Luomas and Sakrisson at Hanna (WY) Cemetery

On my way back home for a business trip in Laramie, I decided to find the Hanna Cemetery because I have ancestors buried there.

On the outskirts of town I took out the GPS and entered the coordinates for the cemetery that I got from Interment.net.

I was able to find the cemetery a couple miles out of town on a winding gravel road with no problem. The cemetery was well-kept in the wild grass on top of a hill.

I read the memorial stone for all the miners killed in coal mining accidents.

A friend located the Luomas and William Sakrison on the cemetery directory with the plot numbers and I located the graves on the cemetery map.

We scoured the cemetery looking for the graves that we could find in the hot spring day.

William Sakrison d. Jun 30, 1903, killed in mining explosion
Lempi Luoma b. Feb 1911, d. Mar 1911 buried next to William Sakrisson with no headstone
Arvo Luoma b. 1916, d. 1945 killed in World War II
John Kristian Luoma b. 1872, d. 1947
Matti Hukanluoma d. Jun 30, 1903, killed in mining explosion
Uncle Jack (Johan Jacob Hukanluoma) Luoma b. 1865, d. 1914
Hilda (Luoma) Boggs b. 1902, d. 1995 "niece" buried next to Uncle Jack
Andrew Luoma d. Jun 30, 1903, killed in mining explosion on memorial stone (no grave)
Dan Luoma d. Jun 30, 1903, killed in mining explosion on memorial stone (no grave)
Eric Luoma d. Jun 30, 1903, killed in mining explosion on memorial stone (no grave)
Hulda [Hulda Maria (Hukanluoma) Klemz] b.1903, d. 1992

At the bottom of Uncle Matti's headstone was the name "Hulda". After online research, I found that Hulda Maria Hukanluoma was Matti's only child.

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