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Clayton Cemetery Clayton Twp., Section 2 NE/NW Photograph by Reid R. Johnson, July 2015 J-Y
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Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
Jacobs, Freeman | 1863 | 1945 | h/o Paulina |
Jacobs, George Raymond | 01/09/1922 | 02/12/1922 | s/o Freeman & Paulina |
Jacobs, Mary Jane | infant d/o Freeman & Paulina | ||
Jacobs, Paulina nee Pesch / Poesch | 01/23/1882 | 04/28/1929 | d/o Henry & Clara (Millinghausen); w/o Freeman |
Jerome, Eliza M. nee Enslow | 11/04/1826 | 05/16/1912 | w/o James G. |
Jerome, James G. | 08/20/1819 | 03/14/1869 | h/o Eliza M. |
Johnson, Donald H. 'Shorty' | 06/08/1925 | 03/30/1994 | h/o Catherine Jungling; s/o Byron & Hazel (Judd); U.S. Army, WWII |
Johnson, Johana | |||
Johnson, Ole | |||
Jones, Clara nee Bell | 02/25/1879 | 06/19/1959 | w/o George (d. 01/01/1959); she died in New Mexico |
Jones, Dean Olis | 03/01/1915 | 10/06/1971 | h/o Erma; s/o Clarence & Coye (Wise) |
Jones, Erma B. nee Vanderpoolen | 1918 | 2003 | w/o Dean |
Jones, Mabel | |||
Jones, Willis N. 'Willie' | 11/11/1903 | aged 72y | |
Jorgenson, Charles | 07/10/1908 | age 18y; drowned, identity unkn. when buried in Clayton cem. then ID'ed by mother after exhumation; reburied with "the expectation of removing it to Chicago as soon as circumstances would permit it." | |
Keeler, John | 08/29/1889 | 61y 8m | |
Keen, Adam | 1821 | 04/07/1882 | h/o Catherine |
Keen, Hattie | |||
Keen, Catherine | 01/01/1821 | 01/04/1896 | w/o Adam |
Keen, Lydia | 1822 | 1857 | |
Keller, Irving Robert | 11/22/1908 | 08/02/1992 | U.S. Army, WWII |
Keller, Mary nee Smull | 05/01/1896 | 01/31/1992 | Army Nurse Corps, WWI |
King, Henry | 1942 | ||
King, Sarah | |||
Kitto, daughter | 11/??/1925 | d/o Joe | |
Knight, Libbie nee Adams | 09/03/1880 | 09/03/1922 | w/o John J.; d. in Neenah, WI |
Kochans, Wilhelmina | |||
Koehn, infant | 09/??/1897 | infant o/Fred; Note! Obit not clear to burial place, please confirm | |
Koehn, Teddy Lee | 1948 | 1948 | |
Kraus, Anton | 1826 | 03/08/1897 | Smasal lot |
Kraus, Catherine | |||
Kraus, Lorenz | 1811 | 1892 | Smasal lot |
Kriebs, Caroline | |||
Kriebs, Louisa | |||
Kuehl, Barbara Sue nee Schlesselman | 01/14/1942 | 07/29/1997 | w/o Billy R.; d/o Orville & Wanda |
Kuehl, Billy Ray | 11/12/1932 | 09/25/2002 | h/o Barbara; delayed burial on 05/10/2003 following his body donation to the Deeded Body Program, U of Iowa; U.S. Navy, Korean war veteran |
Kuempel, Christian H. | 01/21/1824 | 05/03/1900 | h/o Marie |
Kuempel, Marie Eva nee Knoebel | 05/27/1821 | 09/05/1898 | w/o Christian; Note: DOD may be 9/3/1898 |
Kuhse, Gustav | 10/05/1961 | Age 77y; h/o Sarah | |
Kurdelmeier, Ella | |||
Lape, Otto | 06/04/1889 | 5y 6m 4d; s/o Charles | |
Leary, William 'Bill' | 02/22/1869 | 02/25/1918 | h/o Birdie Beetem; s/o Dennis & Anna J. (Bonner); killed when hit by a train |
Leibrant, Mary | |||
Liers, child | |||
Liers, Caroline nee Venus | 02/24/1854 | 04/17/1946 | w/o Frank H.; d/o Joseph |
Liers, Frank Henry SR | 03/04/1847 | 03/12/1926 | h/o Caroline; s/o Frank & Louise (Ehrhardt) |
