Friends of Multnomah Park Cemetery

Portland is seeing a strong winter storm now with snow on the ground and freezing rain on the way.   BRRRRR! However the weather, Dave a...

Here are a few of the faces etched onto stones.  The recent snow creates a perfect medium to photograph them, with good reflection of light....

The colors were inspiring on this beautiful fall day.  Just had to share! 

I went to the cemetery yesterday with a bag of peanuts for our resident crows.  Yes, I know I'm not supposed to feed the wildlife and...

I was going through some old cemetery books and came across this entry from 1920.  Apparently William Rowley purchased two lots, "sou...

Here's one for all you cemetery sleuths out there (you know who you are) - Who is in Grave 5, Lot 14, Block D?    The old cemetery re...

A week after Memorial Day this year, the weather was warm and sunny, very much unlike the weather ON Memorial Day.  Oh yes, we were there...

Carl O Gullander was too young to die.  But apparently felt it was better than what he was going thru.  He arrived in New York on 22 May 1...

On June 19, 1919, Ina Edwards, 34, was cooking breakfast for her family when her husband, Thomas, 39, walked into the kitchen and shot her...

While locating markers today, we were treated to a momentary peek through the clouds of the sun.