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Burdick Cemetery Ruchford Township Generously Contributed and walked by Janet Eiler September 12, 2002 |
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Cemetery read East to West with the rows read South to North Entrance Sign: Burdick Cemetery - In Memory of Otto Schlagel and his wife Gertrude Nee Schroeder Row 1 Dixon, J.T. Co D, 32nd WIS INF Dickson, _______ (broken) died Nov 13, 1864 aged 21 Years, 1 Mo, 17 D�s Member of Co D, 32 WIS VOL (Gar Marker 1861 - 1865) Footstone with G.W.F. Row 2 Vacant Row 3 Bailey, R.B. Co F, 18 WIS INF Bailey, Eli (no dates) Row 4 Lauterbach, Donald J. Mar 5, 1943 - ND Lauterbach, Sharon R. Aug 17, 1947 - May 22, 2002 Gray, Bernice Mar 29, 1917 - May 16, 1995 Rogers-Owens, Phyllis B. 1938 - 1994 Rogers-Owens, Bernice M. 1924 - 1978 Row 5 Douglass Monument Marker Douglass, Sarah M. died May 1, 1855 ae 12 Y�s, 9 M�s Douglass, Pitzer died Dec 18, 1852 ae 4 Y�s, 11 M�s (children of B. & H.M. Douglass) Douglass, Harvey M. died at Ironton, MO Jan 3, 1863 ae 31 Y�s, 9 M�s Co B, 1st WIS CAV (GAR Marker - is now missing) Douglass, Harriet M. died Aug 11, 1865 ae 45 Y�rs (wife of B. Douglass) Allen Monument Marker Allen, Wm died July 30, 1895 aged 69 Y�rs, 8 M�s Allen, Wm 3rd WIS BATT�Y (GAR Marker - is now missing) Allen, Margaret 1831 - 1919 (mother) Allen, Lora A. died Oct 23, 1878 aged 2 Y�s, 3 M�s (daughter of Wm & M.J. Allen) Kirk, Helen D. Apr 20, 1918 - Sept 17, 1994 Kirk, Eldor L. Sept 18, 1925 - ND Sternberg, Doris E. 1932 - 2002 Sternberg, Myron E. 1931 - 1994 Folske, Reuben G. Sept 13, 1915 - Feb 26, 1997 Folske, Florence M. Mar 20, 1919 - ND Downey, Agnes S. Apr 15, 1893 - Mar 12, 1982 (mom) Downey, John Kenneth Nov 3, 1890 - Sept 10, 1967 Wisconsin, PVT, 354 Machine Gun Co, World War I (US War Veteran Marker) Row 6 Foster, George W. died Oct 16, 1860 ae 21 Y�s, 4 M�s, 22 D�s (son of W & A. Foster) Foster, Nellie R. died May 22, 1860 ae 2 Y�s, 23 D�s (daut of W & A. Foster) Foster, Nancy born Mar 21, 1794 died Sept 25, 1871 Schermerhorn Monument Marker Schermerhorn, Hannah S. born Dec 9, 1825 died May 18, 1892 Schermerhorn, Daniel O. born July 8, 1825 died Mar 24, 1890 Footstone with Mother (Schermerhorn) Footstone with D.O.S. (Daniel Schermerhorn) Schermerhorn, Charles A. died Dec 16, 1873 ae ? Y�s, 6 M�s, 27 D�s (son of D.O. & H.S. Schermerhorn) Covey, Lucius died Jan 22, 1871 aged 67 Y�rs, 3 M�s, 12 D�s Covey, Harriet died July 31, 1887 aged 74 Y�rs, 29 D�s Covey Monument Marker Covey, Henry W. 1831 - 1903 Covey, Frank H. died ?, 22/27, 1876? (illegible) aged (illegible) (son of H.W. & S.A. Covey) Footstone with F.H.C. (Frank H. Covey) Covey, Lynn Jan 30, 1904 - Apr 8, 1915 Downey, Burdette C. Feb 3, 1903 - June 17, 1913 Downey, Elsie M. Oct 3, 1894 - Oct 1, 1914 Downey, Anna E. Aug 20, 1881 - May 8, 1917 Downey, Ellen 1862 - 1919 (mother) Downey, John 1847 - 1931 (father) Downey, Wm Leo 1885 - 1937 Geiser, Allie 1883 - 1945 Downey, Derwood 1901 - 19ND Downey, Frank 1884 - 19ND Row 7 Fuller, Maria P. died Aug 29, 1865 ae 26 Years (wife of E.H. Fuller) Burdick Monument Marker Burdick, R.W. 1847 - 1912 Burdick, Adella A. 1846 - 1874 Carley, Willie J. 1856 - 1866 Burdick Monument Marker Burdick, Susan died Jan 16, 1882 aged 62 Y�rs, 1 Mo, 16 D�s (wife of Wm W. Burdick) Burdick, Theodore died June 1863 aged 19 Years (son of Wm W. & S. Burdick) Burdick, Wm W. born Dec 28, 1809 died Jan 18, 1893 (GAR Marker is now missing) Worden, Archie 1844 - 1884 (IOOF emblem) Worden, Louis E. died Feb 22, 1868 ae 1 Yr, 6 M�s (son of A & L.E. Worden) ______, ______ (badly decayed and pitted stone - still standing) Naramore, Arvilla died Apr 20, 1879 aged 82 Y�s, 8 M�s, 10 D�s (mother) Naramore, William H. died July 15, 1892 aged 87 Y�s, 9 M�s, 15 D�s (father) King, Harvey A. Oct 14, 1916 - Dec 29, 2001 S1, US Navy, World War II (WWII Marker) King, Dolores L. 1917 - 1987 (married Sept 6, 1930) Cottrell, Edgar A. died Sept 5, 1874 aged 19 Y�s, 2 M�s, 17 D�s (son of J.S. & M. Cottrell) Cottrell, Willett (illegible) Cottrell, Paul (illegible) (children of G.G. & L.A. Cottrell) Zink, William J. July 20, 1903 - Apr 10, 1981 Zink, Elaine M. May 9, 1904 - July 14, 1997 Row 8 Tetzke, Theodore M. 1868 - 1946 Tetzke, Ida A. 1875 - 1965 Kirk, Henry 1899 - 1988 Kirk, Viola 1898 - 1993 Kirk, Louise W. 1896 - 1967 (mother) Kirk, William 1894 - 1954 (father) Kirk, Louise E. 1886 - 1946 (mother) Kirk, Carl Jr 1891 - 1967 (father) Kirk, Arnold Apr 14, 1923 - June 19, 2000 Kirk, Frances July 16, 1928 - ND (married Jan 2, 1947) Nitzke, Minnie 1886 - 1940 (mother) Nitzke, Frank 1885 - 1944 (father) Lind, Florence L. July 19, 1907 - Jan 25, 1970 Lind, Norman E. May 12, 1910 - Dec 23, 1964 Gress, Herman L. 1888 - 1955 Gress, Erma M. 1889 - 1983 Schroeder, George A. 1898 - 1973 Schroeder, Marjorie E. 1912 - 1981 Marschke, August Mar 23, 1874 - Jan 23, 1963 (father) Marschke, Maria Mar 12, 1877 - Oct 15, 1953 (mother) Klick, Ferdinand 1850 - 1922 (father) Klick, Fredriecke 1846 - 1923 (mother) Marschke, August Dec 2, 1900 - July 30, 1990 (father) Marschke, Bonnie July 17, 1909 - Sept 5, 1976 (mother) (married June 11, 1930) Ziepke, Alfred A. 1902 - 1965 Ziepke, Frieda E. 1902 - 1975 Thomas, Arthur W. 1906 - 1966 (father) Thomas, Katherine A. 1913 - 2001 (mother) Pollex, Enid R. 1915 - 1995 Pollex, Otto R. 1907 - 1968 Klick, Shirley M. 1938 - ND Klick, Dorothy M. 1913 - 1992 Lehman, Arthur C. 1898 - 1979 Lehman, Grace E. 1908 - ND Buhrow, Rev. Harvey F. 1913 - 1978 Cahoon, Joshua Dennis Mar 9, 1978 - Dec 30, 1997 (son, brother, friend) Row 