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Calvary Cemetery (Tacoma, Washington)

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204: 269: 274: 284: 245: 143: 87:. It is the only Catholic cemetery in Tacoma. Its size is 55 acres (220,000 m). Calvary Cemetery was incorporated in October, 1905. It was founded because 264: 279: 238: 131: 231: 123: 103: 186: 211: 135: 88: 115: 91:
was filling up and a new cemetery was needed. Prior to 1905, the cemetery was known as Rigney Cemetery.
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Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma, Washington
Pioneer Catholic Cemetery
Pip Koehler
Dorothy Olsen
Women Airforce Service Pilots
World War II
LaVerne H. Bates
Bates Technical College
Chaplin
Industrial Workers of the World
Solidarity Forever
British Commonwealth war grave
Royal Canadian Air Force
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