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HOPE CEMETERY
Hope, Alaska

The Hope Cemetery in Hope, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska is owned and maintained by
Hope, Inc. From the Hope Highway the cemetery is found by turning on Palmer Creek Road and
turning right on Logman Lane. The cemetery is about 50 yards down the road on the right and is
clearly visible from the road. Row A is to the left. The white markers designate plot boundaries.
The additional information, in parenthesis, was provided by Hope historian Diane Olthuis. For the
cemetery location, see the Appendix. Read August 30, 2003.
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Row A
1. In Memory of
Jack L. Upton
TSGT US Air Force Korea
Feb 23, 1930 - Dec 3, 1994
Lovingly Called One-eyed Jack
(Upright white military marker)
2. Mark Roy Spiers
Jul 26, 1959 - Feb 16, 1997
(Upright particleboard marker. His
mother-in-law Geraldine Meeks lives
in Hope.)
3. In Memory of
Lois Dee Ann Hartman
Oct 26, 1952 - Nov 5, 1999
(Known as Dee. Her mother,
Geraldine Meeks, lives in Hope.
Dee lived in Seward.)
4. In Memory of
Charles Elwood Toms
Sep 22, 1930 - Apr 4, 1993
Rest in Peace
(Granite horizontal marker)
5. Alida Dionne Fontaine
Mar 29, 1966 - Mar 3, 1996
Sweet Dreams and a Good Journey
(Upright slate marker. Her father,
Skip Dent, and sister, Angie
Motoyama, live in Hope.)
7. Mark Alexander
Jan 7, 1960 - Apr 22, 1994
(Wooden cross)
21. James Thomas Morgan
Jul 22, 1913 - Dec 21, 1996
(Joy Morgan has chosen this site for
her husband. There is no marker
yet. She provided the above
information.)

Row B
2. Jacqueline Jean Moore
Apr 17, 1931 - Feb 25, 1990
(Horizontal metal marker. Known as
Jackie. She was Peggy's daughter.)
5. Cynthia Clare Snook
Oct 3, 1927 - Dec 10, 1988
(Horizontal metal marker. The Snooks
were an early Hope family..)
7. Roger Burdette Moore
US Navy Vietnam
1948 - 1998
(Horizontal metal marker. Died in a car
accident. His twin, Hugh Moore lives in
Hope.)
8. Brady Meeks
Aug 28, 1905 - Oct 26, 1998
(Vertical particleboard marker. Born in
Missouri. Moved full-time to Hope in
1964. Married twice.)
12. Josephine Williamson
Sep 13, 1916 - Jan 26, 1999
(Horizontal granite marker. Wife of Tex
Williamson)
13. V. W. "Tex" Williamson
Jan 21, 1915 - Aug 7, 1978
(Horizontal granite marker. Josephine
and Tex lived in Anchorage. Their son,
Lance, lives in Hope.)
20. Hal Polk Barnett
Aug 18, 1927 - Mar 3, 2002
Married Doreen Wood May 12, 1945
First marriage on Un. of Fbks campus
Fairbanks Alaska Homesteader
"We raised six children"
Fayrene, Lynndeen, Kenneth
Russell, Edwina, Joleen, Opal
31 grandchildren 6 great grandchildren
24. June A. Trimmingham
1920 - 2000
Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the gentle autumn rain,
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there. I did not die.
(June is Buck Thompson's daughter.)
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25. In Loving Memory
Stanley E. Thompson
"Nana"
1893 - 1984
(Known as "Buck" had long-time ties
to Hope.)

Row C
2. James Daniel Franklin Davidson
Sep 16, 1908 Pueblo, Colo
Jun 18, 1983 Hope, Alaska
"Daddy"
"One man Chamber of Commerce"
(Mason symbol)
(On the back of the upright marker)
Beloved husband of Velma Vivian
Father of
Velma Blanche Daniel Frank
Joyce Elaine William Arthur
Dmae (Dorothey Mae)
Robert Dean Melodee Ann
(Upright granite marker with
Masonic emblem. Owned a gas
station and store in Hope.)
3. Cal Dryer
(Wooden cross. Listed as Henry
Calvin Dreier in his Seward Phoenix
Log obituary Jul 8, 1982. Born
May 17, 1898 died in Hope June 19,
1982.)
4. Harry Herbert Leflar
1904 - 1975
(Flat metal marker on a stone
pedestal.)
5. Murial Marina Leflar
1907 - 1981
(Flat metal marker on a stone
pedestal.)
6. Ed Haun
"Red Hat"
1974
(Metal marker. Mortuary marker
Edgar T. Haun June 25, 1974. He
was an early Hope miner.)
8. Nellie May Olson Brattain
Jun 28, 1901 - Mar 3, 1992
(Horizontal metal marker. She was
a nurse.)
9. William L. Brattain
1905 - 1968
(Horizontal metal marker. Had a Hope
mail contract for many years. Nellie and
William lived in Seward)
11. Iver Nearhouse
Oct 3, 1882 - Apr 24, 1962
Age 79
(Flat aluminum marker. Surname when
he was born in Norway was Nerhus.
Arrived about 1909 and worked as a
miner. Everybody loved him. Had a
store in Hope and showed movies in the
social hall. He had a small caf‚ with
good pie.)
12. Warren M. Nutter
Nov 15, 1886 - Feb 17, 1962
(Flat aluminum marker. Carried the mail
from Seward to Hope in the 30s.)
13. Samuel Gates
1867 - 1950
(Flat aluminum marker. An old timer
who had a cabin on main street.)
14. Infant Rucker
1949
(Flat aluminum marker.)
15. Albert E. Ferrin
1875 - 1949
(Flat aluminum marker. Early Hope
miner. Married Lavinia Mathison)
16. James O. Newman
1868 - 1949
(Flat aluminum marker. He dug graves.)
19. Lois H. Allen
1878 - 1948
(Born in Kansas September 28, 1973.
She shaved five years off her age
perhaps when she applied for a
teaching position. The H. stands for her
maiden name Hudson. She was the
editor of numerous newspapers, first
woman president of the Colorado Press
Club and author of the first Kenai
Peninsula tourist guide. She taught
school in Ninilchik. She arrived in the
30s.)
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21. Jeanne E. C. Ironside
1888 - 1946
(Granite slab covering grave.)
23. Robert E. DeFrance
1910 - 1962
(Known as Bob. Arrived in Hope in
the 30s.)
25. Artie Moore
1956 - 1961

Row D
12. Nancy Lee Elliott
Loving wife, mother and grandma
Aug 13, 1939 - Jun 2, 1994
May her dogs bring her
peace & comfort
(Horizontal red granite marker.)
19. Dennis R. King
Dec 12, 1949 - Nov 16, 1993
Smile for me
22. Arthur H. Melickian
1902 - 1980
(Upright granite marker. Homesteaded
on Resurrection Road. Husband of
Lois.)