Liers, Frank Henry JR | 06/05/1878 | 03/22/1967 | 2nd h/o Nora (Powers) Baker (d. 02/1948); s/o Frank & Caroline |
Liers, Josephine M. | 1875 | 1955 | d/o Frank & Caroline |
Liers, Louise M. RN | 08/14/1887 | 09/14/1983 | d/o Frank & Caroline; body donated for medical research, cremains buried Oct 1984; Red Cross nurse, WWI, served in France |
Liers, Max M. | 12/31/1881 | 03/03/1916 | s/o Frank & Caroline |
Linder, infant | |||
Lippert, Emma nee Smasal | 12/22/1868 | 07/29/1944 | w/o George; d/o W.A. |
Lippert, George | 1862 | 1927 | h/o Emma |
Lischler, infant | 10/??/1886 | infant of Paul; Note: burial here is implied in published death notice | |
Litchfield, Warnie | ?/30/1887 | ||
Lloyd / Loyd, S. | |||
Lloyd / Loyd, W. | |||
Lloyd / Loyd, John | 04/??/1900 | died in West Union | |
Lossing, Addie | 1885 | 1887 | s/o Charles & Carrie |
Lossing, Addison | see John Addison below | ||
Lossing, Carrie nee Freeman | 09/07/1860 | 04/06/1895 | w/o Charles J. |
Lossing, Carrie M. | 1882 | 02/??/1960 | d/o Charles & Carrie; died in Dubuque |
Lossing, Charles John | 01/05/1845 | 11/19/1925 | h/o Carrie; s/o John B. & Emma |
Lossing, Emma nee Teffry or Triffry | 1818 | 1860 | 1st w/o John B. |
Lossing, Henrietta 'Hetty' nee Phillipson | 10/13/1836 | 07/13/1897 | 2nd w/o John B. |
Lossing, Janet | 1889 | 1895 | d/o Charles & Carrie |
Lossing, John Addison | 1867 | 08/10/1884 | s/o John B. & Hetty |
Lossing, John Benson | 04/20/1816 | 08/15/1905 | h/o Emma & Hetty |
Lotus, H. | - | - | no dates are visible on the stone, engraved under the name is 50 or 80 yrs. |
Luers, Henry J. | 10/16/1856 | 02/10/1954 | s/o Herman, one of the founders of the Communia Colony; Henry was the last survivor of the original colony |
Luers, Louise C. nee Venus | 07/13/1856 | 08/27/1945 | w/o Henry; d/o Louis Venus, one of the original 6 colonists who established the Communia Colony |
Luers, Raymond Venus | 10/14/1894 | 06/29/1947 | U.S. Army, WWI |
Maker, Charles | |||
Maker, Frank | |||
Maker, Marie | 01/0?/1888 | w/o Christian (remarried, buried Linwood cem., Dubuque); was age 39 on 1885 census | |
May, John T. | 04/30/1942 | 06/02/2013 | |
May, Ronald George 'Pondo' | 09/05/1907 | 12/11/1997 | h/o Sylvia J. |
May, Sylvia Jane nee Sires | 01/23/1908 | 08/24/1991 | w/o Pondo |
McGill, Nellie Mae nee Petit | 03/26/1898 | 08/05/1930 | w/o Ray W.; d/o John & Myrtle; died at Univ. Hosp., Iowa City |
McGill, Raymond Wallace | 01/19/1894 | 01/14/1957 | h/o Nellie; s/o David & Caroline (Wirtzell) |
Meder, Albertina nee Gurdy or Gade | 04/30/1821 | 04/30/1877 | w/o Fred |
Meder, Frederick H. 'Fred' | 10/22/1821 | 05/07/1901 | h/o Albertina; one of the original members of the German colony at Communia |
Meier, Carl J. | 12/31/1838 | 07/21/1912 | h/o Elisabeth Wille |
Merrill, Ida M. nee Fry | 09/15/1900 | 05/??/1922 | w/o William; d/o Peter |
Merrill, William 'Will' | 1890 | 10/??/1924 | h/o Ida; drowned in the Mississippi near Cassville, WI |
Messner, child | |||
Meyer, Charles A. | 06/16/1898 | 10/24/1978 | h/o Helen |
Meyer, Helen L. nee Bailey | 03/08/1917 | 12/13/2005 | w/o Charles |
Millinghausen, Pauline nee Kruger | 1821 | 1867 | |
Mohning, Keith F.J. | 07/21/1936 | 12/10/2007 | h/o Roylene; s/o Foster & Laura (Rodas) |
