ST. MARY'S
CEMETERY
OCONTO
This is a public cemetery and is accessible from the road. It can be reached by traveling on highway 21 - north - out of Oconto, Custer County, Nebraska for ½ mile, then ½ mile west. The gate leading into the cemetery reads: Established 1901
Bain, Ronald G., "Father", 1914 - 1991
Bain, Agnes C., "Mother", 1911 - 1962
Bain, Nellie, "Mother", Aug 6, 1891 - July 15, 1980
Bain, Carol Rae, "Mother", Apr 22, 1931 - Feb 11, 1987
Berry, Martha D., Dec 29, 1867 - Dec 11, 1948
Berry, Joseph P., Febr 22, 1857 - Jan 12, 1914
Blakeslee, Winifred M., "Mother", 1888 - 1955
Blakeslee, Asa L. Sr, "Father", 1888 - 1951
Blakeslee, Asa L., "Son", 1922 - 1946
Branstiter, Jake L., "Father", Apr 3, 1896 - Sept 23, 1971, World War veteran marker; Emily D., "Mother", Jan 25, 1901 - Oct 20, 1961
Brennan, Elizabeth, died Dec 19, 1906, Aged 47 years
Brennan, James, died Nov 14, 1902, Aged 66 ys 20 ds
Brennan, Mary, Aug 31, 1838 - Sept 1, 1917
Brown, Mary R., "Mother", 1874 - 1953; Walter J., "Father", 1877 - 1963
Brown, Mary Regina, dau of Walter & Mary, July 16, 1912 Oct 15, 1916
Brown, Leo J., US Navy, World War II, Dec 23, 1900 - Jan 19, 1988
Brown, John W., PFC US Army, World War II, Sept 11, 1910 - Dec 25, 1979
Buckley, Daniel H., "Father", 1868 - 1942
Buckley, Tina Wiseman, 1903 - 1934, "Gone but not forgotten"
Buick, August, 1850 - 1926
Campau, Livonia E., "Mother", 1862 - 1927
Campau, Theresa L., wife of Gregory J. Campau, died July 24, 1887, Aged 42 y 7 m
Campau, Gregory J., Mar 23, 1823 - Dec 13, 1890
Curren, James F., "Father", July 5, 1880 - Dec 23, 1948; Catherine, "Mother", July 30, 1888 - May 5, 1963
Curren, children of James F. Curren
Daily, James M., Apr 20, 1884 - Feb 23, 1965; Anna, Aug 2, 1881 - May 25, 1972
Dailey, James Edward, Oct 15, 1917 - Apr 10, 1975
Devine, John J., Aug 20, 1904 - Aug 16, 1970; Betty M., Mar 17, 1922 - Mar 31, 1998
Devine, Gertrude C., "Mother", 1891 - 1977
Devine, Joseph L., "Father", 1881 - 1958
Devine, John A., "Father", 1845 - 1909, "Rest In Peace"; Bridget Ann, "Mother", 1845 - 1937
Devine, Marie, 1879 - 1918
Devine, Frank, 1879 - 1956
Devine, Charles J., July 30, 1906 - July 21, 1975; Margaret M., Sept 6, 1907 - May 14, 1977, "Holy Mary mother of God, pray for us"
Devine, Dorothy F., 1940 - 1998
Devine, John J. DDS, Ill LT Col US Army, World War II, Aug 20, 1904 - Aug 16, 1970
Devine, Joseph C., Oct 26, 1955 - May 7, 1990
Devine, James V., 1877 - 1972
Dwerlkotte, Frank, 1863 - 1920
Dwerlkotte, Theresa Frandsen, wife of J. B. Dwerlkotte, Sept 21, 1903 - July 3, 1934
Dwerlkotte, Bernard, 1903 - 1972
Dwerlkotte, Theodore, 1899 - 1984
Dwerlkotte, Johanna B., 1872 - 1976
Edmisten, Clara Wilcox, wife of Jesse Edmisten, 1900 - 1924
Frandsen, Frank H., "Father", 1876 - 1942; Mary T., "Mother", 1880 - 1954
Frandsen, Agnes, dau. of Frank and Mary, Dec 6, 1905 - Mar 9, 1906
