St. James Columbarium (Active)

            St. James Episcopal Church on the north west corner of North St. Clair and Phelps Streets in the city of Painesville has long been a religious and architectural cornerstone of the town. With its tall steeple, it is seen for miles around.

In the 1900s it was decided to have a columbarium for the ashes of church members. There are four banks of niches, each four across and six down, with 24 niches each. They are on the back wall of the sanctuary. More will be added as the need arises.

These plaques were read from the left or northern most bank (# 1) to the right (# 4), and each row left to right from top to bottom. The reading was done in November, 1998.

Painesville

St. James Columbarium  

Name

Sec- tion

Row

Stone #

Inscription

Symbols

Comments

 Urban, Marilyn

1

21

Marilyn Urban/ 1922-1998

2

Empty

 Rich, Matthew A.

3

3

Matthew A. Rich/ 1968-1995

 Downing, William C., M.D.

3

8

William C. Downing, M.D./ 1920-1997

 Bernal, Karl B.

3

10

Karl B. Bernal/ 1920-1997

 Webster, Kathryn

3

13

Kathryn Webster/ 1912-1996

 Waite, Floyd E.

3

18

Floyd E. Waite/ 1917-1998

 Hamilton, Mary

3

19

Mary Hamilton/ 1902-1994

 Herkner, Jocelyn Elizabeth

3

20

Jocelyn Elizabeth Herkner/ Oct. 31, 1990

 Laity, Weldon

3

21

Weldon Laity/ 1903-1993

 Smith, David J.

4

3

David J. Smith/ 1929-1998

 Ott, Arthur D.

4

4

Arthur D. Ott/ 1910-1993

 Lombard, Eleanor S.

4

12

Eleanor S. Lombard/ 1912-1997

 Tear, Walter R.

4

15

Walter R. Tear/ 1915-1990

 Shearer, Geraldine A.

4

17

Geraldine A. Shearer/ 1931-1985/ Dedicated to the Glory of God/ and/ In Loving Memory of/ Geraldine Ann Shearer

Cross & candle

 Skoog, David H.

4

20

David H. Skoog/ 1935-1998

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