Coos County OR

Cruckshank, Sylvia Clarinda Lee – Obituary

Sylvia C. Cruckshank, 78, died Wednesday, March 12 [1975], in Myrtle Point. She was born Dec. 18, 1896 in Bandon and was a member of United First Methodist Church in Myrtle Point. She is survived by her sister, Helen Comstock of Portland; two half sisters, C. M. Lee and E. A. Lee, both of Portland; a half sister, Eva McCue of Coquille, and many nieces and nephews. Services will be Friday, March 14, at 11 a.m. at the Myrtle Point Chapel of Coos Mortuaries with the Rev. John Ulrich of the United Methodist Church officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset … Read more

Coos County, Oregon Cemetery Records

Most of these are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing. Cemeteries hosted at Coos County USGenWeb Archives Allegany Cemetery Allegany Cemetery Bandon’s G.A.R. & Catholic Cemetery Bandon’s I.O.O.F Cemetery (Old Section, Ocean View Cemetery) Catching Creek Cemetery Coos River Pioneer Cemetery Coquille Masonic Cemetery Coquille Cemetery Dora Cemetery Empire Pioneer Cemetery Enchanted Prairie Cemetery Fairview Cemetery Fox Bridge Cemetery Gravelford Cemetery Knights of Pythias Cemetery Lakeside Cemetery Lakeside Cemetery Marshfield’s I.O.O.F. Cemetery (Pioneer) Myrtle Point Pioneer Cemetery Myrtle Point Cemetery Norway Cemetery Ocean View … Read more

Hartsock, Gary David – Obituary

La Grande, Oregon Gary David Hartsock, 45, of La Grande, died Jan. 13 at his home. A viewing runs from 4 to 6 p.m. today at Loveland Funeral Chapel. A memorial service will begin at 1 p.m. Monday at the La Grande Church of Christ, 2107 Gekeler. A graveside service will begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Loveland Funeral Chapel and Crematory is in charge of arrangements. Gary was born in Yakima, Wash., on March 30, 1962. He attended elementary school through the third grade in Yakima. Gary’s family moved to Joseph in 1971. There he attended school in Enterprise and … Read more

Bonebrake, Charles Oren – Obituary

A lifetime resident of the area, Charles Oren Bonebrake, 63, died Wednesday [August 7, 1963] in Coos Bay. He was born April 26, 1900 at Ross Inlet. The funeral service for Mr. Bonebrake will be Monday at 1 p.m. from the Coos Bay Chapel of Campbell Watkins Funeral Homes. The Rev. Charles Sanders of the First Baptist Church, Coos Bay, will officiate. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Park. Mr. Bonebrake had been employed as a truck driver and logger. He is a veteran of World War I. Surviving him are a daughter, Mrs. Lucille Weiren, Beaverton, a son, Charles … Read more

Biography of John Francis Kincaid

JOHN FRANCIS KINCAID. – This gentleman is the oldest son of William and Nancy J. Woolery Kincaid, and was born in Marion county, Missouri, December 6, 1838. His parents were both natives of Madison county, Kentucky, and came to Missouri in 1830. His mother died in 1850; and in 1853 he left his birthplace, and in company with his father, three brothers and three sisters started with ox-teams to cross the plains to Oregon. They left home on March 25th, and had a large train, known as the Kincaid train, the first which came through the Nahchess Pass, and arrived … Read more

Miller, Wayne Dale “Lucky” – Obituary

Richland, Oregon Wayne Dale “Lucky” Miller, 76, of Richland, died April 15, 2003, at his home. A Celebration of Life in his honor will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Richland Christian Church. Gordon Bond will officiate. Lucky was born Sept. 22, 1926, at Martin County, Minn., to Jay Desmond and Minnie Garrison Miller. He came to Oregon as a young man, where he met his lifelong sweetheart, Dorothy Maxine Jones. They were married at Astoria on Nov. 3, 1945. Lucky served his country during World War II in the Navy Air Corps. After the war, he and Maxine … Read more