Block C, Orchard Mesa Cemetery, Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/mesa/cemeteries/orchmsc.txt ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ Orchard Mesa Cemetery, Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colo Directions: From downtown Grand Junction, take 5 Street South to Orchard Mesa, turn South on 26 one-quarter Road (first stop light), and drive to the cemetery. There are nine active blocks in the cemetery. They are located on the south end of the cemetery area. History: This cemetery was started in the late 1800's. It is built in the South part of the area and is part of the largest cemetery in the Grand Junction area. Most of the cemetery was donated as a park, but then became a cemetery. Contact: Robin Hood or Kathleen Haney at True Service, PO Box 953, Clifton CO 81521 Block C is in the Southwest corner of Block A Upper located on the East side of the office and South of Block A Lower section. The main entrance road runs alongside of this section. The rows are listed running North to South and numbered West to East (from the office toward the fence.) Block C - - - - - - - - - - - Row 1 Russell Mama Daddy Blanch Honn Edward June 13, 1889 Mar. 10, 1885 Aug. 7, 1981 Oct. 28, 1956 Crawford Vivian J. Feb. 6, 1906 Oct. 26, 1989 Crawford Jennie S. Joseph A. K. June 17, 1866 May 29, 1858 July 26, 1949 Jan.9, 1946 McLaughlin Maude Crawford Feb. 12, 1892 Jan. 5, 1984 Sellars Cordelia D. J. Sanford 1865 - 1949 1856 - 1943 Acron Deborah E. John Ernest 1870 - 1960 1869 - 1942 Warren H. Brown 1901 - 1926 Brown Sarah M. Arthur R. 1874 - 1942 1870 - 1953 Sarah M. Hogsett Bunghard 1861 - 1947 Thomas Ethel William 1899 - 1979 1890 - 1952 Constance L. Duane Sept. 6, 1931 May 1, 1986 (back) Connie Duane II Cor. 5:8 We are confident, I say, and Would prefer to be away >From the body and at home With the lord Cary Edith Watson Dr. Guy C. MD 1875 - 1968 1884 - 1965 Sarah June Cary 1853 - 1946 1871 Homer L. 1958 1869 Sophie 1945 Sowie Our Love forever Husband and Dad George B. Smith Apr.29, 1935 - Aug. 22, 1985 Robert Leroy Shepherd S. Sgt. US Army World War II Jan. 22, 1925 - Jan. 17, 1986 - - - - - - - - - - - Row 2 Clarence Apr. 26, 1917 Hawkins Apr. 26, 1946 James Colombo May 28, 1871 Apr. 19, 1944 Van Doren J. Margaret Dec. 12, 1893 - Dec. 21 1943 Coe Feb. 13, 1898 - Apr. 20, 1956 Gladys Feb. 6, 1900 - June 12, 1993 Hogsett Sadie E. Sydney N. Feb. 12, 1877 Oct. 7, 1872 Aug. 9, 1958 May 22, 1950 The master of all good workman shall Set us to work anew Kelly Mother Mildred Hogsett 1911 - 1944 In Gods design of life for us that He himself has planned things There are so many hidden things we do not understand; But he would have us know his Plan is such a wondrous one That when we do not understand To say, "Thy will be done" Forry Maude M. Otto M. 1871 - 1949 1869 - 1944 Daniels Mary G. Omri E. 1864 - 1943 1852 - 1947 Brown Wog Pa Maude Olive Married Francis Elmer Nov. 12, 1878 Mar. 25 Feb. 24. 