St. Gertrude's Cemetery is located on a hill behind St. Gertrude's Convent between the towns of Cottonwood and Keuterville in Idaho County, ID.

All photos were taken by David J. Thomas in 1999, and may be freely reproduced for non-profit purposes.  Click on the images to obtain higher resolution versions.  This page was created by David and Jannette Thomas.

Names with transcriptions:  Maiden or previous names not on the stones are in parentheses.

ELSENSOHN: Sr. M. Alfreda.
KUCKLICK: Sr. M. Anastasia.
 
 

This photo shows a portion of the cemetery at St. Gertrude's Convent with some of the more recent burials in the front and the chapel in the back.  Sr. Alfreda's gravestone is the second marker from the left in the second row from the front.

Sr. M. Alfreda Elsensohn 1897    1989 (Given name, Edith Mary Elsensohn, changed to Mary Alfreda Elsensohn after joing the convent.)	Sr. M. Anastasia Kucklick 1894    1985 (Given name, Johanna Kucklick, changed to Mary Anastasia Kucklick after joining the convent.)

Yellow fawn lilies grow wild within and around the cemetery.  This one was growing right next to Sr. Alfreda's grave marker.  Sr. Alfreda earned her M.S. in botany from the University of Idaho and wrote about the flora of the Camas Prairie.