HISTORIC CEMETERIES - City and Borough of Juneau

Mat Slujo: Bornin Austria on January 15, 1886, died May 15, 1921. He was
reportedly the last person to die at the Treadwell before it closed. He worked at the Ready
Bullion mine, the only mine of the Treadwell group of mines not flooded in the 1917 cavein.
His widow, Sarka, was the daughter of Anton Krasel,a tailor, who operated a business on
St. Anns Avenue as early as 1910.
Eagles Cemetery
Established 1902
AHRS No.: JUN-136
CBJNo.: H-9
Douglas Aerie, No. 117 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles was organized in July of 1901 with
a membership of 120. In October of that same yeara fancy ball was given to raise money
for purchasing, clearing and fencing a cemetery tract. In 1902 the areawas enclosed with a
white picket fence and a signwith the Eagles emblem wasplaced above the entrance. In
August 1904 the tract was formally dedicated with speeches and songs. Part of the speech by
the Grand President, Douglas druggist, Elmer E. Smith read, "For when an Eagle takes his
last homeward flight, here he may rest in peace...."
Eagles Cemetery, 1986
CBJCollection
Photograph by Gabrielle LaRoche
The earliest date identified on a marker was that of a child who died in October 1901. The
latest date was that of G.R "Mex" Isaak who died on JIDle 8, 1988. Records indicate there
were 61 burials in the cemetery although 10 of these were moved in 1980 to the Alaskan
Memorial Park due to a road construction project. The survey identified 27 markers with
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