Mohning, Roylene R. nee Hoth | - | - | w/o Keith |
Morrison, J. | |||
Morse / Morris, Barbara Ann Geiselman nee Bolsinger | 02/05/1847 | 03/18/1913 | 1st h/ Joseph Geiselman (bur. Bethel cem., they were divorced), 2nd h/ Harmon |
Morse / Morris, Harmon / Hiram / Hurmon | 06/17/1838 | 03/23/1910 | spelling of name varies with the record (Morris or Morse); 2nd h/o Barbara; Union army, teamster, Civil War |
Murphy, William | 04/12/1858 | 04/11/1919 | |
Olds, Ray | 1876 | 08/1?/1886 | s/o Marcus & Laura; drown in Mississippi river |
Olds, Laura N. nee Whithy | 09/27/1887 | 37y; w/o Amaricus V. 'Marcus' (he remarried, died Dubuque in 1925, bur. Linwood cem) | |
Olson, Edwin W. | 1893 | 11/??/1966 | h/o Ruth |
Olson, Ruth F. nee Crawford | 1898 | 1994 | w/o Edwin |
Osthoff, Edward SR | 1874 | 1952 | h/o Frances |
Osthoff, Frances Elizabeth nee Broessel | 10/19/1887 | 1959 | 2nd w/o Edward; d/o John & Elizabeth |
Osthoff, Louise / Louisa | 08/27/1871 | 05/20/1909 | 1st w/o Edward |
Osthoff, Vivian | 03/03/1921 | 10/06/1988 | d/o Ed & Francis |
Ousley, George | 05/??/1853 | 04/07/1870 | s/o Isaac & Sarah |
Ousley, Isaac | 08/06/1822 | 08/23/1908 | h/o Sarah |
Ousley, Sarah nee Bunston | 01/29/1825 | 07/21/1906 | w/o Isaac |
Ousley, Sarah Jane | 02/04/1864 | 08/06/1864 | d/o Isaac & Sarah |
Pesch / Poesch, Amy Alice nee Wood | 03/28/1897 | 02/27/1916 | w/o Walter; d/o B. Wood; died at City Hospital, Moline, IL where she'd had surgery |
Pesch, Christ | 1859 | 1913 | Crefred lot |
Pesch, Clara nee Millinghausen | 1857 | 1942 | w/o Henry |
Pesch, George | 07/24/1862 | 12/??/1931 | s/o Isabelle (Ruckdaschel) Pesch Crefred; ssa Charles Crefred, his half-brother |
Pesch, Henry | 1853 | 1919 | h/o Clara |
Pesch, William | 1856 | 1922 | Crefred lot |
Pieper, Ada | 1909 | 1969 | w/o Duluth |
Pieper, Duluth | 1896 | 1955 | h/o Ada |
Pieper, Edward | 1955 | s/o Herman & Sophia | |
Pieper, Ella | gravestone has no dates; she may be a child | ||
Pieper, Helena Adeline | |||
Pieper, Herman | 05/14/1840 | 10/07/1914 | h/o Sophia |
Pieper, Sophia nee Hedeman | 11/??/1928 | w/o Herman | |
Pieper, Wilhelmina Marie 'Minnie' | 08/18/1873 | 03/31/1961 | d/o Herman & Sophie |
Radatz, Dorothy A. 'Dottie' Heeger | buried w 1st h/ Oscar Heeger, 2nd h/ Arthur Radatz (d. 08/18/1960); see Dorothy Heeger | ||
Rees, Christian | 07/19/1863 | aged 32y 5m 28d | |
Reinke, August | 07/??/1898 | drowned in the Mississippi river | |
Reynolds, Carrie | |||
Robinson, Adelade / Adelaide Catherine Chewning nee Woods | 11/15/1865 | 03/21/1942 | 1st h/John Alonzo Chewning (d. 5/28/1888), 2nd h/Winthrop Robinson; d/o John & Phoebe (Putnam) |
Robinson, Elizabeth | 1825 | 1913 | w/o William |
Robinson, Orville Asbury | 09/01/1892 | 04/01/1909 | s/o W.A & Adelaide |
Robinson, William | 1831 | 12/31/1886 | h/o Elizabeth |
Robinson, Winthrop A. 'Bud' | 10/16/1855 | 03/28/1934 | 1st w/Caroline Fullbright (d. 1888), 2nd w/Adelaide (Woods) Chewning |
Roeth, Amanda D. | |||
Rugnitz, Carl Theodore | 01/27/1822 | 08/14/1882 | h/o Johanna Mary |
Rugnitz, Christian F. | 11/03/1847 | 12/19/1865 | |
Rugnitz, Johanna Mary nee Meder | 09/17/1822 | 12/12/1877 | w/o Carl |
