Headstone of the Week - Homespun Headstone

The loved ones of Hattie Amanda Gibson made her marker from concrete using bold block letters. The creative use of letters and numbers makes this stone a true work of heart.

R.I.P. Hattie Amanda

The Millhouse Boys

Richard Dick Millhouse died on December 3, 1918 of influenza. His son, Raymond, died the next day. They were both laid to rest in Section D on December 12th, side by side.

The 1918 flu epidemic was merciless.

RIP Richard and Raymond.

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Barbara, wife of Alexander Meyer, died July 6, 1909
Aged 73 years, 6 months & 4 days.

Which makes her birthday on February 2, 1836.

Headstone of the Week

We don't know much about Captain A. Montgomery other than what is on his grave stone. He was a Mason, he served in the Mexican War of 1846 and he died in Portland at the age of 73 and is buried in the first grave sold in Section C.

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In the 1930's, the cemetery was the scene of much vandalism. This marble stone originally was upright and when it was vandalized, the cemetery had it reset to lay flat in cement. There are many stones like this at Multnomah Park.

Cool Thoughts on a Warm Day

The warm weather is with us today, so I am having cool thoughts of a snowy afternoon several months ago.

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Here rests a Woodman of the World

A Small Flower in the Garden of Untimely Demise

Ernest Degagne was almost 10 years old when he was playing with friends and wading in the Willamette River near the foot of Porter St. when he fell in to deep water and drowned. The two friends that were with him knew he drowned but said nothing until the police came looking for them. Ernest's body was pulled from the river by grappling hooks near where he went in. A sad day that was, back in 1924.

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Lucinda Armentrout Deardorff,

March 22, 1831 ~ December 28, 1897

Peaceful be thy silent slumber.

We Love Thank-You Letters!

We volunteer at the cemetery because we believe in what we are doing, but it helps when our work is acknowledged. Here is a recent email from a very sweet lady who lives in Illinois:

I was very surprised to see that the grave stone of my uncle Esta Scott Alger has been found with a posting date of April 24, 2011, just a month ago. (Section G, Lot 3-4). That is great and thank you so much.

It was very special yesterday because I had unexpected visitors who were very interested in learning more about the family history. The woman is the granddaughter of Esta Scott Alger and Mabel C. Alger. She and her husband now live in North Dakota. I wanted to show her the site to show her grandmother's grave, and there was her grandfather's also.

When we were in Portland in 2004 we found the grave of Mabel and the babies but were unceremoniously chased out by a herd of very angry bees and had never seen Esta's. And then, although there was a record that Esta was buried there, he couldn't be found. Now it is complete, and thank you so much for posting. It is very much appreciated, especially since we live in Illinois and can't get out there again.