CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS-NEEDLES B.C.

NEEDLES CEMETERY at Needles Ferry, B.C.
This cemetery is located at the site of the former town of Needles on the Arrow Lakes. The flooding
of the Arrow Reservoir in the 1960's inundated most of the townsite and all that remains is the ferry
landing. The cemetery was above flood level and there are still occasional internments there, usually
family members of those already there.
It is quite accessible. If you are approaching from the west on highway #6 from Vernon you descend
down to the lake and the ferry landing. Just before the final turn to the landing (about 200 yards from it)
a dirt road turns off to the right leading to a log dumping and booming area. This road turns towards the
lake about 50 yards in and the cemetery can be seen in a hollow to your right. If you are coming from the
east on highway #6 from Nakusp you would have to first cross the ferry  and then proceed as above.
It is beginning to show signs of neglect . Stones are becoming overgrown,  the maintenance shed is

 now in bad shape and it will be gone in a short time if no repair is made soon. Heavy brush is all around
and prevents easy visibility.

        (A visit to the cemetery in June 2003 showed one new stone and  there were flowers  that

 had been placed there recently at a few graves. A 5 foot six inch chain link fence now surrounds 

the cemetery and a sign over the entrance reads "Needles Cemetery-since 1932". 

There is no new overgrowth and it is evident that some maintenance is being done. )

NEEDLES CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS

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ANDRES                 Sarah                     1863 - 1933  Yorkshire, England

BALDASSI              Lill (Ewings)         1917 - 1984

BILINSKI                Lucia M.                1931 - 1964 "Beloved Wife and Mother. In
                                                                 silence  we remember".

BOETTGER            Julius W.                1879 - 1965 "Father"  " At Rest."

BOETTGER            Kate                       1893-1987 "Mother"  "At Rest"

BOETTGER            Oscar Louis           17 Nov. 1915 - 8 May 1932  "Beloved son of
                                                                 Mrs. J.W. Boettger."

BOYD                     Sadie Mabel          Dec. 14 1918-Dec. 19 1993 "In Loving Memory
                                                                Of" (nee Detta)

BOYD                     John B.                    Born July 16, 1913-Mar 22 1999

CAMPBELL           James                      1873 - 1956 Note: next plot is Campbell, Liza

CAMPBELL             Liza                      1870 - 1934  "Beloved Wife of James Campbell"

CLARE                    Arthur                    1870 - 1935  Note: same plot Clare, Lulu Grace

CLARE                    Lulu Grace             1875 - 1938  Note: same plot Clare, Arthur

CRAFT                    Edith                      1884 - 1960  "Granny"  Note: same plot Craft,
                                                                 William

CRAFT                   William                  1908 - 1977  Note: same plot Craft, Edith

CUTTING               Alfred Spencer       1863 - 1948 Note: next plot is Cutting, Frances
                                                                 Anne.

CUTTING               Ernest Freeman       1867 - 1947

?  Note: next three graves have no identity, white
  wooden crosses

CUTTING               Frances Anne         1860 - 1946  "Gone But Not Forgotten".
                                                                 Note: next plot is Cutting, Alfred Spencer

DETTA                   Charles                  1872 - 1940 

DETTA                   Darlene                  Unmarked Grave

EWINGS                 middle name          See Baldassi, Lill (Ewings)

FOX                        Mary                       1871 - 1940

GEBERT                Douglas                   Unmarked grave-born November 1940, died at 2 weeks in November 1940

GUDEIT                  George                   1879 - 1946 "Till We Meet Again". Note: same
                                                                 plot Gudeit, Johanna

GUDEIT                  Johanna                  1879 - 1962  "Till We Meet Again"  Note: same
                                                                  plot Gudeit, George

HALLBAUER         Joseph                    1875 - 1941

HARTLAND           Sarah                    Died 22 Aug. 1926 Aged 73 "Beloved Wife of
                                                                T. Hartland. To memory ever dear".

KENDRICK            Emil                       1874 - 1959 "Rest In Peace" Note: same plot
                                                                Kendrick, Herman

KENDRICK            Herman                  1908 - 1956 "Rest IN Peace"  Note: same plot
                                                                 Kendrick, Emil

Mc......                    (L)  eona?               Wooden cross with copper pan nailed to it.

ODIWOCHUK     David Allen            July 25, 1950 - January 5, 1951  "Little Angel" 

                                                                (appears to be a new stone June 2003 , fresh flowers on grave)

OLD                        Arthur Henry         1868-1947 "In Loving Memory Of"

OLD                        Emily                      1876 - 1949

OLD                        George Biddick      22 Sept. 1865  Cornwall, England
                                                                1 May 1935  Needles, B.C.

OLD                        Shirley                    29 July 1938 - 8 July 1942 "In Memory Ever
                                                                Dear" Beloved daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Francis
                                                                Old.

PERKINS                Dahl Andrew         1960 - 1962  "In Loving Memory"  Note: same
                                                                 plot Perkins, Thomas E. and Perkins, Hazel F.

PERKINS                Hazel F.                 1914-1990 "in Loving Memory"  Note: same plot
                                                                Perkins, Thomas E. and Perkins, Dahl Andrew

PERKINS                Thomas E.              1908-1976 "In Loving Memory"  Note: same plot
                                                                Perkins, Dahl Andrew and Perkins Hazel F.

PORTEOUS            Michael D.             1930 - 1951 "Greater Love Hath No Man".

PORTEOUS            Sanford D.             1883 - 1964 " In Loving Memory of Father
                                                                Ever remembered ever loved".

PORTEOUS            Tina                       1884 - 1964 "In Loving Memory of Mother
                                                                Ever remembered ever loved".

?                              Sarah                      1839 - 1933 No surname.
                                                               Note: next plot is Cutting, Frances Anne

SCHLOG                 Edith                      22 June 1942  Aged 53 years.
                                                               "Beloved wife of P.A. Schlog."

SCHMIDT               Max                       1870 - 1964  "Dad"  "Grandpa at Rest".

SEREDA                 John                       1910 - 1944 "Gone But Not Forgotten".

SHIELL                   James                     1855 - 1935  Note: next plot is Shiell,John and
                                                                Shiell, George

SHIELL                   George                   1859 - 1940 Note: next plot is Shiell, James

SHIELL                   John R.                   1903 - 1970  Note: next plot is Shiell, James

SHIELL                   Minnie B.               1877 - 1964 "Mother"  Note: same plot Shiell, Robert

SHIELL                   Robert                    1853 - 1943 "Father"  "In Their Death They
                                                                Were Not Divided"  Note: same plot Shiell,
                                                                Minnie B.

SIMPSON               Harold A.             1932 - 1978
                                                               Note: close by are 5 graves with crosses but no
                                                               identity.
 

Recorded and indexed by George and Pat Bayliss, VDFHS, May22, 1988
Updated as necessary

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Last Updated on January 31, 2008