1872 Oct. 2, 1958 1900 Jan. 23, 1942 Parents of Ethel Fay, Ola Merrill & Dortha Ellen H. E. Brown Phillips Sarah Ellen 1898 - 1996 Mary Jane Fairley 1846 - 1942 II Tim 4:7-8 - - - - - - - - - - - Row 3 Mother Lillie D. Mercler 1877 - 1967 Charles Mercler 1871 - 1945 Co. M. 14th Reg. Mother Grace N. Smith 1902 - 1946 Charlos F. Black 1886 - 1944 Mother Velva E. Harrison Feb. 21, 1917 Dec. 15, 1942 Samuel W. Elva Starr Aug. 25, 1893 Dec. 17, 1895 Feb. 22, 1973 Aug. 30, 1944 Lampshire Clark Mother Father Ida D. Starr Herbert E. July 4, 1893 Feb. 9, 1892 Jan. 19, 1979 Oct. 3, 1976 Married July 19, 1910 (back) Clark Gladys Wycoff Nov. 16, 1907 May 16, 1988 Arthur J. Holson 1898 - 1919 Holson Anna Math 1876 - 1960 1874 - 1961 Born in Czechoslovakia Shubert Albert Agnes 1861 - 1946 1863 - 1942 Father S. L. Patterson 1865 - 1956 Neale Mary Ellen A. Judson 1863 - 1952 1860 - 1943 (back) Neale Mary Dec. 1, 1865 Mar. 29, 1945 Roberson Lon Tyler McVay Oklahoma Pvt. US Army World War I June 23, 1900 - Nov. 12, 1941 Ouinn John J. Amanda 1870 - 1942 1869 - 1959 C. A. Dickson Feb. 2, 1876 May 22, 1947 Kenneth Floyd Dickson Mar. 24, 1944 Bessie Jens Henry Jens Feb. 27, 1884 Nov. 19, 1874 Nov. 11, 1966 June 9, 1945 - - - - - - - - - - - Row 4 Our Son Samuel Claude Howard 1932 - 1944 Wyckoff Ellen S. Frank A. May 25, 1877 Oct. 31, 1870 Oct. 8, 1962 Nov. 11, 1945 Graham Mark Ethel M. July 27, 1898 Sept. 27, 1902 Oct. 23, 1984 July 17, 1996 Married Oct. 19, 1921 Charles Henry 1860 - 1948 Bronson 1862 Rhonda 1965 Bronson Winslow Teresa William 1878 - 1953 1873 - 1951 Edwards Loretta E. Ernest G. 1882 - 1976 1868 - 1942 Mother Mary Eichlenberger May 13, 1884 Dec. 17, 1969 John B. Eichelberger Pvt. Co. Div VA Infantry Sp. American War Nov. 18, 1877 - Dec. 22, 1952 Mom Nellie E. Raff 1889 - 1971 Dad Calvin D. Raff 1881 - 1942 Mother Letha L. Harlan 1904 - 1943 and Baby Thomas M. Richardson 1870 - 1944 (back) "The First emotion of pain he ever caused was caused by departure" Robertson Lillie L. Benjamin F. 1880 - 1966 1871 - 1944 Jerry D. Billings 1942 Hill Carrie Lee Frank C. 1879 - 1944 1972 - 1942 Beatrice Fawcett Serry 1882 - 1944 Father Rupert Gonzales May 3, 1914 - Nov. 21, 1941 Anna C. Jens Fred Jens Sept. 8, 1872 May 22, 1871 June 16, 1956 May 22, 1945 Grand Mother Marie M. Gonzales 1876 - 1947 Duane Crandell 1930 - 1947 In Memory of our Baby Nora Carol Hunter Feb. 19 ~ 24 1946 - - - - - - - - - - - Row 5 Ivy A. Edward T. Jan. 24, 1904 Oct. 2, 1901 Nov. 18, 1987 Feb. 23, 1957 Mom Jens Dad Nellie May Sanders 1895 - 1945 Laveta K. (Sanders) Rawlings 1919 - 1991 Thelma H. Scott 1903 - 19 Glenn P. Scott 1895 - 1953 Keith G. Scott 1929 - 1945 Layson S. Biggs 1937 Maggie Biggs 1943 Jay D. Currie 1904 - 1962 D. F. Sloan 1868 - 1944 Alvin Hans