News from Friends of Jacksonville’s Historic Cemetery
They’re Baaack… “Meet the Pioneers” Returns to Jacksonville’s Historic Cemetery – by Peggy Dover
Three years ago, a select group of pioneers, lying in peaceful estate at the Jacksonville Cemetery, roused to enjoy the limelight and tell about their lives. Others have waited patiently for their chance to be […]
September 2022 Cemetery News – by Dirk Siedlecki
Thank you and our sincere gratitude to all our volunteers who contributed 140 hours of volunteer labor in the month of July 2022. The hours include: cemetery fixture restoration, marker cleaning, conducting tours, and general […]
August 2022 Cemetery News – by Dirk Siedlecki
Thank you and much appreciation to our volunteers who cleaned headstones in the Jewish section of our cemetery during the months of May and June. On May 21 volunteers cleaned thirty-seven headstones and on June […]
July 2022 Cemetery News – by Dirk Siedlecki
My sincere appreciation to all our volunteers who put in so many hours of work in helping to prepare the cemetery grounds for the Memorial Day holiday. Thank you to our city employees who went […]
June 2022 Cemetery News – by Dirk Siedlecki
I am pleased to report that our restoration work on the Love block in the Masonic section of the cemetery was completed on April 29. The rainy weather delayed our finishing up the project but […]
May 2022 Cemetery News – by Dirk Siedlecki
A big thank you to the over sixty volunteers who turned out on Saturday, March 26 for our spring Community Clean-up of the cemetery grounds. The very large city-owned trailer was filled to the brim […]
April 2022 Cemetery News – by Dirk Siedlecki
On behalf of our Board Members and volunteers, we sincerely thank the Jacksonville Boosters Club for their continued support and recent donation of $3,500. The generous gift allowed us to purchase an 8’ x 12’ […]
Cemetery Cross Dedication is March 31, 2022
Thanks to Jacksonville resident John Howell, the old symbolic cross in the cemetery has been restored and is once again standing proudly over the Catholic Section. In July 2021, while John was walking his dog, […]
March 2022 Cemetery News – by Dirk Siedlecki
Spring Programs in the Cemetery—Following the snow and cold temperatures in December, it was a quick jump into spring in January which continues into early February as I write this. We did lose some trees […]
February 2022 Cemetery News – by Dirk Siedlecki
As the New Year begins, our organization and its dedicated volunteers look forward to continuing the work of caring for, restoring and protecting one of Jacksonville’s and Oregon’s treasures, our Pioneer Cemetery. Before going into […]