HISTORIC CEMETERIES - City and Borough of Juneau

Some of the prominent persons buried in the Catholic Cemetery are:
Anton Afric: Born in Austria on January 29, 1877, died on December 8, 1937. He
worked as a miner at the Treadwell Mine and later for the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining
Company. He was a member of the Moose and Croation Lodges. An ad in a local
newspaper refers to the Africh & Africh (sic) store and residence which he may have
operated with his brother John.
. Tom Cashen: Born on January 8, 1873, died on September 13, 1931. He was
working as a blacksmith at the Treadwell Mine as early as 1901, when he married Sadie
King. He continued working at that trade until the Treadwell cave-in in 1917. In 1925 he
was a. wharfinger for the city of Douglas.
Wooden Grave Marker at Catholic Cemetery, 1995
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Photograph by Willette Janes
Richard McConnick: Sr.: Born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania on August 8, 1859, died
in Pacific Grove, California on May 3, 1934. He moved to Treadwell in 1886 where he
worked as a blacksmith at the Mexican Mine. He married Nora Connors in 1888 with whom
he had eleven children. He served as a postmaster at Treadwell in 1911 and later was
employed at the Treadwell Foundry.
Madeline Riedi: Born in Alsace Lorraine (Germany) on July 16, 1885, died on
October 1, 1947. She and her husband, Joseph, arrived in Douglas around 1907. They
operated a grocery store, a bakery and later a restaurant with Joseph's brother George who
was a well known baker in Douglas since 1898.
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