9 Webster, Betsy Apr 28, 1822 - March 14, 1876 (mother) Webster, Joseph H. died April 20, 1859 ae 1 Y�r, 20 D�s Webster, Phebe A. died April 8, 1868 ae 2 days (children of J & B. Webster) Kirk, _____ 1922 Kirk, _____ 1927 (infant dau�s of H & V. Kirk) Kirk, Carl Andrew 1966 (infant son of A.R.K. & F.A.K.) Kirk, Amelia 1863 - 1936 (mother) Kirk, Carl Sr 1863 - 1936 (father) Kirk Monument Marker Kirk, Ernestine 1863 - 1900 (mother) Kirk, Minnie 1896 - 1900 (dau of C & E. Kirk) Kirk, Anna 1889 - 1905 (dau of C & E. Kirk) Hempel, John H. Sept 3, 1822 - Nov 14, 1907 (father) Schroeder, Otto F. Sept 20, 1850 - Feb 22, 1942 (father) Schroeder, Rosalia (nee Hempel) Oct 19, 1863 - Apr 22, 1946 (mother) Schroeder, Carl H. Sept 10, 1896 - Jan 6, 1966 Schroeder, Martha A. June 13, 1900 - Nov 9, 1980 Derpinghaus, Lloyd A. Sr June 15, 1921 - Apr 6, 1994 Tec 4, US Army, World War II (WWII Marker) Derpinghaus, Genevieve Nov 11, 1921 - Aug 1, 1999 Schmude, Elsa B. 1894 - 1984 Schlagel, Gail M. 1919 - 1979 (WWII Marker) Klick, Adeline (Mrs) 1877 - 1940 (mother) Klick, Edward 1874 - 1962 (father) Klick, Ervin M. 1915 - 1957 Mulder, Michael R. Mar 25 - Apr 10, 1957 Hintz, Jeffery Allen Jan 6, 1968 - Jan 6, 1968 (son) Hintz, Shelly Ann Jan 6, 1968 - Jan 8, 1968 (daughter) Buhrow, Oscar 1916 - ND Buhrow, Sylvia 1921 - ND Peterson, Richard E. 1905 - 1982 Peterson, Amy M. 1910 - ND Sternitske, Harold C. Feb 26, 1904 - Nov 5, 1989 Sternitske, Benjamin G. Aug 7, 1914 - ND Row 10 Marsh, Agnes F. 1891 - 1974 Marsh, Frank E. 1884 - 1958 Smerling, Albertina born June 18, 1848 died Dec 25, 1894 (wife of Chas. Smerling) Smerling, Charles 1847 - 1908 (father) Smerling Monument Marker Footstone with A.S. (Albertina Smerling) Smerling, Leo Edward 1909 - 1911 (son) Smerling, Russel Paul 1910 - 1928 (son) Smerling, Martha 1885 - 1935 (mother) Smerling, Edward 1886 - 1934 (father) Heise, Walter Nov 27, 1908 - Jan 22, 1909 (son of C & B. Heise) Heise, Leona Aug 24, 1921 - Aug 24, 1921 (dau of M & N. Heise) Heise, Bertha A. 1876 - 1963 (mother) Heise, Carl R. 1873 - 1955 (father) Strieck, Johanna Jan 27, 1859 - Nov 29, 1946 (mother) Albright, Virginia G. June 26, 1921 - Oct 13, 1950 (daughter) Albright, Vern 1895 - 1958 (father) Albright, Anna 1898 - 1990 (mother) Malschetske, Emma C. 1882 - 1960 Malschetske, Gust O. 1875 - 1942 Lind, Eugene E. June 28, 1929 - Oct 2, 1986 LT, US Navy, Korea, Vietnam (Korean War Marker) Lind, Betty F. 1931 - 2000 Schlagel Monument Marker Schlagel, Otto 1886 - 1976 Schlagel, Gertrude 1892 - 1974 Schlagel, Betty Jane 1928 - 1963 Albright, Elmer 1910 - 1957 Albright, Coral "Edith" 1905 - 1957 Derpinghaus, Edward 1896 - 1976 Derpinghaus, Mata 1898 - 1985 Schlagel, Michael "Wally" 1961 - 1984 (son) Schlagel, Wallace O. May 22, 1917 - Jun 8, 1995 US