Frandsen, A. Raymond "Pete", Sept 28, 1916 - June 18, 1993; Mildred C., "Excelsior", Jan 6, 1914 - Aug 28, 1996, married Feb 5, 1942
Fox, Sam, "In memory of Sam Fox, Native Bermuda Islands", June 3, 1922
Glynn, "Father", 1854 - 1934; "Mother", 1874 - 1925 (there are no first or last names on these stones - there is a large stone which reads: Glynn, then beside that is a small marker with mother and the dates and another with father and the dates - no further information)
Graczyk, Helen, "Our Darling Baby", Jan 25, 1925
Graczyk, Walter Phillip, 1895 - 1961, World War II marker
Graczyk, Salomea B. "Sally", wife of Walter, Oct 26, 1903 - Aug 6, 1996
Graczyk, Wladislaw "Walter", PVT US Army, World War I, June 17, 1895 - Apr 19, 1961
Headley, Lois I., July 13, 1913 - Dec 15, 1994
Headley, Carl L., Feb 13, 1907 - Feb 6, 1993
Heitz, Cecelia Anna, "Mother", Feb 4, 1895 - Apr 6, 1977
Helmuth, Cecile I., "Mother", Jan 7, 1917 - Mar 19, 1963, "May she rest in peace"
Helmuth, William J., 1883 - 1955; Isabelle, 1888 - 1965
Hoelting, Clara, daughter of J and D Hoelting, "Twas the voice of Jesus called thee home"
Kalinowski, Sigmund, July 23, 1906 - July 18, 1968
Kalinowski, Claudia, Mar 6, 1914 - Dec 20, 1994, married June 10, 1941, "Pray for us"
Kirkpatrick, Anna I., Feb 11, 1902 - Mar 11, 1995
Kleiber, James J., 1856 - 1939
Kleiber, Harriet P., 1862 - 1950
Klein, William, "Father", 1871 - 1929; Minnie, "Mother", 1876 - 1956
Klein, Carl Joseph, son of Wm & Minnie Klein, 1908 - 1917
Klein, Edna Marie, dau of Wm & Minnie Klein, 1902 - 1909
Klein, Donald G., "Son", Mar 12, 1933 - Oct 6, 1934
Klein, Janice A., "Dau", Dec 21, 1946 - Dec 21, 1946
Klein, Lewis N., Sept 17, 1913 - Sept 29, 1985, World War II marker (behind this stone is a government stone that reads: Lewis Klein, TEC5 US Army, World War II, Sept 17, 1913 - Sept 29, 1985)
Klein, Edward W., Jan 16, 1904 - May 9, 1995; Daisy R., Feb 24, 1904 - July 6, 1990, married Apr 28, 1925
Kosmicki, Tecla, Jan 11, 1909 - Aug 1, 1996
Lynch, Ruth I., June 19, 1920 - Apr 26, 1967, Am. Legion Auxiliary
Lynch, Phillip W., "Father", 1858 - 1938; Catherine V., "Mother", 1867 - 1946
Lynch, Ignatius M., 1898 - 1935
Lynch, Phillip Leo, 1889 - 1966
Lynch, Florence G., 1892 - 1945
Lynch, Anne Elizabeth, July 25, 1965 - July 30, 1965
Lynch, Phillip W., US Army, World War II, Oct 4, 1917 - Nov 13, 1989
Lynch, William P., April 1, 1943 - June 17, 1986, father of Cheryl, Travis, Matthew, Allisa and Angela, "Men work on earth at many things, some til the soil a few are kings, but the nobelest job beneath the sun is making running water run. I was on the job both night and say and yet I worked for more than pay, because to me it was really fun, to make your running water run" Viet Nam war marker
Lynch, Patrick D., SSGT US Army, World War II, Korea, Nov 26, 1921 - Jan 1, 1980
Mary, George, "Father", July 21, 1856 - Oct 10, 1919
Mary, Caroline Mary, 1866 - 1942
