updated 01/10/2021


DORCHESTER METHODIST CEMETERY
St. John's Methodist cemetery
Waterloo Township, Allamakee county Iowa


Dorchester Methodist - aka St. John's Methodist cemetery - photo by Errin Wilker August 2012

The Dorchester Methodist cemetery, aka St. John's Methodist cemetery, Waterloo twp. Section 23, is 1 mile west of Dorchester, on the north side of Dorchester Drive (A-16). The church is maintained by St. John's United Methodist Church, Dorchester, Iowa.


Dorchester Methodist - aka St. John's Methodist cemetery - photo by Errin Wilker August 2012


Notes:

1) Photos of gravestones in Dorchester Methodist cemetery have been submitted to the Iowa Gravestone Photo Project. There also may be photos of gravestones marking burials after the Woodmansee book was published in 1989. To view the photos, click here. (a new window will open).

2) Woodmansee Notes have been submitted for this cemetery. A red Research Alert! next to the entry indicates there is a note for that person. Click here to read them, a new window will open.

Burials recorded by Woodmansee as of Dec. 31, 1988:

page 10
Name                                         Born              Died       Remarks

Backhaus, Fredrick Henry                 1902 Jan 19       1950 Jun 25    FM DR
Bockhaus, Frieda D                       1878 Dec 11       1946 Oct 28    FM DR
Bockhaus, Milton A                       1906 Oct 16       1961 Jun 26    FM DR
Bockhous, Dorothea                              1820       1906 Aug 19    FM
Bockhous, Ervin W                        1914 Dec 14       1962 Feb 16    FM GR WWII Vet DR
Bockhous, Fred J                         1857 Oct 12       1925 Jan 15    FM
Bockhous, Henry                                  1818      1875 Aug 09    FM
Bros, ?                                          1916              1916   Infant son of 
								         M & R Bros
Bros, Marta                                      1888              1919   Mrs. R Bros Research Alert!
Buckendahl, Dora                         1835 Oct 16       1894 Mar 16
Buckendahl, William A                    1831 Jan 03               1894   3-Apr
Burroughs, Emma Johanna                  1885 Feb 21       1950 Jul 19    FM DR
Burroughs, Ephriam                       1879 Jun 08       1961 Feb 01    FM DR
Canna, Charles                                     ?                 ?
Canna, Edward                            1857 Dec 27       1863 Jul 24
Canna, Franklin                                    ?       1870 Dec 15
Canna, Maria W                                     ?               1869
Coelsch, ?                               1888 Sep 23       1888 Nov 09
Dehning, Katrina                         1837 Dec 15       1885 Nov 27
Dehning, Peter                           1836 May 12       1924 Feb 28
Goodno, Arthur C                                 1904              1969
Goodno, Clara D                                  1908              1973
Haines, Elbridge                                   ?       1869 Dec 07    NM
Howes, Francis A                         1908 Jun 03       1983 Apr 15    FM DR
Howes, Gary Lee                          1951 Jul 07       1971 Jul 02    FM
Howes, Violet A                                  1914                ?
Jahn, Gottlieb                           1882 Apr 04       1928 Jan 16    DR  Research Alert!
Jermeier?, Henry                         0902 Oct 19       1930 Dec 02    DR  Research Alert!
John, Maude                              1884 Jul 10       1908 Jan 07	Research Alert!
Kumpf, Alton                                     1914              1983
Kumpf, Bessie B Smith                    1904 Mar 04       1988 Mar 25    FM DR Mrs. Floyd
Kumpf, Edna C                                    1915                ?
Kumpf, Floyd W                           1903 Apr 09       1963 Dec 31    DR
Kumpf, Josephine                                 1915                ?
Kumpf, Norval Merle                      1932 Sep 03       1967 May 06    GR Vet? DR
Kumpf, Walter G                                  1911                ?
Kumpf, Anna                              1874 Jan 02       1909 Jul 28
Kumpf, Caroline                                  1875              1951
Kumpf, Dorothea                          1885 Dec 03       1907 Jan 16
Kumpf, Edna                              1917 Jan 21       1917 Feb 09
Kumpf, Frederick                         1877 Oct 08       1926 Jan 26
Kumpf, Frederick                         1871 May 07       1951 Feb 01    FM
Kumpf, George                                    1949              1949
Kumpf, George J                                  1862              1923
Kumpf, Jacob                             1864 Jul 18       1935 Mar 08    DR
Kumpf, Jacob                             1828 Mar 07       1873 Feb 07    Obit
Kumpf, Louisa                                    1883              1942
Kumpf, Lydia                             1885 Oct 17       1961 May 04    FM
Kumpf, Mary                                      1832      1869 May 10
Kumpf, Nettie C                          1910 Aug 20       1910 Sep 19