Army, World War II (2 WWII Markers?) Fude, Robert 1935 - ND Fude, Virginia 1939 - ND Klepp, John May 9, 1914 - Sept 4, 1983 Klepp, Marjorie J. Feb 27, 1928 - ND Piotter, Dorothy M. 1929 - ND Piotter, Roger W. 1924 - 1996 Row 11 Peck, Molly Mar 1888 - Apr 1941 Peck, Carson Aug 1888 - Dec 1979 Kasischke, Minnie geb 26 Mar 1828 gest 10 Oct 1901 (mutter) Kasischke, Fred H. Sr geb 30 May 1853 gest 11 Mar 1931 (sohn) Kasischke, Fred E. Jr 5 Sept 1889 - 1 Oct 1904 Smerling, Ardiss J. 1933 - 1998 Smerling, Merle J. 1931 - ND Manthie, Myrtle Alice Nov 23, 1909 - Sept 26, 1910 Manthie, Alta May Mar 22, 1922 - Feb 22, 1923 Manthie, John Irvin Jan 10, 1913 - Apr 11, 1960 Manthie, Otto Frederick Feb 18, 1886 - Dec 15, 1962 Allen Monument Marker Allen, Allie 1867 - 1941 (mother) Allen, Frank 1855 - 1923 (father) Allen, Rina May 1887 Allen, Frank A. Mar 27, 1906 - June 5, 1993 Allen, Rhea M. Mar 7, 1918 - July 23, 1993 Allen, Edward "Don" May 1, 1900 - Aug 10, 1984 Allen, Grace Nov 29, 1913 - Aug 6, 1964 Allen, Earl M. Feb 23, 1896 - June 8, 1977 Smerling, Henry W. Mar 13, 1918 - Jul 2, 1976 Smerling, Helena Mar 10, 1923 - May 15, 1989 Peck, James H. June 26, 1922 - Nov 30, 1980 Heise, Ernest C. 1902 - 1983 Heise, Lillie M. 1908 - 1997 Smerling, Chester E. 1914 - 1987 Smerling, Ivah M. 1913 - 1997 Row 12 Smerling, Robert April 4, 1918 - Aug 21, 1987 Smerling, Rosalind Jan 27, 1928 - ND Smerling, David R. March 29, 1956 - April 14, 1980 (son) Smerling, Timothy C. Oct 13, 1957 - May 2, 2002 (son) Smerling, Minnie M. Mar 20, 1890 - Jan 18, 1961 (mother) Smerling, Charles F. July 24, 1889 - Dec 14, 1951 (father) Smerling, ______ born & died Apr 18, 1928 (twins of C & M. Smerling) Weber, Arthur J. 1886 - 1960 (husband) Weber, Louise M. Krause 1890 - 1977 (mother) Krause, Charles H. 1883 - 1939 (father) Smerling, Minnie Manthie May 6, 1856 - Dec 31, 1928 (mother) Manthie, John geb 6 Juni 1884 gest 5 Dez 1915 Manthie, Marie 1882 - 1935 Lehman, Ida June 4, 1860 - Aug 16, 1917 (mother) Lehman, Theodor Oct 19, 1850 - Oct 16, 1937 (father) Lehman Monument Marker Lehman, Theodor Oct 19, 1850 - Oct 16, 1937 Lehman, Ida June 4, 1860 - Aug 16, 1917 Lehman, William R. Mar 3, 1887 - Dec 18, 1970 (father) Lehman, Emma M. Dec 3, 1888 - May 15, 1968 (mother) Bloede, Clarence T. 1912 - ND Bloede, Onieda B. 1914 - 1991 (married Sept 25, 1937) Deppe, Marie L. 1893 - 1963 (mother) Deppe, Henry H. 1882 - 1968 (father) Deppe, Martha J. 1915 - 2002 Deppe, Herman E. 1917 - 1988 King, Jeffery D. July 1 - 2, 1974 (son of F.H. & C.L. King) Smerling, Charles Lewis (wooden cross - no dates) Hildebrand, Carol May 27, 1941 - ND Hildebrand, Lyall "Tom" Mar 30, 1937 - Nov 28, 1991 (married Sept 21, 1957) (our children: Julie, Tammy, Lyalla) Albright, Eugene V. 1917 - 1982 Albright, Marcile I. 1921 - ND