Mary, Walter C., Nov 22, 1892 - Nov 11, 1960; Hazel Wenzel, Apr 7, 1894 - May 15, 1983
Mary, George, "Father", 1889 - 1963, World War I marker; Maurie A., "Mother", 1894 - 1948
Mary, Charley J., Oct 12, 1887 - Feb 3, 1950
Mary, Lulu C., June 16, 1890 - July 30, 1978
Mayo, Frank S., Sept 21, 1861 - Feb 4, 1931
Mayo, Rosa, Apr 16, 1871 - May 5, 1958
Mayo, Maude, "Daughter", Aug 5, 1901 - Nov 8, 1918
McDermott, Charles E., "Father", June 7, 1874 - May 7, 1939
McDermott, Alice A., "Mother", Febr 16, 1877 - May 9, 1950
McDermott, John O., May 15, 1909 - Mar 4, 1961
McDonnell, Fred C., July 7, 1889 - Jan 2, 1950, Nebraska Pvt 74 Spruce SQ, World War I
McGuigan, children of John and Mary McGuigan, "Eternal Rest give to them, O Lord, And let perpetual light shine on them" William A., born Dec 9, 1898 - died Feb 21, 1899; James M., born Dec 29, 1897 - died Feb 20, 1899; John, born June 10, 1884 - died Feb 18, 1899
McGuigan, baby
McGuigan, Walter F., Nebraska, PVT 4 Infantry, World War I, April 26, 1894 - April 16, 1972; Florence L., July 30, 1900 - Dec 22, 1977, "The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want"
McGuigan, Maryom, "Mother", Apr 19, 1862 - May 24, 1942
McGuigan, John, 1861 - 1937
McNamara, John, 1845 - 1919
McNamara, Anna, 1852 - 1922
McNamara, John, 1876 - 1938
McNulty, Peter, born Jan 28, 1869 - died Dec 27, 1905, aged 36 yrs 10 mos 29 ds
McNulty, Mary A., died July 27, 1909, Aged 63 yrs 8 mos 11 ds; Daniel, died Jan 15, 1917, Aged 77 ys 6 ms 16 d
McNulty, Nellie, 1886 - 1930
McNulty, John, 1883 - 1918
McNulty, Edd, Sept 2, 1885 - Dec 23, 1958
McNulty, Irene, May 20, 1903 - Aug 6, 1960
Montgomery, Thomas W., "Father", 1879 - 1957; Anna M., "Mother", 1882 - 1962, "My Jesus mercy"
Morgan, Edward V., 1867 - 1956
Newhouse, Joseph Clark, 1903 - 1940, "At Rest"
Newhouse, Harry H., 1862 - 1939; Anna T., 1870 - 1944
Noon, James Devine, 1917 - 1991, World War II marker; Noon, Anna Devine, 1884 - 1976
Ogorsolka, Leo J., Feb 8, 1914 - Dec 9, 1994
Prorok, John J., 1878 - 1945; Victoria A., 1893 - 1979
Prorok, Monica I., Mar 4, 1917 - Dec 23, 1982
Prorok, Elenora L., Dec 29, 1918 - Apr 26, 1962
Prorok, Emelia M., Mar 24, 1915 - Oct 27, 1992
Redmond, James, 1873 - 1923 (homemade cement stone)
Redmond, John, died May 24, 1903, Aged 55 ys 7 ms 24 ds; Bridget, died Apr 6, 1917, aged 66 years
Redmond, Marcella, "Daughter", John, "Son", 1906
Redmond, Anna B., "Daughter", Sept 8, 1886 - Mar 17, 1966
Redmond, Daniel K., 1884 - 1976
Reiselman, Henry, "Father", 1865 - 1917; Anna, "Mother", 1870 - 1954
Rempe, Alfred Frank, Apr 12, 1910 - Nov 3, 1965, "May he rest in peace"
Rempe, Stephen H., Nebraska Tec 5 153 Port Co TC, World War II, March 3, 1906 - Dec 11, 1952
Rempe, Peter Louis, 1869 - 1929; Mary Anne, 1881 - 1961, "Together we toiled, together we rest"
Rempe, Leo Joseph, Apr 25, 1904 - Aug 29, 1972, "May he rest in peace"
Rempe, Eleanor A., June 3, 1913 - Jan 3, 1996, daughter of Pete & Mary
