Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Valentine Dencer ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Valentine Dencer
LAST NAME: Dencer FIRST NAME: Valentine MIDDLE NAME:  NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE: Mr. GENDER: M MILITARY: 
BORN: Abt 1826 DIED: 26 Sep 1905 BURIED: 28 Sep 1905
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Farmer
BIRTH PLACE:  Germany
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
OSBH DC (Marion Co., 1905) #1211 - Valentine Dencer, male, married, d. 26 Dec 1905 five miles south of Salem, Oregon at the age of 79, interment at IOOF 27 Sep 1905, undertaker - Ed L. Townsend. Funeral ordered by Mrs. Timm; 1900 Census - Walentine [sic?] Dencer, age 74, occupation farmer, b. Mar 1826 in Germany, year of immigration 1835, is enumerated with wife Katherine, age 68, b. Apr 1832 in Germany (they have been married 52 years and she is the mother of 15 children, 6 of whom are living at the time of the census), along with Lucy, age 26, b. Mar 1874 in Minnesota, and Edward, age 21, b. Jan 1879 in Oregon;
OBITUARY: 
At Liberty, this county, of old age, September 26, 1905, V. Dencer, aged 79 years. Funeral today from the house on Liberty Road. Interment in I.O.O.F cemetery. Mr. Dencer has lived near this city since 1874, and came here from Winona, Minnesota. He leaves two sons and four daughters, and a widow to mourn his loss. Daily Oregon Statesman 28 Sept 1905 5:6
INSCRIPTION: 
Valentin Dencer 1826 - 1905 [S. face of monument shared with Jacob, Catherine and Florence] [photo available] 2nd Marker: Father (too worn to read as of Apr 2003)
SOURCES: 
LR LD OSBH DC (Marion Co., 1905) #1211 S&H pg 67 Rigdon Records Bk. 3 1900 OR Census (Marion Co., S. Salem, ED 144, sheet 6B) DOS 28 Sept 1905 5:6
CONTACTS: 
LOT: 934 SPACE: 1 SW LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.117' LATITUDE: W 123° 03.018'