Kansas Pvt. Co. M. 44 US Vol. Inf. Jan. 17, 1879 - Dec. 9, 1952 William G. Sharp 1904 - 1944 Beck Gertrude John P. 1880 - 1944 1872 - 1946 Alice Ann William J. Tipping 1878 - 1955 1873 - 1954 Virginia Mae 1922 - 1942 Darling how we miss you Cletus E. Tipping 1915 - 1956 - - - - - - - - - - - Row 6 Mary L. Joseph O. Sept. 20, 1883 July 30, 1878 July 21, 1976 July 22, 1950 Mother Father Currie Curin Margaret 1958 - 1958 Charlotte Arlene Williams June 11, 1932 July 23, 1945 Now lay me down to sleep I pray the lord of my soul to keep Selby S. Sawyer 1876 - 1945 Basil S. Sawyer 1901 - 1948 Wagler Sidney J. Helen M. 1901 - 1996 1904 - 1992 Hugh C. Wagler 1931 - 1944 William J. Lampshire New Mexico PFC. US Army World War I Sept. 21, 1887 - Nov. 13, 1971 Keith Jimmie Wright May 1941 - Aug. 1944 In Loving Memory Amy Dawn Palmer Apr. 1971 Keith Beck Wright Aug. 1955 - Dec. 1956 Rector Rosa M. James W. 1879 - 1952 1859 - 1942 Frederick H. King 1907 - 1944 Harold Bessie Wood Colorado Mach Mate 2 Cl. USNR World War II Nov. 14, 1912 Oct. 19, 1944 Albert A Rice Sharp - - - - - - - - - - - Row 7 Henry R. Grant Oct. 27, 1894 Nov. 25, 1949 Nimfa M. Lujan 1888 - 1970 Myrtle Alford 1875 - 1961 William A. Alford 1873 - 1961 A. K. Lindenschmitt Darlene Ann Brumfield 1957 - 1957 Father Edward Perry 1886 - 1943 Hall Blest be the tie that binds Mother Married Father Lucy Sally Aug. 9 Emmett Z. 1885 - 1944 1906 1876 - 1953 1911 1944 Mary Alameda Schultz Thomas Leslie Bennett 1963 - 1963 Mother 1898 Mae H. 1985 Pritchard Father 1892 Frank J. 1943 Pritchard Beloved Son Tim Lawrence Wetzel 1944 - 1946 None knew thee but to love thee Tulia Louise King 1882 - 1942 Mother none named thee but to praise None knew thee but to love thee S. Harold King 1882 - 1973 Father none name the but to praise Osborn Otto Keene 1907 - 1943 Joseph W. Bacon Jr. June 14, 1941 March 4, 1942 Surely, I come quickly, Amen Rosalind Louise Knebel Apr. 23, 1943 ~ May 26, 1943 Even so, come Lord Jesus. Rev. 22:30 Menhennett Barbara P. Eldred 1893 - 1978 1892 - 1969 Menhennett Henry G. Eldred D. 1920 - 1933 1923 - 1941 Nancy M. Phillips Born March 13, 1875 Died February 5, 1934 Mother P. Edward Sept. 19, 1885 - July 23, 1935 Mother Lucy J. Sweatman 1869 - 1945 - - - - - - - - - - - Row 8 Mother Olga Johnson 1867 - 1949 Webber Jennie I. James S. 1869 - 1943 1857 - 1944 Mable McCurdy 1873 - 1944 William H. Harlan 1894 - 1947 John F. Hofferber 1910 - 1945 Lloyd W. Cruse 1907 - 1965 Cruse Mother Married Father Elizabeth Apr. 2 Carlos Elmer 1869 - 1944 1900 1877 - 1970 Fox Alvina Dorthea Carl Frederick 1878 - 1943 1875 - 1959 Their lives shall be our guiding stone Osco Jack Bridgeman 1898 - 1942 Beverly Jeannie Willis 1942 Weston L. Thurling 1893 - 1974 Mary J. Conover 1865 - 1941 N. W. Isley Jackson R. Dennis 1884 - 1950 Edith Cilley 1872 - 1928 Brother Benjamin W. Crites 1886 - 1931