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Name                                            Born              Died    Remarks

Kumpf, Roy J                                     1913              1972
Kumpf, William                           1860 Feb 28       1947 Jun 26    FM DR
Kuppinger, August William                1869 Jan 13       1869 Apr 14
Leppert, James Harrison                  1889 May 07       1967 May 23    FM DR
Leppert, Selma Willimeda                 1895 Feb 20       1951 Jul 14    FM DR
Linde, Harry                                     1892              1969
Linde, Louis                                     1884              1922
Linde, Olga Nathalia                     1893 Mar 15       1985 Oct 30    Obit BR
Linde, Walter G                                  1886              1975
Linde, Walter Leland                     1914 Jun 05       1929 Apr 05    DR
Luehr, Caroline                                  1862      1894 Jun 04
Luehr, Fred J                            1856 Oct 14       1916 Apr 18
Luehr, John                                      1853              1924
Luehr, John                              1818 Mar 09       1885 Nov 01
Luehr, Katrine                           1825 Feb 06       1890 Apr 28
Luehr, Otto B                            1890 Oct 28       1908 Jun 07
Lundering, Birger "William"              1906 Jun 22       1988 May 29    FM DR
Lundering, Erling                        1910 Jul 04       1985 May 27    FM B Norway DR
Lundering, Julia P                       1911 Mar 03       1985 Apr 26    FM Shefelbine DR
Lundering, Leland J                      1923 Mar 16       1973 Sep 09    FM	Research Alert!
Martin, chester William                  1921 Apr 17       1977 Feb 13    FM GR WWII Vet DR
Martin, Sheryl Faye                      1946 Jul 13       1966 Sep 02    FM
Meyer, Henry August                      1870 Jan 26       1948 May 08    FM DR
Meyer, Matie L                           1884 Oct 07       1957 Apr 14    FM DR
Mohwinkle, Henry C                       1882 Jul 19       1935 Feb 20    DR
Murphy, Robert John                                ?       1976 Apr 07
Peacock, Edmund                                  1832      1899 Feb --    Co B IA 27 Inf L 5
Peter, Samuel                                      ?               1857   Ch of Michael & 
								          Mary Ann
Peter, Sarah E                                     ?       1857 Aug 20
Pieper, John                                       ?                 ?    GR CW Vet L 5
Reinbold, ?                                        ?               1870   Grandma		Research Alert!
Reinbold, ?                                        ?               1877			 Research Alert!
Reinbold, Cora E.L.                      1881 Oct 16       1978 Jan 02    FM DR
Reinbold, Lyal? G                                  ?               1887
Reinbold, Marie E                                  ?               1867
Reinhold, George                                 1851              1925			Research Alert!
Reinhold, Harry Cleveland                1884 Sep 21       1963 Feb 27    FM Reinbold		Research Alert!
Reinhold, Mary                           1852 Nov 18       1936 Oct 18    FM			Research Alert!
Reinhold, Thomas Klingen                 1879 Oct 21       1939 Jan 08    FM Reinbold?	   Research Alert!
Robinson, ?                                        ?               1872   NM Mrs.
Rosengrant, Bert                         1872 Dec 19       1951 Mar 21    FM DR
Rosengrant, Bertha                       1874 Aug 04       1959 Jan 18    FM DR
Schefelbine, Gades                               1916              1984
Schefelbine, John                                1827      1895 Sep 06
Schefelbine, Pauline                     1841 Aug 15       1896 Aug 09
Schmidt, ?                                         ?               1857   Grandma
Schoonaker, Else                         1884 Nov 10       1888 Aug 10
Schroder, George                         1904 Jul 14       1926 Feb 23    DR
Schroder, Henry                          1901 Oct 14       1927 May 23    DR
Schroder, John H                                 1861              1929


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Name                                            Born              Died    Remarks

