Cemeteries

Burials at informal burial grounds was, and may continue to be, common practice in Mat-Su borough. On this webpage, we are calling most burial grounds a cemetery.

Alpine Historical Park Cemetery, Chickaloon
Dixon, Sister Sara W. - 8 May 1985, only one date
Goodlataw, John - 1870 – 1935
Hines, Faro Jr. – 1756 – 1805
Wade, Katie – 1922 – 2009

Angel Peak Cemetery, Wasilla
Turner, Martine Angelo – 20 Jun 1977 – 01 May 2015, obituary at FindAGrave.com

Cannon Hill Cemetery, at Mile .5 Knik Goose Bay Road, Wasilla
Bill Moffit, Bill – buried 1923
David Reedy, David - buried 1926
Frank Doherty, Frank - buried 1931
Walters
Meehan

Chickaloon Cemetery, Chickaloon, 3/4 mile down Chickaloon River Trail
Falldorf, Curtis – 17 Apr 1933 – 15 Jan 1991
Falldorf, Lois Helen – 13 Dec 1933 – 15 Oct 2011
Garhart, James Alan – 14 Mar 1949 – 01 Aug 2012

Beiswenger Family Cemetery, Butterfly Lake
Beiswenger, Allan David – 04 Oct 1948 – 29 Nov 2019

Best Family Cemetery, Wasilla
Best, Richard James – 29 Sep 1928 – 30 Jan 2013
Shepherd, Edward Randle – 29 Jul 1908 – 28 Jan 1995

Braund Burial Ground, 12196 N Glenn Hwy, Sutton-Alpine

Coghlan Family Cemetery, Wasilla
Coghlan, Gene – 12 Jan 1910 – 24 Feb 1992
Coghlan, Sally Anne – 1973 – 1973
Coghlan, Violet Prevenas – 08 Sep 1915 – 04 Oct 2007

Cotter Family Cemetery, Mile 79.5 Old Glenn Highway, Chickaloon
Berberich, Shawn D. – 1970 – 13 Mar 2014
Cotter, Cora Belle Stephens – 13 Feb 1909 – 31 Jan 1989
Cotter, Herman Logan Jr. – 16 Aug 1932 – 09 Aug 1992
Cotter, Herman Logan Sr. – 22 Mar 1907 – Apr 1982
Eaton, Terri Cotter – 02 Dec 1954 – 21 Oct 1976
Hammons, Joyce Elaine Cotter – 08 Aug 1930 – 07 Oct 2009
Luther, Gregory Howard – 01 Dec 1953 – 04 Nov 1990
Luther, James Matthew – 13 Aug 1960 – 08 Jan 2017
Smith, Muriel Joyce – 16 Aug 1932 – 09 Aug 1992

Godhardt Family Cemetery, Matanuska
Godhardt, George – 15 Sep 1936 – 24 Jan 2010

Grotto Iona Cemetery, Wasilla, Mahoney Homestead on Schrock Road
Barrett, Frances Maude Blackwell – 19 Feb 1916 – 03 Jul 2006
Barrett, Ray Edward – 02 Aug 1917 – 01 Jan 1938
Ebenal, Robert Francis – 02 Apr 1930 – 12 Jan 2013
LeJambe, Virginia Mae Mahoney – 24 Jun 1967 – 26 May 2017
Mahoney, Dennis – 1956 – 14 Oct 2020
Mahoney, Paul George – 23 Nov 1933 – 06 Dec 2002
Mahoney, Rebekah Louise – 01 Jan 1974 – 25 Aug 2011
Veltri, Marie Ann – 31 Jan 1958 – 06 Apr 2004
Young, James Arnett – 16 Jan 1973 – 17 Jan 2010

Heathcock Family Cemetery, Big Lake
Heathcock, Lawrence Edward – 14 Aug 1920 – 02 Feb 1997
Heathcock, Margaret Agnes Mihalik – 01 Mar 1926 – 23 May 2012

Houston Family Cemetery
Cushing, Joan Margaret – 11 Aug 1935 – 30 Oct 1989

Kaemerer Family Cemetery
Kaemerer, Desmond Edward – 13 Apr 1941 – 28 Oct 1995

Kashwitna Cemetery, Mile 75.5 on George Parks Highway (AK-3), Willow

King Ranch Family Cemetery, aka Last Frontier Ranch Family Cemetery, Chickaloon, Mile Marker 81 on Glenn Allen Hwy
King, Carolyn Jane Pfaff – 31 Jan 1943 – 04 Oct 2016
King, David William – 02 Aug 1965 – 28 Sep 2018

Matanuska Peak Cemetery
Bradford, Richard – 09 Aug 1944 – 24 Jun 2023

Menard Homestead Cemetery, Memory Lake, East Schrock Road, Tanaina
Menard, Dr. Curtis Campbell II – 30 Sep 1964 – 09 Aug 2001
Menard, Dr. Curtis Delbert – 16 Jun 1944 – 03 Mar 2009

Michael Basil Ardaw Gravesite, Nancy Lake
Ardaw, Michael Basil – 10 Jan 1892 – Apr 1978

Nicholi Family Cemetery, Sutton
Nicholi, Harry – died 1992

Old Knik Cemetery, aka McGuire Cemetery, upper edge bordering a ravine alongside the Knik-Goose Bay Road south of Wasilla
Carry, Mrs. – died 10 Feb 1915
Churchill, Frank C. – 1867 - 1937
Larson, Jacko – died 27 Apr 1913
McGuire, Frank – died 30 Dec 1909
Nagley
Olaf, Evan – died 11 Jun 1908
Pettit, Una Mansfield – died 26 Oct 1915
Purches, George Walter – 09 Jul 1862 – 16 Nov 1909
Theodore, Arthur – 20 Apr 1948 – 07 Aug 2021
Wisner, D. C. – 16 Jul 1878 – 06 Jan 1912

Pioneer Cemetery, 981 E. Artic Ave, Palmer

Sacred Heart Cemetery, 591 W. Edlund Road, Wasilla

Talkeetna Cemetery, Intersection E. 2nd St and F St, Talkeetna

Trapper Creek Community Cemetery, 9886 East Trapper Creek Park Circle. The Park Circle is off the George Parks Highway at mile 115.2.
Grubbs, John Christopher – 22 Jun 1960 - 08 Jul 2022
Rogers, John F. – 1942 - 26 May 2008

Valdez Creek Road Gravesite aka Denali Cemetery
"Located near the former Denali townsite. Valdez Creek Road turns north off the Denali Highway at approximately mile 80. At mile 6 Valdez Creek Road there is an old cabin on the left of the road going north before crossing the creek. Look right to see the white fences of the gravesite across the creek and up the hill." –Virginia Walters
Coffield, Michael E. – 1964 – 1965
McDonald, Pat J. – 1873 – 1935
Polken, Joe – died 1922

Valley Memorial Park Cemetery aka Valley Memory Garden, aka Butte Cemetery, Mile Marker 13.4 on Old Glenn Hwy, Palmer

Waldrons Pond Cemetery, Nancy Lake

Wasilla - Aurora Cemetery, 1096 Wasilla-Fishhook Rd, Wasilla, and second entrance at 261 Aspen Ave

Willow Cemetery
Jasper, Frank James – 03 Sep 1980 – 09 Sep 2011; obituary at FindAGrave.com

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