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HOMER COMMUNITY CEMETERY
Homer, Alaska

The Homer Community Cemetery in Homer, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska is on East End
Road. From the intersection of Lake and East End Road it is 4/10s of a mile out of town on the
left. It is fenced and signed. The cemetery was originally part of the school section. It was
released and sold to private ownership. In 1967, to celebrate the Alaskan State centennial, one
acre was acquired by the City of Homer to be maintained as a cemetery. Margaret Anderson
identified the unmarked graves. The cemetery was read on July 12, 2002.

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0. Carl Albertson
(Buried to the left of Stanley
Neilsen)
0a. William Nielsen
(Aka Bill)
1. Stanley Nielsen
1911 - 1986
Beloved husband, father,
grandfather, great-grandfather
2. Eva E. Nielsen
1912 -
Beloved wife, mother, grandmother,
great-grandmother
Married Dec 5, 1946
(Stanley and Eva are on a double
marker. Eva died about 1990 in
Palmer.)
3. Peter Nielsen
Feb 19, 1904 - Jan 18, 1982
4. Father
Karl Z. Nielsen
Feb 10, 1909 - May 13, 1974
(Stanley, Peter and Karl were
brothers.)
5. Mabel Nielsen
(Unmarked grave.)
6. Fred Svedlund
May 28, 1914 - Feb 15, 1991
7. Lillian M. Walli
Pioneer Lady
1903 - 1982
(Her funeral was Sep 5, 1982.)
8. Ero J. Walli
1890 - 1937
9. Maren Carlson Anderson
Feb 28, 1879 - Jul 20, 1946
10. Gustav Willhelm Anderson
May 31, 1883 - Nov 8, 1963
(Maren and Gustav are on a double
marker.)
10a. Virgo W. Anderson
(Unmarked grave. Died 1992.
Virgo's ashes are interred with his
parents Gus and Maren Anderson.)
10b. Fred W. Anderson
(Unmarked grave. Died 1998.
Fred's ashes are interred with his
parents Gus and Maren Anderson)
11. Mother
Susie B. Patterson
1874 - 1949
11a. Ralph Patterson
(Unmarked. Son of Susie)
12. Bernard E. Uminski
TEC5 US Army World War II
May 15, 1914 - Jan 3, 1983
12a. Emil Gehmann
(Unmarked. Known as Mel.)
12b. Velma Gehmann
(Unmarked)
13. Freda Merle Jones Valley Coles
1894 - 1982
14. Robert W. Kranich
1904 - 1979
Montana Alaska
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15. Arleen W. Kranich
Montana Alaska
1902 1995
15a Fred Harbinson
(Unmarked. Buried to the left of
William Fletcher)
16. William H. Fletcher
1898 - 1971
17. Charles Miller
of Miller's Landing
1881 - 1970
"Don't take yourself too damn
serious"
18. Concrete marker with bolts for a
plaque
(It is thought that Bonnie Bowers
who died in 1929 is buried here. The
ashes of her sister Bonnie Bowers
who died Sep 9, 1994 were interred
with her sister. They were the
daughters of Phina and Glen
Bowers.)
19. Lawrence E. Slavin
1902 - 1980
20. Jim Steele
(Wooden cross with his name
leaning against a tree trunk.)
21. Son
Robert R. Sholin
1929 - 1951
21a. Melvin Brookins
(Unmarked. Buried near Robert R.
Sholin)
22. Charles Erickson
1880 - 1942
22a Cyrus Harrington
(Unmarked. Buried to the left of the
Andersons. At one time, his grave
was fenced with the Andersons.)
23. Marion Anderson
1906 - 1934
Elizabeth Norma Anderson
1932 - 1934
Aileen Beatrice Anderson
1934 Age 3 mos
(Marion, Elizabeth and Aileen are on
one marker.)
24. Peter B. Nielsen
1893 - 1950
25. Father
Beckwith Cray
1913 - 1942
26. Upright rounded wooden board
marker
(No readable inscription)
27. In Loving Memory of
Charles E. Fowlie
Mar 20, 1878 - Mar 13, 1948
28. Eugene F. Kranich
1923 - 1951
28a Lee Wadell
(Unmarked. Buried next to Eugene
F. Kranich on one side or the other)
29 Alvia Madox
(Unmarked. Buried in the close right
corner.)
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Stone Monument with Plaque
A stone monument, built by Lee Cole and Gus Weber, stands at the entrance to the Homer
Community Cemetery with a plaque affixed to its slanting top. On the plaque reads "Over the
long years and from many lands they came -- ending life's journey here; and each has found in
this quiet place - Eternity". On the plaque are listed the following names and dates.
The notes in parenthesis come from the Kenai Totem Tracers book Alaska's Kenai Peninsula
Death Records and Cemetery Inscriptions published in 1983.
The monument was dedicated May 30, 1969.
Karl Albertson
1928
(Shot while moose hunting)
Ada K. Anderson
1932
(Mrs. Ed Anderson)
Caroline Anderson
1937
Infant Anderson
1937
Marian C. Anderson
1934
(Marian was a teacher in Homer and went to
Seldovia to meet her sister, Margaret, who
was arriving by steamer. Marian had her
two small daughters, Elizabeth and Aileen,
with her. Margaret failed to arrive so Marian
and the girls took a ride back to Homer with
Fred Munson on a boatload of lumber. The
wind was very strong and the boat capsized
on landing. Her husband, Alfred, was
