About Evergreen Washelli Cemetery
Evergreen Washelli Cemetery is a cemetery near Shoreline, King County, Washington. It lies about 3.2 mi north of Shoreline. The grounds sit at about 351 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 67 notable people buried here, including Gary Kildall, Bob Houbregs and Matt Leanderson. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1509299. The nearest other listed cemetery is Evergreen Park Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Barton Family Funeral Service in Seattle, about 1.4 mi away. It is one of 65 cemeteries we list in King County, and 25 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in King County dates to 1986. 13 of the 65 listings in King County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Shoreline. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Evergreen Washelli Cemetery
Among them: 7 Medal of Honor recipients, 6 writers, 4 business leaders, 4 US representatives, 3 baseball players, 3 basketball players, 3 scientists, 2 football players.
- Gary Kildall1942-1994American computer scientist and entrepreneur
- Bob Houbregs1932-2014Canadian basketball player
- Matt Leanderson1931-2006American rower
- Lewis B. Schwellenbach1894-1948Secretary of Labor
- George Carmack1860-1922With brother-in-law, credited with making the gold discovery that led to the Klondike Gold Rush
- Henry McBride1856-1937American politician
- Watson C. Squire1838-1926American politician (Republican)
- Welton Becket1902-1969American architect
- Frank Foyston1891-1966Canadian ice hockey player
- Marion Zioncheck1900-1936Representative from Washington
- William Nakamura1922-1944U.S. Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Cully Wilson1892-1962Canadian ice hockey player
Show all 67 notable burials
- Donald H. Magnuson1911-1979American politician
- Emily Inez Denny1853-1918American painter
- John Philo Hoyt1841-19264th Governor of Arizona Territory and Justice of the Washington Supreme Court
- Lewis Albanese1946-1966United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Thomas Burke1849-1925American lawyer, railroad builder, and judge who made his career in Seattle, Washington
- Andrew Gronholdt1915-1998Aleut-Danish woodworker and bentwood hat-maker from Sand Point, Alaska
- Charlie Mullen1889-1963American baseball player
- Edwin J. Brown1864-1941Seattle mayor; American politician and dentist
- Hiram Gill1866-1919American mayor
- John Okada1923-1971American writer
- Orville Emil Bloch1915-1983United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Roy Wier1888-1963American politician
- Thomas Pelly1902-1973American politician
- Abe Cohn1897-1970American football and basketball player and coach
- Bell M. Shimada1922-1958American fisheries scientist
- Betty Taylor1919-2011Performer
- Del Howard1877-1956Major League Baseball player
- Effie I. Raitt1878-1945Director of the University of Washington School of Home Economics
- Walter Hartman Hodge1896-1975American judge
- Charles D. Stimson1857-1929American lumberman
- Cornelia Atwood Pratt Comer1865-1929American writer
- Dorothy Bullitt1892-1989American broadcasting pioneer
- Floyd C. Miller1902-1985American politician
- Leo Lassen1899-1975Baseball sports announcer
- Robert Ronald Leisy1945-1969United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Roger Sherman Greeneborn 1840United States lawyer, judge, politician and military officer
- Royal Brougham1894-1978American sports journalist
- Samuel B. McKinney1926-2018American Christian pastor and civil rights leader
- Abe Yourist1909-1991Russian-American basketball player
- Alexander Scott Bullitt II1877-1932American politician
- Earl Clark1892-1959American football player and coach
- Edwin Walker Houghton1856-1927English American architect based primarily in Seattle, Washington
- Emil Fredericksen1867-1950United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
- Harry Delmar Fadden1882-1955United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
- Henry Landes1867-1936American geologist
- Howard Adolphus Wooten1920-1948African American aviator
- James D. Hoge1871-1929American banker
- John Creutzer1873-1929American architect
- Patsy Bullitt Collins1920-2003American philanthropist
- Russell E. Dickenson1923-2008American government official
- William Charlie Horton1876-1969United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
- Bob Giersdorf1935-2003American politician
- Charles Miller1883-1968American stevedore and trade unionist
- Earnest Patty1894-1976Professor
- Edward Hubbard1889-1928
- Joel M. Johanson1879-1919American language professor
- John M. Murphy1846-1933American businessman
- John Taylor Frater1848-1923American politician (1848-1923), Minnesota -Senate 1905-06 (District 48)
- John William Bailey1870-1933American physician and botanist
- Joseph W. Dorr1855-1924American poet and newspaper publisher
- Merrill Arthur Yothers1883-1984American entomologist
- Myra N. Lee1838-1928American temperance worker
- Ron Rettig1912-1995American politician
- Stimson Bullitt1919-2009American lawyer and businessman
- Theo Wells1905-1979
People whose Wikidata entry gives Evergreen Washelli Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
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What Evergreen Washelli Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Evergreen Park CemeteryShoreline, WACemetery0.3 mi
- Bikur Cholim CemeteryShoreline, WAJewish cemetery0.3 mi
- Crown Hill Cemetery8712 12th Avenue Northwest, Seattle, WACemetery1.6 mi
- Herzl Memorial ParkShoreline, WAMemorial park2.9 mi
- Machzikay Hadath CemeteryShoreline, WAJewish cemetery2.9 mi
- Acacia Memorial ParkLake Forest Park, WAMemorial park3.1 mi
- Calvary CemeterySeattle, WACatholic cemetery3.9 mi
- Fort Lawton Military CemeteryDiscovery Park Boulevard, Seattle, WACemetery4.4 mi
- Holyrood Cemetery205 NE 205th St, Shoreline, WACatholic cemetery4.5 mi
- Hills of Eternity Cemetery520 West Raye Street, Seattle, WAJewish cemetery4.6 mi
Funeral homes near Evergreen Washelli Cemetery
- Quiring Monuments0.8 miMonument dealer · Seattle · (206) 522-8400
- Pacific Coast Memorials1.3 miMonument dealer · Seattle · (206) 524-9100
- Barton Family Funeral Service1.4 miFuneral home · Seattle · (206) 420-2790
- Limitless Sea Burials3.2 miFuneral home · Seattle · (206) 944-5620
- Acacia Memorial Park & Funeral Home3.2 miFuneral home · Lake Forest Park · (206) 362-5525
- Butterworth Funeral Home – Arthur A. Wright Chapel4.7 miFuneral home · Seattle
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