PIONEER BURIAL PARK, Oak Harbor, WA The US GenWeb Archives provide genealogical and historical data to the general public without fee or charge of any kind. It is intended that this material not be used in a commercial manner. All submissions become part of the permanent collection. Burial list of Pioneer Burial Park transcribed and submitted by Ralph Seefeld December, 2000. Both above notices must remain when copied or downloaded. seefeld@whidbey.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PIONEER BURIAL PARK, Oak Harbor, WA (Davis, Morse, O'Brien) T33N R1E Section 34 Markers read in September, 1998 by Ralph Seefeld and Maureen MacDonald, members of the Genealogical Society of South Whidbey Island. This cemetery has also been known as the Morse cemetery, the O'Brien Cemetery, and as the Davis cemetery. Those buried here are mostly of Irish ancestry. The cemetery is located at 355 Oak Harbor Street. As you proceed north through Oak Harbor on Highway 20, go straight where the highway angles to the right. Proceed north on Oak Harbor Street, past the traffic light at Whidbey Avenue, and the cemetery is about three blocks further, on the left side, behind a mobile home. Row Plot Name Birth Death Inscriptions and/or (comments) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 Stuart, Elizabeth B. 1906 1969 1 3 Nunan, George F. 1862 1948 1 4 Nunan, Elizabeth 1842 1925 1 5 McCrohan, Thomas 1851 1917 1 6 McCrohan, Michael 1854 1916 1 7 Morse, G. W. 1830 1916 Masonic symbol 1 8 Morse, Mary 1840 1911 1 10 Davis, Clement Morse 1900 1916 1 11 Davis, Robert A. 1866 1952 Davis, Sarah G. 1873 1952 1 12 Davis, Robert A. 6 Dec 1909 17 Jan 1985 US Army 1 13 Orr, "Chief" Frankie L. 17 Oct 1938 17 May 1992 Devoted / Husband-Father / Grandpa- Son / Chief, Oak Harbor WA Police Orr, Mrs Chief Patricia B. 3 Mar 1941 Loving / Wife-Mother-Grandma / Daughter (This stone is outside of The cemetery wall.) 2 2 Nunan, Lottie C. 1879 1889 2 3 Nunan, Mary C. 1883 1889 2 4 Nunan, Thomas 1840 1895 2 5 Nunan, Lt. George A. 1918 1943 US Air Force (Not buried here -- lost at sea when shot down during World War II) 2 6 Peeples, Lawrence I. 1924 1990 US Marine Corps 2 7 Brun, Margaret 1845 1866 2 8 McCrohan, David 1848 1964 2 9 O'Leary, Maurice 1837 1864 2 10 O'Leary, Frank 1860 1885 2 11 Swayne, Delbert G. 22 Sep 1918 11 May 1968 2 12 Swayne, Marcella L. Morse 1 Jul 1915 24 Dec 1998 2 13 Orr, Frankie L. 17 Oct 1938 17 May 1992 US Marine Corps (This is his second stone. It is outside the cemetery wall. 3 1 Nunan, Elizabeth C. 1859 1877 3 2 Nunan, Grace M. 1859 1877 3 3 Nunan, F. J. Lost at Sea 3 4 Morse, Marcella 1876 1877 3 5 Morse, George 1866 1871 3 6 McCrohan, Francis 1816 1881 3 7 McCrohan, Grace 1818 1864 3 8 Morse, Robert Vernon 11 Jan 1930 18 Aug 1962 Washington / SP4 US Army / Korea 3 9 O'Leary, Thomas F. 1858 1924 3 10 Morse, J. Marshall 1871 1955 3 11 Swayne, Beulah M. 25 Jan 1898 19 Oct 1976 Mother Swayne, Grover C. 8 Nov 1892 16 Oct 1977 Father 3 11 Morse, Lincoln 1909 1981 3 12 Morse, Lincoln A. 1874 1920 3 12 Bowmer, Jack L. 19 Apr 1924 3 Feb 1992 US Army World War II 4 1 Nunan, Thomas E. 1865 1936 4 2 Johnson, Linda Sue Jablonski 2 Sep 1947 9 Dec 1959 4 3 Davis, Hattie V. 7 May 1893 25 Dec 1964 4 4 Davis, Claude O. 15 Feb 1894 17 Jan 1971 4 5 Davis, Donald G. 1930 1975 US Navy 4 6 Davis, William O. Oct 1926 24 Nov 1989 AS US Navy / World War II 4 7 O'Leary, Donald J. 7 Nov 1894 9 Jan 1955 Washington / Sgt Co F 161 Infantry / World War I 4 10 Johnson, Barbara 1930 1986 4 12 Friedman, Doris 11 May 1898 11 Mar 1983 4 12 Wilcox, Selah R. 14 Nov 1896 4 Mar 1985 4 13 Wilcox, Doris M. 21 Oct 1918 4 Jan 1997 Beloved Wife and Mother 5 1 McGuern, Dorothy Nunan 1909 1974 5 3 Johnson, Donald William 28 Jul 1922 10 Feb 1996 Johnson, Dorothy E. Solberg Davis Jablonski 15 Dec 1924 24 Jan 1996 In loving memory 5 8 Davis, Raphael H. "Ray" 11 Feb 1905 26 Jul 1969 5 9 Davis, Marjorie May 1 May 1909 7 Feb 1963 6 1 Ragsdale, Berenice Nunan 1900 1988 6 8 Barnhart, Allen G. 1910 1973 6 9 Barnhart, Ethel 1912 1971 6 10 Davis, Eunice Haines 9 Aug 1899 18 Jan 1980 6 12 Davis, infant daughter 1938 Infant daughter of Raphael and Marjorie Davis 7 Monument Davis, Nunan / Morse, O'Leary / & McCrohan (Located in the center of the cemetery) 8 7 McDaniels, Clayton T. 12 Nov 1910 18 Dec 1986 In loving memory McDaniels, Neva Margaret 23 Oct 1911 30 Mar 1986 8 8 Messmer, Margaret Louise 1920 1992 8 9 Messmer, Robert F. 1916 1985 US Navy / World War II 8 10 Martin, Stephen S. 1868 1940 8 11 St. Martin, John T. 1910 1977 SSgt US Army / World War II 8 12 Martin, Louise Morse 1878 1939 9 1 Dyer, Charles P. 1854 1916 (Buried in Sunnyside Cemetery, marker duplicated here) 9 2 Dyer, Nellie 1866 1939 American Legion Auxilliary 9 3 Dyer, Charles Yorke 28 Feb 1896 29 Jan 1986 US Navy 9 4 Dyer, Emma 1899 1931 9 6 Dyer, Rae E. 1930 1992 US Navy 9 8 Williams, Roy L. 13 Jul 1926 8 Jun 1996 Loving Husband & Father / Psalm 24:4 9 12 Messmer, Cheryl Nircko 1950 1985 11 9 Suess, John A. 1913 1979 Cpl US Army / World War II 12 3 Monument Pioneers of 1855 12 9 Lueck, Leo A. 1896 1982 12 10 Lueck, Martha H. 1895 1944