[or-roots] Springfield cemetery

[Sue Steward]

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/or/lane/cemeteries/piocem.txt

This sounds like it has been renamed to Pioneer Memorial Cemetery Park
(Springfield Lodge No. 70 I.O.O.F., Old Springfield, Laurel Hill) and was
taken over by the City of Springfield.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie Chapman" <reedsportchapmans at verizon.net>
To: <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 11:26 PM
Subject: RE: [or-roots] Springfield cemetery


> Diane;
>
> What that might mean is Laurel Hill Cemetery, though I don't recall it
ever
> being called Pioneer anything, that is usually the name of the one at U of
O
> Campus I believe, I don't remember there being anything called Pioneer
> Cememtery in Springfield.
>
> Here is a link describing Laurel Hill, unfortunately it is in a sad state.
>
> http://www.wizardsrealmcentral.com/sgus/or/reports/laurelhill.htm
>
> I haven't really been doing my share of upkeep either, I am supposed to at
> least mow the family graves once  a year, I have several relatives in the
> Great and Great Great generation buried there. I should have a listing of
it
> somewhere, but have no idea where.
>
> Les C
>
> from;
> http://www.fohcc.org/memday2005_1.html
>
> "God grant me the serenity
> to accept the ancestors I cannot find,
> the courage to find the ones I can,
> and the wisdom to document thoroughly."
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
> [mailto:or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us]On Behalf Of Diane
> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 5:12 PM
> To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
> Subject: [or-roots] Springfield cemetery
>
>
> In reading old family records, I see a notation on David Watkins.  Now, I
> have been trying to find out where this fellow rests for a long time.  In
> small faded print, I read---"Burial---Springfield, Oregon ...old p"   Is
> there a old Pioneer Cemetry in Springfield?  He died 4 June 1889.  Thanks,
> Diane
>
>
>
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