Walking in Graveyards: 2/28/10

3.04.2010

Grandview Cemetery - Grandview, Oregon

Grandview Cemetery

also known as Geneva Cemetery

Located near the former towns of Grandview and Geneva in Jefferson County, Oregon

Currently maintained by family members of the pioneers who are buried here and continue to be.

We had gone out for a drive when we found the cemetery - quite by accident - and I quickly took pictures of the graves. Some have too many shadows. It is truly out in the middle of nowhere, so I knew it would be a long time before we returned. It is maintained with loving care. The only evidence of visitors are the many deer prints.

I am currently looking for more information about Geneva and Grandview.

This is hard country and the farms have been abandoned and it is doubtful that any of the homesteads remain. But, you have to admire them for tackling this country and raising their families here, and for being an integral part of the society here.

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Grandview Cemetery Transcription

Grandview Cemetery Transcription
Alphabetical Order

Akins, Burt
Akins, Clifford C
Akins, Grace F
Benton, Bernard M
Campbell, Judith Ann
Chenoweth, Baby
Cropley, Hope Olga Nance
Cropley, John 'Jack' Addams
Deaner
Gandy-Walter, Laura
Glover, Louise
Gurber, Frank
Lee, Glenn Norman
McDonald, H Keith
McDonald, Pearl Coza Leone Nance
Nance, Albert 'Red' Stanley
Nance, Alonza Lee Zonie
Nance, Minnie Frances 'Frannie' Brown
Nance, Fritz Duncan
Nance, Janet A
Nance, Margaret June Lundy
Nance, Nancy Jan Shelton
Nance, Sanford R
Nance, Vernon Lee
Nance, Vetra Leone Duncan
Nance, William Marlow
Nance, Woodrow L
New, Ethel Elizabeth Sellman
New, Isaac Henderson
New, Isaac Selman
New, Josephene
New, Sanford L
Pankow, Michael 'Mike' Lynn
Selman, Baby
Sisk, Harold 'Stan' Stanley
Sisk, Mildred Ann Nance
Springer, Melvin LeRoy
Steele, Helen Gladys Rose
Steele, Victor Thomas
Steele, Walter R
Stumpe, Ernest
Walter, Galen R
Wasmundt, Harry Fred
Unknown - Sister's
Unknown - there are many unmarked or unreadable graves

Italics - Future Resting Place

Burt Akins

Burt Akins

1880 - 1949

Burt's Store ------ Grandview, Oregon

Burt died in the store he loved

Neighbor and Friend to all

during the Great Depression

Editor- I would like to know more about Burt Akins.

Grace F Akins

Grace F Akins

July 24, 1923 - September 15, 2006

Mom

Married to Clifford C Akins

Clifford C Akins

Clifford C Akins

March 18, 1916 - May 21, 1991

Dad

TEC 4 US ARMY WORLD WAR II

Married to Grace F Akins

Bernard M Benton

Bernard M Benton

1919 - 2005

Judith Ann Campbell

Judith Ann Campbell

February 18, 1939

February 18, 2002

Baby Chenoweth

Baby Chenoweth

Hope Olga Nance Cropley

Hope Nance Cropley

September 5, 1917 -

Daughter of Alonza & Vetra Nance

Married to John Addams Cropley

Future Resting Place

John "Jack" Addams Cropley

John "Jack" Addams Cropley

August 5, 1902 - Canada

May 23, 1967 - Portland, Oregon

Dad

Son of John Presley Craig Cropley & Jessie Maud Cropley

Married to Hope Olga Nance Cropley

Deaner

Deaner

Laura Gandy-Walter

Laura Gandy-Walter

1927 - 2000

Our Mother Forever in Our Hearts

Louise Glover

Louise Glover

1921 - 1923

Frank Gurber

Frank Gurber

3.03.2010

Glenn Norman Lee

Glenn Norman Lee

July 21, 1917 - July 12, 2000

Husband & Friend

Pearl Coza Leone Nance McDonald

Pearl "Bug" Coza Leone Nance McDonald

April 24, 1919 - Grandview, Oregon

November 11, 1998

Daughter of Alonza & Vetra Nance

Married September 13, 1942 to H Keith McDonald

H Keith McDonald

H Keith McDonald

August 24, 1917 - October 1, 1996

Married September 13, 1942 to Pearl Coza Leone Nance

Albert "Red" Stanley Nance & Minnie Frances "Frannie" Brown Nance

Albert "Red" Stanley Nance

Minnie Frances "Frannie" Brown Nance

Future Resting Place

Albert is son of Alonza & Vetra Nance

Alonza Lee Zonie Nance

Alonza Lee Zonie Nance

July 15, 1890 - Gilreath, Wilkes, North Carolina

March 21, 1973 - Madras, Oregon

Father

Thy Loving Hands are Stilled

Son of William Frederick & Arba Jeanette (Marlow) Nance

Married June, 16, 1910 to Betra Leone Duncan

Children: Sanford, Fritz, Hope, Pearl, William, Albert

Married to Mable La Fond
Daughter: Zonia

Margaret June Lundy Nance

Margaret June Lundy Nance

June 19, 1927 - Bandon, Oregon

October 2, 2007 - Madras, Oregon

Married to Fritz Duncan Nance

Madras resident Margaret June Nance died Oct. 2, 2007, at Mountain View Hospital, at the age of 80.
Mrs. Nance was born June 19, 1927, in Bandon, Oregon, to parents Pearl and Martha (David) Lundy. She attended school at Riverton Grade School in Coquille, Oregon, Fairfield Grade School, Gervais Grade School, and graduated from Gervais High School.

On Oct. 24, 1954, she married Fritz D. Nance in Madras. She was a homemaker and a member of the New Life Fellowship Foursquare Church in Madras. Her special interests included traveling, especially to the Oregon Coast, cooking, and entertaining friends and family.

Survivors include her sons, Gordon Nance of Spokane, Washington, and Wayne Nance of Madras; brother, Earl Lundy of Redmond; and granddaughter, Peggy June Nance of Portland.

Funeral services were held Oct. 8, at Bel-Air Colonial Chapel, and committal of ashes will be Oct. 13, at Grandview Cemetery. Memorial contributions have been suggested to Mountain View Hospice, or Jefferson County Special Olympics. Arrangements were under the direction of Bel-Air Colonial Funeral Home of Madras.