watching but rescue was impossible. Her
body was pulled from the boat when the tide
went out and the little girls were found on
the beach along the spit.)
Aileen Anderson
1934
Elizabeth Anderson
1934
Gust W. Anderson
1963
Maren C. Anderson
1946
(Mother of Virgo, Vega who married Sam
Pratt, and Fred who married Margaret.)
Robert H. Baker
1953
(Killed in a car accident)
Lola L. Barnard
1953
Sam Bell
1956
Betty S. Bernard
1936
(Daughter of Nils Svedlund, wife of Bud
Bernard)
Bonnie Bowers
1929
(Infant daughter of Phina and Glen Bowers)
Glen R. Bowers
1966
(Glen Roscoe Bowers died Mar 26, 1966.
He was a fisherman. Came to work on the
fish trap at Ninilchik. Married Phina Kelly
had children Ben, Glen, Bonnie and Victor.)
Melvin Brookins
1951
(Oldest son of Minnie Harrington)
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Charles Miller
1970
(Came to Homer to bring Alaska railroad
horses for winter pasture. He was known for
making potato whiskey so potent that it was
used, at least on one occasion, to run a
Model T. home from the dance. He was
very often a winner of the waltz contests at
local dances.)
Fred Harbinson
1979
Robert W. Kranich
1979
(Known as Bob. Civil leader, head of CCC,
one of the founders of Homer Electric.)
Linnie Brookins
1957
Tom Caughlin
1937
George Clyde
1950
(Married Emma. Had children George, Bill
and Dixie.)
Charlie Erickson
1942
(Came to Homer from Norway. Worked as a
watchman at the docks in 1940. In his early
days he rowed across Cook Inlet to trap
beaver.)
Charles E. Fowlie
1948
(Came from El Paso, Texas and
homesteaded on Diamond Ridge. Married
Vada Maxwell Gray. Had children Ethel,
Jean and Carolyn.
Beckwith H. Gray
1942
Dick Gray
1946
(A well educated man, he built his home on
the bluff near Diamond Creek overlooking
the Inlet. He built steps up the bluff and
hand operated the lift to bring his supplies
up from the beach. Earned much of his
income in later years trapping coyotes.)
Ole G. Haarstad
1950
(Homesteaded on West hill; was a
carpenter)
John Hadden
1953
Cyrus William Harrington
1937
Ole L. Jones
1953
George W. Kolp
1943
Eugene F. Kranich
1951
(Drowned with Robert Sholin while fishing
on a lake near Palmer. Oldest son of Arleen
Kranich)
Edward Larson
1952
Vern Latta
1939
Coral Ann Lawney
1951
(Infant daughter of Clara and Gene Lawney)
Dale Libby
1947
(Wife of Bob Libby. Worked as a cook.
Froze to death on her way home from work.)
Alvia A. Mattox
1968
(Mother of Corky Weaver)
Karl Z. Nielsen
1974
(Husband of Mabel, father of Susie.)
Baby Girl Mead
1949
(Born prematurely to Emmy and Herby
Mead)
Helena L. Munson
1932
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Nellie Munson
1932
Peter Nielsen
1950
William Nielsen
1933
(Killed on a boat)
Ralph A. Patterson
1957
(Dock manager. Came from New Mexico)
Susie B. Patterson
1949
(Mother of Ralph and Bud Patterson)
Wally Post
1947
(Came to Homer alone; seemed mentally
disturbed; lived in a packing case and froze
to death there)
Emil Rose
1942
Hazel Russell
1954
(Born Jul 18, 1899. Died in Anchorage on
Aug 25, 1954.)
Vaino Salo
1953
(Of Finnish descent; came to Homer as a
mechanic when the airport was being built;
drowned after becoming entangled in his
fishing gear while fishing alone.)
Stanton Shafer
1936
Robert R. Sholin
1951
(Son of Ann and Carl Sholin. Drowned while
fishing with Eugene Kranich on a lake near
Palmer.)
Lee Waddell
1950
Hugh M. Westerberg
1953
William H. Fletcher
1971
(Homesteaded in Homer. He had a cleft
palate and delighted in telling stories about
people with the same affliction.
Lawrence Slavin
1980
(Known as Larry. A carpenter who helped
build the early day coffins.)
On a plaque on the front of the stone
monument
Christopher F. Gavin
1953
(Infant)
Lillian Walli
1982
Pete Nielson
1982
(Misspelled same person as grave 3)
Meredith J. Steele
1983
Velma Gehrmann
1981
Bernard Edward Uminiski
1983
(Known as Bud)
Emil Gehrmann
1981

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This cemetery is located on East End Road just outside the city of Homer and is the
oldest cemetery in the Homer area. There are very few tombstones; most of the graves
are marked with stones and stumps. The City of Homer maintains it.

Some years ago the residents of Homer gathered together to recollect who was buried
here and through a process of sorting out and verifying the facts with the Vital Statistics
Bureau the following names were collected and engraved on a plaque at the entrance
to the cemetery. There are some later burials in the cemetery whose names are not on
the plaque; they have been noted.

"Over the long years and from many lands they came -- ending life's journey here; and
each has found in this quiet place - eternity"

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