Rugnitz, Walter | 02/17/1884 | 01/07/1885 | s/o August & Josie |
Ruktaschel / Ruckdaschel, Chris | ca1872 | 07/12/1919 | s/o George & Elizabeth; died in Cheyenne, WY |
Ruktaschel, Elizabeth Rinkert | 05/28/1843 | 02/25/1914 | w/o 1st Geo. Ruktaschel, 2nd George Rinkert |
Ruktaschel, George | 09/05/1838 | 04/07/1877 | 1st h/o Elizabeth |
Ruktaschel, Margaret | 1807 | ?/29/1885 | 73y 7m ?d; w/o Wm |
Ruktaschel, Willhelm | 1807 | 11/201870 | h/o Margaret |
Ruktaschel / Ruckdaschel, William | 1868 | 02/??/1938 | s/o George & Elizabeth; d. in Cheyenne, WY |
Rus, Christian | 1832 | 1864 | h/o Rosina |
Schmidt, Else Emma nee Butschky | 04/10/1902 | 12/21/1999 | w/o Robert |
Schmidt, Robert Karl | 07/12/1899 | 03/16/1967 | h/o Else; died in Valparaiso, IN |
Schuetz, Anna A. | 10/18/1967 | Age 78y | |
Schultz, Arnold F. | 06/02/1925 | 12/06/1995 | h/o Donna; s/o Frank & Alma (Schumacher); U.S. Army, WWII |
Schultz, Donna G. nee Fischer / Fisher | 04/09/1928 | 11/13/1988 | w/o Arnold; d/o Victor & Naomi (Hinrichs) |
Schultz, Frank | |||
Schultz, son | 06/0?/1978 | infant s/o Craig & Carol | |
Schumacker, Emma | 1863 | 1886 | 22 yrs; d/o A. & ? |
Seipple, child | |||
Seipple, child | |||
Seipple, ??? | |||
Seipple, Mike | 02/??/1930 | died at Dubuque | |
Sharp, Frank | |||
Sharp, Margaret | 08/??/1829 | 12/18/1903 | w/o Henry |
Smasal, Anna | 1801 | 1880 | |
Smasal, Anna nee Schoepf | 1844 | 1922 | w/o Wenzel |
Smasal, Catharine | 12/26/1880 | aged 79y | |
Smasal, Leonard J. | 04/09/1866 | 09/23/1906 | s/o Wenzel & Anna |
Smasal, Lorenz | no dates on stone | ||
Smasal, Margret | 09/06/1867 | 01/31/1915 | |
Smasal, Wenzel | 12/08/1839 | 03/01/1902 | h/o Anna |
Smice, Martha J. | 10/21/1860 | w/o Jacob; age 31y | |
Smith, Lucille E. 'Lu' nee Hansel | 03/05/1918 | 08/05/1989 | w/o Eugene; d/o Harry & Lucille (Nolte) |
Smith, Mary E. nee Davis | 1831 | 06/28/1856 | aged 25y; w/o Frank; d/o Timothy & Agnes; Note: Agnes is likely Nancy A. Davis, buried beside Mary |
Smith, Minnie | 1875 | infant | |
Soles, daughter | 01/27/1921 | 01/30/1921 | Death certif: premature birth, father unkn., mother Margaret Soles (info. also given by her), burial Clayton cemetery 1/31/1921 |
Soles, Chester | 07/??/1854 | 07/14/1928 | h/o Philinda; Death certif.: died Finley Hosp., Dubuque |
Soles, Lewis C. | 10/03/1882 | 08/12/1919 | s/o Chester & Philinda; drowned in Mississippi River |
Soles, Philinda nee Scovel | 10/16/1855 | 01/23/1927 | w/o Chester; d/o Norm |
Spear, Edward G. | 01/02/1941 | 08/06/2005 | h/o Marilyn |
Spear, Marilyn J. nee Hare | - | - | w/o Edward |
Spiker, Dorothy Loretta nee Meyer | 08/07/1934 | 12/05/1996 | 1st h/James W. Spiker, 2nd h/Roy Christopher; she is buried w/1st husb.; d/o Ewald & Myrtle (Brown) |
Spiker, Edna Caroline | 07/22/1900 | 08/30/1983 | d/o John W. & Ethel L. |
Spiker, Ethel Leona nee Knott /Nott | 05/22/1881 | 01/21/1954 | w/o John |
Spiker, James Wesley | 05/20/1908 | 06/19/1973 | 1st h/o Dorothy; s/o John & Ethel |
Spiker, Mathew James | 03/26/1980 | s/o Beverly; grandson of Dorothy & Roy Christopher & James Spiker Sr. (deceased) | |
Spiker, Wesley Allen | 07/07/1965 | 08/26/2012 | s/o James & Dorothy |
