St. Thomas Memorial Cemetery
Established 1865
State and National Historic Site
36°31'N 114°26'W


The St. Thomas Memorial Cemetery located in Overton, Nevada, was the site of the
reinterments of graves from St. Thomas and Kaolin, Nevada in 1935. When Lake Mead
was formed from the creation of Hoover Dam, rising waters caused the abandoment of
two communities, St. Thomas and Kaolin which were eventually buried under Lake
Mead. Most of the people who were buried in each town's cemetery were reinterred to
this and other cemeteries. (see Department of Interior report) Today, this cemetery is home to
former residents of St. Thomas and Kaolin, and their descendants.


All photographs donated by Gerry Perry of Henderson, Nevada
unless indicated otherwise. The background is my photo of the waters
of Lake Mead. (2012 Copyright)


A-G H-Z Pioneers


NAME BIRTH DEATH Original Burial Reinterred
H
HEUSS, John   7/12/1903 Old St. Thomas 2/28/1935
HICKMAN, Edwin Virl
Closeup
HICKMAN, Louise A.
Closeup		 12/5/1914

7/12/1913		 1/17/1988

2/17/2009		    
HICKMAN, Michael Virl 7/7/1945 8/31/1945    
HOPKINS Family Plot
HOPKINS, Cora Whitmore
HOPKINS, Chester Roy
Closeup		 9/23/1932
7/27/1917		 7/9/1991
8/17/2010		    
HOPKINS, Lynn Guy 1960 1960    
I
ISHIMOTO Family Plot
ISHIMOTO, George Shoge
ISHIMOTO, Shojiro
ISHIMOTO, Youneo
4/24/1925
1/14/1881
3/5/1923
12/5/1991
1/30/1957
1/15/1942		    
J
JOHNSON, Kathryn F.
Closeup		 1959 2011    
L
LEWIS, Betty Gentry 5/30/1927 11/20/1990    
LEWIS, Cornel Arthur 7/2/1953 8/21/1996    
LORD, Hugh I. 1880 1947    
M
MARSHALL, Tonie Annette 10/18/1945 10/18/1945    
MILLER, Marjorie Julia Murphy 12/30/1914 3/7/1993    
MURPHY Family Plot
HERRICK, Amy Murphy
MURPHY, Lynn Syphus
ROMANASKI, Jane Murphy
MURPHY, Agnes D.
MURPHY, Jesse F.
SUNELL, Thelma Murphy
4/19/1920
8/9/1925
9/19/1917
1892
1891
10/1979
10/9/1984
7/3/1983
1938
1938		    
MURPHY, Laurence S. 3/10/1930 3/21/2009    
MURPHY, Jessie Christine
MURPHY, William Jesse		 10/15/1925
1/5/1923		 7/29/2002
11/5/1995		    
MURPHY, Murray Francis
MURPHY, Ruth Marshall		 9/6/1911
5/5/1915		 4/5/1982
1/26/1999		    
MURPHY, Philip D. 2/12/1924 4/14/1995    
N
NAY, Herbert Allen 5/11/1898 6/30/1979    
NAY, James Family Plot
NAY, James Calvin
NAY, Stella Hannah
1/11/1900
5/30/1900
1/3/1983
7/3/1988		    
NAY, Ormus Family Plot
NAY, Ormus Calvin
NAY, Sarah Melinda
6/7/1872
7/27/875
8/12/1920
5/1/1944		 Old St. Thomas 3/1/1935
NISHIZAKI, Shiceko Hope and infant child 1901 1926 Old St. Thomas 3/1/1935
O
O'DONNELL, Jesse H. 12/6/1905 9/28/1914 Old St. Thomas 2/28/1935
OWEN, Child     Old St. Thomas 2/25/1935
P
PEARSON, Homer Alfonzo 4/17/1901 6/20/1923 Old St. Thomas 2/23/1935
PEARSON, Joseph E.   1907    
PEARSON, Kenneth 10/18/1898 7/18/1920 Old St. Thomas 2/23/1935
PERKINS, Candyce 10/24/1949 12/11/1954    
PERKINS, Clyde Keeler
PERKINS, Geneva Murphy		 2/16/1912
3/9/1913		 12/28/1989
6/13/1990		    
PERKINS, Ellen C. G.
Closeup
PERKINS, John F.
Closeup		 2/26/1881

2/14/1878
 9/17/1950

8/31/1962
    
PERKINS, George Family Plot
PERKINS, Ethel
PERKINS, George Elwood
1881
1880
1938
1953		    
PERKINS, Jessie L. 4/9/1904 7/16/1915 Old St. Thomas 3/5/1935
PERKINS, Melbourne G. 5/26/1919 7/14/1927 Old St. Thomas 3/5/1935
PERKINS, Stephen John
Closeup		 3/22/1948 5/23/1970    
R
RAMOS, Andres 1916 2010    
RICHARDS Family Plot
RICHARDS, Maxine Nay		 7/20/1924 4/17/2007    
ROBERTSON, Wayne Hugh 7/28/1941 10/3/1998    
S
SIMMONS, John Jay 1946 1947    
SMITH, Emma
Closeup		 3/8/1864 11/26/1948    
SPOUSE, Wellington   1907 Old St. Thomas 3/1/1935
SPRAGUE, Marva Rae
SPRAGUE, Phil		 5/6/1914
5/20/1916		 9/8/1998
1/2/2006		    
STACY, Ada Whitmore 3/26/1919 9/17/1995    
SYPHUS, Alfred L. 1887 1939    
SYPHUS, Alfred L.
SYPHUSJulia Whitney		 12/22/1861
6/23/1868		 5/16/1894
7/26/1950		 Old St. Thomas
 3/5/1935
SYPHUS, Levi Family Plot
SYPHUS, Clara M.
SYPHUS, Levi W.
2nd Stone
SYPHUS, Mathew
1/6/1874
4/22/1866

1828
1/18/1952
4/14/1949

1905



Old St. Thomas



3/2/1935
U
UNKNOWN, Craig        
UNKNOWN 1        
UNKNOWN 2        
UNKNOWN 3        
UNKNOWN 4        
UNKNOWN 5        
UNKNOWN 6        
UNKNOWN 7        
V
VALDEZ, Willey 1924 2010    
W
WAGNER, James A.
Closeup		 4/7/1951 1/31/2005    
WARD, John R.   1907    
WARDELL, Solomon 7/2/1841 7/12/1914 Old St. Thomas 3/1/1935
WATSON, Twoena 4/11/1926 1939    
WHITMORE, Adella G.
Closeup
WHITMORE, Roxton		 2/26/1893
2/13/1889		 8/29/1973
5/1/1976		    
WHITMORE, Clinton Dereck "CD" 8/10/1964 4/18/2010    
WHITMORE, Eva Ellen
2nd stone		 5/13/1917 4/25/1922 Old St. Thomas 3/4/1935
WHITMORE, George F. 1915 1915    
WHITMORE, Gale George 2/7/1925 2/24/2001    
WHITMORE, Guy
Closeup
2nd stone		 9/30/1936 3/19/2011    
WHITMORE, Leland O. 10/14/1910 8/23/1962    
WHITMORE, Lorin Brigham 2/3/1929 7/5/2000    
WHITMORE, Marilyn Ivy 6/1/1937 3/29/1991    
WHITMORE, Sidney Roxton 12/31/1920 2/1/2003    
WHITMORE, Virginia 1923 1923    
WHITNEY, Jane 1897 1897 Old St. Thomas 3/2/1935
WISE, Edith M. 11/30/1929 12/10/2000    
Y
YATES, Edward Earl 7/7/1884 5/11/1980    

 

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