SIGN: 
Inscription on brass plaque at ground level right side at entry says: 

Sunset Pioneer Cemetery, founded 1886 by Trinity Evangelical Church, Tigard, Oregon. In memory of the Tigerville Pioneers. Maintained by The Tigard Breakfast Club, plaque donated by The Tigard Rotary Club in memory of Paul Harris, founder. The brass plaque looks quite new.

NAMES:
There is disagreement on the original name of this cemetery. One contributor thinks the name changed at one time and was known as The Trinity Evangelical Lutheran German Cemetery. We haven't yet determined where the name 'Sunset Pioneer Cemetery" came from. What is clear is that the congregation was primarily German and spoke German..........much of the writing is in German. It is said they were farmers.

CREDITS:
Combined compilation of members of a DAR Group (1940's), recheck by Jay and Sue Balfour and Judith E. Goldmann (1960's), visit by Ken and Phyllis Hoggatt (1990's), and Jan Healy's work while compiling an Oregon Burial Site Guide (1990's). Transcription by Joan E. Hamilton of Tualatin, Oregon with grateful appreciation to Judy Goldmann for providing the cemetery list.

RECENT ACTIVITIES: Mid July 2003
Joani typed up the record from that provided by Judy Goldman, Don Kelly walked the cemetery and recorded everything legible on stones that could be found. The ivy in likely spots for searched for discarded or pieces of broken stones. Joani visited the cemetery and took 52 photographs which will be posted to this site. It is good that these stones can be saved digitally for future generations to enjoy.

LOCATION AND DIRECTIONS:
This cemetery is located in a grove of trees on a hill directly east of the intersection of Bull Mountain Road where it Ts into Highway 99W. 

Driving north from King City toward Tigard, about 200 feet before the intersection with Bull Mountain Road, a small gravel road marked "dead end" and "road closed" goes up the side of the hill about three hundred feet where it branches left between two trees (may be a chain up) into the small graveled parking area. 

If driving south from Beaverton on highway 99W, go past the intersection of Bull Mountain road to the next stop signal (intersection of Beef Bend road), make a U turn and follow same directions north listed above. 

It appears that the newest stones are up the hill and the oldest stones are at the bottom nearest the parking lot. Latest burials appear early 1980s. Fresh flowers and a child's toy show that visitors still come, and the cemetery is evidently not abandoned as first thought. It is quite easy to navigate along well marked paths through the ivy and the stones are surprisingly upright considering the hillside setting.

NOTES FROM VISITORS:

Overall site and page format by webmaster 2002, 2003

Photographs owned by submitter Joani July 2003

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