 22.

To reach the Ottmar Cemetery from I-90 drive east on the Wheeler Road, through the town of Wheeler. Just after you cross over the big irrigation canal turn left/north, continue on this paved road all the way. It will turn east after about 1 mile. Continue on for about 1 mile more and it will turn left/north up a long hill. At the top you will see the cemetery in the southeast corner of the intersection of PNE and 8NE.

This cemetery is referred to by local residence as the Old Keller Cemetery. The cemetery began when a Mr. Ottmar donated 1 acre of land to the Evangelical Church in Ruff about 1910 after losing their children at an early age. The Keller family also lost children a few years after that.

The cemetery sits on a small hill, with farmland surrounding it. There is not a lot of care given to the burial sites, and I easily could have missed one of the markers. Some areas were very well maintained however. It gets care a couple times a year all by volunteer. If oftener the families maintain their sections.

I read this cemetery on May 21, 2005, using my digital camera. This includes all existing stones and markers to that date.

- Maggie Rail

Legend:

c/o = child of b. = born d. = died d/o = daughter of

h/o = husband of s/o = on of s/w = stone with w/o = wife of

Bareither, Christina, b. Aug 11, 1862, d. Jul 06, 1923, w/o John
Bareither, Infant, b. Oct 30, 1922, d. Oct 31, 1922, s/o George and Anna
Buchmann, Delores Doris, b. Nov 11, 1942, d. Nov 24, 1942, d/o Alex and Emma
Goede, Anna, d. Jan 15, 1915, age: 58yr, A faithful wife and loving Mother
Hepperle, John G, b. Jun 17, 1858, d. Mar 18, 1918, Tender Husband, loving father
Hochstatter, Barbara, b. 1854, d. 1947, Mother, s/w J. Gottlob
Hochstatter, J. Gottlob, b. 1852, d. 1918, Father, s/w Barbara
Hochstatter, John, b. 1879, d. 1948, Father
Hochstatter, Sophia, b. 1882, d. 1972, Mother
Huether, Katherine, b. Sep 23, 1868, d. Sep 18, 1948, in German, s/w Paul
Huether, Paul, Jan 31, 1853, d. Sep 08, 1918, in German, s/w Katherine
Keller, Christ, b. 1880, d. 1910, Brother
Keller, Christoph, b. 1850, d. 1916, Father, s/by Elizabeth
Keller, Elaine, b. 1916, d. 1916, d/o Charles & Elmina, Our Baby
Keller, Elizabeth, b. 1851, d. 1933, Mother, s/by Christoph
Lesser, Katie, b. 1868, d. 1942, worn metal marker
Ottmar, Christina, no date, baby, no marker
Ottmar, Eleanore, b. Mar 09, 1918, d. Nov 18, 1922, almost illegible
Ottmar, Jacob, b. Nov 22, 1897, d. Apr 27, 1910, almost illegible
Schoessler, George, b. 1866, d. 1921 *
Schoessler, George, b. 1895, d. 1911, metal marker difficult to read
Winkle, Emma, b. 1910, d. 1921, Sister