Deadwood Pioneer Cemetery
We are located between Eugene and Florence (by way of Triangle Lake), established in 1883 with about 300 known burials.
As we are a non-profit, all-volunteer cemetery, families are encouraged to maintain their loved ones’ sites, but we recognize that it’s not possible for everyone. If you have family buried in other states and can't get to them, please consider "paying it forward" - volunteer to help a little here, while you count on others doing their part where your loved ones are interred.
Deadwood Oregon
Recent Events
Deadwood Pioneer Cemetery
Pioneer Heritage Day - Memorial Day 5/27/2019
Pioneer Heritage Day - Memorial Day 5/27/2019
A very special thanks to Friends and invited guests, this year's event featured:
Old-Time music by Eric Sprado, John Reidel and friends
Historical demonstrations "Living History" by the
John Quay Heritage Players
of Siuslaw Pioneer Museum
We had an awesome event!! Thanks to our volunteers and wonderful Board members!!
We have some projects in the works and the cemetery has definitely been shown some TLC this year.
Thank you to all who attended as well as donated to our beautiful cemetery site!!
Looking Back...
Spring Clean-up and SOLVE Event 2019
Deadwood Pioneer Cemetery would like to give a big thanks to all the awesome folks that came to our Spring Clean-Up! It looks fantastic and we are so grateful that people joined us in making the cemetery look GREAT!!
Emma’s Kindness Club Project of 2018
Emma Meier is 10 years old and is a member of Siuslaw School District’s Kindness Club. Each member of the Kindness Club was challenged to create a community service project over the summer.
With her family's interest in genealogy, Emma became inspired by a facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/TheGoodCemeterian/.
It prompted her passion to help clean, up and restore headstones. Emma said,
“I think it’s important because they could get forgotten if they’re just covered in stuff and no one would know they are there.”
“I think it’s important because they could get forgotten if they’re just covered in stuff and no one would know they are there.”
After lots of research with different cemetery organizations, she chose our own Deadwood Pioneer Cemetery.
She began with a fundraiser in July of 2018 for supplies to clean the stones, her goal was $500 and with the assistance of
Sugar Mama's Cupcakes & Goodies
she was able to sell “kindness themed” baked goods for the project supplies.
On October 16th Emma and her kindness crew came to clean up and restore headstones. The day went great - a few Board members were on hand to mow, trim and weed, and then Emma and her team got busy removing moss, spraying and scrubbing... Her and her awesome team of 7 managed to get 25 headstones cleaned in 3 to 4 hours.
Emma didn’t stop there though; we were contacted to see if they could return to work on the headstones for Veterans’ Day. Emma’s team included 22 adults and kids, and they got dozens more headstones cleaned! It was a wonderful team effort, and Emma’s Kindness Project of 2018 made sure memorials are restored and not forgotten.
Great job, Emma, and everyone who has helped preserve our heritage!!
May 2018 Work Days
Thanks to our volunteers!!
Thanks to everyone who came out and helped us on our recent work days!! It looks terrific at DPC - At our work days on 5/5 and 5/12, we not only mowed, cleaned and trimmed, but also completed installing the granite headstones from the Oregon State Parks & Rec's Historic Cemeteries Grant!
Row markers have been added and a directory of graves is posted to help locate your loved ones. The Ash Scattering Garden and gravel paths are coming along, and a fire ring is added!
Volunteer crews dug and leveled forms before setting the grant headstones in cement
Board members Duane and Gerry preparing the cement
Some of the 17 volunteers who helped place the headstones purchased by grant money
Grant headstones included 12 "art" markers for known burials with unknown occupants, and 24 markers for known people
Some of the temporary markers (some were 30 years old) that were replaced by grant headstones - no more information will be lost to time, weather or mowers!
Board member Don donated tons of gravel plus a fire ring surrounded by 10 rocks
Board members Don and Johnnette and crew adding a path overlooking the river
Spring Headstone Work Day - Saturday 5/5/18, 9am - 3 or 4 pm
The remaining 16 Headstones were placed for previously unmarked graves!
On our first Headstone work day, 9/23/17, we placed 16 of the 36 markers purchased with the generous grant for $5,862 from the
OREGON PARKS & REC Historic Cemeteries program, marking previously unmarked or poorly marked graves.
Thank you to everyone who helped, and to the
OPRD Historic Cemeteries Program for your support of this important project!!
Lunch at the Deadwood Market & Tavern,
Don, Johnnette or Megan, 541-964-3345
Our Volunteers are greatly appreciated!
Our Volunteers are greatly appreciated!