Schroder, Katherine                      1859 Feb 08       1930 Jul 22    DR Kate
Schroder, William                                1891              1921
Schultz, Emma W                          1891 Sep 22       1910 Sep 19
Schultz, Fred R                          1882 Apr 30       1944 Jun 08    FM DR
Schultz, Henry William                   1879 Feb 06       1953 Oct 19    FM DR
Schultz, Mary A                          1842 Aug 12       1906 Spr 26
Schultz, Mary Evelyn                     1893 Jan 29       1959 Jun 08    FM DR
Schultz, William                         1817 Jul 29       1907 Mar 14    Co C WI 16 Inf L 29
Shefelbine, Albert G                             1877              1950
Shefelbine, Alfred Clarence              1914 Jul 14       1974 May 27    FM
Shefelbine, Alma Iola Droivo             1914 Oct 16       1987 Mar 04    Obit Roble
Shefelbine, Clara Gustavia               1886 Mar 97       1961 Aug 29    FM
Shefelbine, Eliza Almira                 1877 Dec 21       1957 Jul 08    FM DR
Shefelbine, Frances                              1873              1924
Shefelbine, Gades Roy                    1916 Jul 23       1984 Nov 02    DR BR
Shefelbine, George J                     1904 Sep 11       1977 May 08    FM DR
Shefelbine, James Selmer                 1909 Apr 17       1972 Apr 20    FM DR
Shefelbine, John Henry                   1873 Dec 25       1956 Nov 09    FM DR
Shefelbine, Mary                                 1912                ?
Shefelbine, Milton Floyd                 1903 Feb 05       1924 Oct 07    FM DR
Shefelbine, Vienna I                     1905 Aug 18       1987 Dec 26    Obit FM Wiitala DR
Shefelbine, William                              1870              1952
Shefelbine, William Jr                           1905              1966
Sheriff, ?                                         ?       1905 Dec 20    NM Mrs. Charles
Sheriff, Charles                                   ?                 ?    NM
Speker, Gustave                                  1865              1937
Speker, Mary                             1868 Jan 13       1912 Oct 13
Spores, Anna M                                   1913                ?
Spores, Harold P                                 1904                ?
Spores, James W Jr                       1908 Jun 23       1984 Feb 05    FM DR
Spores, James W Sr                       1875 Jan 02       1976 Jun 24    FM DR
Spores, Martha Anna                      1884 May 17       1947 Oct 23    FM DR
Steinbach, George                        1895 Feb 12       1910 May 09
Steinback, Elizabeth                     1822 Nov 17       1896 Jul 03    B. Malsfield, 
								          Germany
Steinback, George                        1895 Feb 12       1910 May 09
Steinback, Henry J                       1819 Dec 26       1901 Feb 06    NI
Steinback, Katharina                     1854 Oct 04       1869 Mar 25
Twite, Andrew Clarence                   1896 Feb 12       1961 Nov 10    FM DR WWI Vet
Twite, Anna                              1902 Aug 22       1968 Jan 13    FM DR
Twite, Herbert Lavern                    1928 Apr 07       1947 May 16    FM DR
Vaughan, ?                                       1821      1892 Jun 12    NM Mr.
Vaughan, ?                                         ?                 ?    NM Dau
Vaughan, ?                                         ?                 ?    NM Son
Vaughan, Susanna Smice                   1831 Jan 14       1906 Feb 12    NM DR
Vaughn, Alfred                           1868 Apr 08       1961 Nov 09    FH DR
Vaughn, Edward                           1861 Feb 07       1942 Jun 26    FM
Vaughn, Ella                             1871 May 28       1934 Aug 01    FM DR
Wenig, Anne                              1837 Apr 28       1885 Aug 08    Obit
Wenig, Barbara                           1844 Mar 31       1913 Mar 04
Wenig, Edwin H                                   1906                ?


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Name                                            Born              Died    Remarks

Wenig, Franklin George                   1906 Aug 17       1985 Nov 18    Obit DR BR
Wenig, Frederick                         1820 Sep 09       1887 Jan 16
Wenig, George                            1835 Mar 02       1919 Oct 04
Wenig, George F                          1875 Jul 06       1939 Jun 21    FM
Wenig, Grace M                                   1912                ?
Wenig, Henry Z                                   1834              1937
Wenig, Leona Bulman                      1904 Oct 01       1968 Jan 01    DR
Wenig, Louisa Anna                       1858 May 08       1946 Jan 16    FM DR
Wenig, Minner C                                  1875              1950
Wenig, Robert L                                  1948              1948
Wenig, Truman O                          1899 Nov 28       1963 Jan 05    DR                                       

 

-source: ALLAMAKEE COUNTY IOWA BURIAL GROUNDS, 1845-1988, by Dale P. Woodmansee, Waukon, Iowa; Copyright© 1989 Dale Woodmansee

-Transcribed by Roxanne Barth. Electronically reproduced with permission of Eleen Woodmansee granted to Roxanne Barth (former IAGenWeb Allamakee and Clayton County Coordinator), 1999.

Dale Woodmansee performed a wonderful service in surveying all the tombstones in the cemeteries in Allamakee county and publishing the data; but with any undertaking of this magnitude, there likely are errors, conflicting information or descrepancies. User-contributed information has been added on the Woodmansee Notes pages.

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