Oak Hill Cemetery

05/11/2026

05/10/2026

Happy Mother’s Day from all us at Oak Hill Cemetery.

05/07/2026

Floyd Earl Jackson passed away December 20, 1980.
He was born December 29, 1895 to William and Georgia Mae Hilts Jackson. Floyd Jackson grew up at 342 Eastern Ave in Herkimer. He worked at the Grange store in Herkimer and while working there, he was drafted into World War 1 and inducted on May 27, 1918. He would be at Camps Wadsworth, Ft. Ontario, Merritt. He was a part of the 51st Pioneer Infantry and he would head overseas to France in September of 1918. He was gassed at St. Mihel and would be hospitalized, and on his way home he ended up with the Spanish Flu on the ship. He was discharged May 28, 1919. During World War 2 he was an Air Raid Warden and he would walk up and down Pine Grove Road and make sure people had their black out curtains drawn. He would also do plane spotting on Steuben Hill.
He would go back to working at a grocery store when he got back from World War 1 and then he worked in the Herkimer public schools and eventually would be hired by the Herkimer Co. Sheriffs office in 1938. According to the 1940 census he was a jailer and he was living on Pine Grove Road in East Herkimer. The 1950 census states he was Deputy Sheriff where he would retire from in 1964.
Mr. Jackson would marry Marion F. Hopkinson on June 27, 1923 and they would have 2 girls. It is believed that Mr. Jackson was one of the founding members of the East Herkimer Volunteer Fire Dept.
On November 6, 2008, Mr. Jackson was awarded posthumous the Purple Heart Medal and WW1 Victory Medal with his daughters there to accept.
Mr. Jackson was 84 years old when he passed, just days before his 85th birthday.

04/27/2026

Now that the 2026 year has begun, it is a good time for everyone to review the Oak Hill Cemetery rules.

The Oak Hill Cemetery Commission is asking that all faded, worn, broken, or unsightly decorations be removed by dusk on Sunday, May 10, 2026. They can be left in or next to the trash receptacles throughout the cemetery for collection by our crew.

Thank you for your cooperation.

04/16/2026

04/15/2026

Edward D. Collis met a tragic end on October 9, 1917, after being struck by an oncoming train. Newspaper reports confirm that Mr. Collis fell directly in front of the electric car at Stop #1 at Seventh North Street in Liverpool. The coroner's investigation revealed that Mr. Collis was waiting for the train and, upon seeing it, began to run towards it, misjudging its speed, tripping, and falling onto the tracks. An autopsy disclosed that Mr. Collis died from a crushed skull and he also had a fractured leg that had not fully healed. Letters found in Mr. Collis' pocket, including those from his mother, indicated that he had been out of work for several months due to the fractured leg. A union card from the Herkimer Carpenters Local was also discovered. As Mr. Collis' paperwork listed a Syracuse address, no one from that address knew who he was. The morgue technician traveled to Herkimer to locate his family. Edward Collis was born in August 1866 to Harvey and Sarah Cindora Collis. He married Emma Case in 1884 and worked as a carpenter, eventually partnering with his son, Edward C., to build several village homes. Mr. Collis was predeceased by his daughter Edna and son Harold, who also died in a train accident in Little Falls in 1910. He is survived by his wife, Emma, and their children: Edward, Floyd, Ralph, Leland, Bernard, Reba, and Helen. Edward Collis was 51 years old at the time of his passing.

04/05/2026

Wishing everyone a happy and peaceful Easter.

12/14/2025

Wishing a Happy Hanukkah to all who celebrate.

12/11/2025

William Patterson's life was tragically cut short on September 13, 1930, when he succumbed to injuries sustained in a bus repair accident. Born in Moose River to William and Susan Burt McCabe Patterson, he married Edith Cave from Ohio in 1895, and the couple relocated to Herkimer in 1904.
Mr. Patterson worked at Standard Furniture until 1914, when he established the first bus service in Herkimer County, operating between Herkimer and Cold Brook with stops in Middleville and Newport. In 1921, his nephew Merrill George took over the business.
Although the Pattersons did not have children, their home at 317 E. German St. in Herkimer served as a boarding house.
At 62, Mr. Patterson's life was cut short when a bus fell on him, crushing him after the supporting jack broke.

12/09/2025

While our regular crew has gone home until spring, the winter crew has come on to keep watch over all of your loved ones.