Fircrest Cemetery

Fircrest Cemetery is located in the city of Oak Harbor, on Whidbey Island, Island County, Washington.    It is behind the house at 775 Oak Harbor Avenue, about half a block north of the intersection of Oak Harbor Avenue and NE 7th Ave.  It is set back from the street, on the west side.  There is a sign by the street that is obscured from view from the south by a tree.  This cemetery is owned by the Oak Harbor Christian Reformed Church, and most of the burials here have surnames of Dutch origin. 

The cemetery was platted in two sections.  The old section has rows numbered (west to east) from 1 to 13,  with each row divided into sections lettered (south to north) from A to D.  Originally each section contained six graves, with a space between sections equal to the size of a grave, but some of the spaces have been used for burials, and we have considered such graves to be the seventh in the preceding section.  The newer section is immediately north of the old one and has rows lettered (west to east) from A to L with grave sites numbered (south to north) from 1 through 16. 

We are indebted to a previous survey of this cemetery which we had at our disposal, done by Bob and Donna Sand in 1984-1986, published in the Bulletin of the Whatcom Genealogical Society and available on the internet.  We have used this list as a guide, verified names and dates, made corrections as necessary, and added more recent burials.  We are also indebted to Gerard Eelkema and the Oak Harbor Christian Reformed Church for making available a map of the cemetery with additional burial information not found on the gravestones.