Rempe, Joseph L., MSGT US Army, World War II, Agu 25, 1915 - Apr 29, 1978
Ridder, Raymond L., June 13, - 29, 1950
Ridder, Joyce Marie, infant daughter, Mar 13, 1954
Ridder, Barbara Jean, infant daughter, Aug 22, 1958
Ridder, Bernard H., Dec 25, 1902 - ____; Verma L., Sept 2, 1920 - Jan 4, 1971
Schmitz, Catherine L., 1893 - 1963
Schmitz, Joseph P., "Father", 1863 - 1917
Schmitz, Helena, "Mother", 1862 - 1920
Schmitz, Marie, 1903 - 1949
Schmitz, Fred J., Apr 10, 1896 - June 14, 1956
Schmitz, Frank J., "Father", Oct 1, 1899 - July 15, 1966; Irene E., "Mother", Jan 29, 1905 - Mar 15, 1992
Schneider, Jimmie, died Feb 14, 1899, Aged 11 yrs 8 m; Robbie, died May 11, 1900, Aged 15 yrs 7 ms 21 ds; Sarah, wife of Ernst, died Oct 3, 1901, Aged 34 ys 10 ms 12 days, "Farewell dear but not forever, we shall meet to part no more"
Shea, Caroline G., Aug 29, 1900 - Aug 3, 1969; Francis F., Nov 7, 1898 - July 16, 1991
Shea, Richard J., 1868 - 1921
Shea, Julia A., 1868 - 1945
Shea, Richard D., Oct 24, 1930 - June 2, 1989, Korean War marker; Muriel R., Dec 20, 1932 - ____, parents of Susan E., Judy A., F. Doyle
Shea, Earl J., Dec 11, 1892 - Jan 1, 1972; Fannie J., Dec 28, 1896 - June 28, 1981
Snyder, Charles L., Oct 5, 1913 - Nov 28, 1980, World War II marker; Helen L., Febr 5, 1917 - June 20, 1968
Tierney, Patrick E., "Son", Oct 11, 1942 - Dec 23, 1957
Tierney, Anne Cusick, "Mother", 1877 - 1948
Tierney, Ann Tulley, "Mother", 1845 - 1915
Tierney, Phill, "Father", 1867 - 1926
Tierney, Philip M., "Father", Aug 8, 1915 - Sept 2, 1983; Mary Alyce, "Mother", Mar 29, 1915 - ____
Tierney, Laurence, "Father", 1871 - 1927
Vollenweider, Marie A., "Mom", Feb 10, 1918 - Jan 29, 1984
Vollenweider, Vivian Ann, "Daughter", Aug 3, 1944 - Sept 26, 1966
Wackerla, Emmett E., "Father", 1897 - 1951, American Legion emblem
Wackerla, Frances V., "Mother", 1898 - 1986
Wackerla, George E., Mar 30, 1923 - June 4, 1983, World War II marker; Carol D., Oct 19, 1928 - ____, married May 11, 1949
Wehry, Frank J., 1901 - 1929
Wellman, Nicholas, Jan 3, 1879 - Sept 17, 1960; Isabelle, Aug 31, 1883 - Nov 21, 1968
Wellman, John G., Dec 20, 1910 - Oct 9, 1986; Clara, May 14, 1914 - July 7, 1985
Wellman, Henry A., Aug 31, 1903 - Feb 22, 1983
Wellman, Verna B., Dec 29, 1912 - Jan 10, 1978
Whalen, Ellen, died Jan 14, 1905, Aged 52 years
Wilcox, Lloyd, 1889 - 1939
Wilcox, William W., "Father", Oct 9, 1865 - Aug 22, 1912; Dorothy, "Mother", Mar 17, 1866 - Jan 12, 1944, "Rest in peace"
Wilcox, Harold W., Sept 10, 1914 - May 2, 1973; Margaret E., July 29, 1916 - ____, married Dec 29, 1936, "Peace, the gift of God's love"
Wilcox, Iva T., 1888 - 1986
Willis, Harold "Tony" J., May 24, 1909 - June 3, 1996; Margaret F., Aug 1, 1915 - ____, married Apr 10, 1939, parents of Joan, H. Junior, Burton
Wolfe, Kathryn "Kathy" L., June 15, 1979 - Apr 2, 1992, daughter of Greg & Deanna Wolfe
Wootton, Delores M. (Schmitz), Dec 25, 1936 - Jan 14, 1997