Stamm, August | 03/07/1822 | 06/09/1903 | h/o Theresa |
Stamm, August JR | 08/22/1857 | 03/12/1863 | |
Stamm, Marie | 12/29/1855 | 10/29/1858 | |
Stamm, Theresa | 11/07/1826 | 02/17/1905 | w/o August |
Stearns, Charles D. | h/o Sadie | ||
Stearns, Fred | 1862 | 11/18/1889 | age 27y; s/o William & Nancy |
Stearns, Nancy nee Gambrel | 09/15/1825 | 07/05/1901 | w/o William; |
Stearns, Sarah 'Sadie' nee Beacom | 06/12/1863 or 1868 | 07/10/1908 | w/o C.D. |
Stearns, William C. | 1820 | 02/03/1896 | h/o Nancy |
Stearns, William E. 'Ed' | 10/07/1852 | 01/22/1896 | h/o Belle Solem |
Steck, Frank Lister | |||
Steeman, Henry | 11/24/1966 | Age 77y | |
Streeter, Edith Mae | 1927 | 5 mo.; d/o Joseph & Hazel | |
Streeter, Joseph Albert | 10/03/1898 | 06/16/1931 | h/o Hazel Beetem; s/o Sherman; drowned in Mississippi river; World War I veteran |
Streeter, Robert | 1922 | 1985 | s/o Joseph & Hazel |
Streeter, Walter Edward 'Wallie' | 07/06/1925 | 06/16/1931 | s/o Joseph & Hazel; drowned in Mississippi river |
Szemkus, Henry R. | 08/31/1912 | 07/08/1982 | h/o Stella; s/o Otto & Louise (Rudolph) |
Szemkus, John Henry | 07/21/1944 | 07/17/2007 | h/o Linda; s/o Henry & Stella (Pieper); U.S. Air Force Veteran |
Szemkus, Linda Caroline nee Thoma | - | - | w/o John H. |
Szemkus, Rudy | - | - | infant s/o Henry & Stella, died at birth |
Szemkus, Stella L. nee Pieper | 12/27/1920 | 12/27/2003 | w/o Henry R.; d/o William & Suzanna (Stein), raised by Theodore & Alma Hetz from age 9 to adult |
Tackman, Ervin Arthur | 05/11/1932 | 07/12/2011 | h/o Joann (Freese) Entner; U.S. Army Veteran, Korean war |
Tappa, Andrew | |||
Thorpe, Fred A. | 1873 | 1943 | h/o Nellie |
Thorpe, Nellie Jennie nee Frye | 10/25/1884 | 02/22/1930 | w/o Fred; d/o John & Hannah (Chandler) Note: year of birth on stone = 1884, obit & death cert = 1883 |
Tinkey, Fred | 12/28/1940 | ||
Tinkey, Jake | 06/03/1854 | 08/25/1935 | h/o Adeline; s/o Samuel & unkn. |
Tinkey, Samuel Eugene | 07/09/1889 | 08/12/1918 | s/o Jake & Adeline; originally buried in France, reinterred in Clayton cem. July 1921; died at Rouen, France, World War I |
Tinkey, Sarah Adeline nee Wick | 08/22/1866 | 09/22/1937 | w/o Jake; d/o Andrew & Ann (Brandenburg); Note: there is no DOD engraved on the stone but Original Notices concerning her estate appear in the Clayton County Register in late September 1937. Her death cert. gives burial in Clayton cem. |
Tischler, 2 children | |||
Trunkey, infant | |||
Trunkey, Francis | 06/12/1881 | aged 70y 2m 8d; h/o Mary Ann King (d. 1899, bur. Howard cemetery, Howard co. IA, near Elma, IA) | |
Tuecke, David Ervin | 09/11/1956 | 06/07/1991 | d/o Roland & Ruth (Tackman) |
Venus, Joseph | 10/??/1889 | 2 weeks; s/o Louis & Maggie | |
Venus, Margretha 'Maggie' nee Luers / Liers | 02/21/1852 | 12/04/1889 | w/o Louis |
Vogelsang, Anna | 11/04/1857 | 06/02/1872 | d/o H. & R. |
Vogelsang, Edward | 02/10/1868 | 03/01/1872 | s/o Hermann & Rebecca |
Vogelsang, Margrethet | d/o H. & R.; dates illegible on stone | ||
Walker, David | 1861 | 1945 | h/o Nellie |
Walker, Nellie | 1879 | 19-- | w/o David; there is not a DOD engraved on her gravestone |
Way, April M. 'Princess' nee Bailey | 10/24/1983 | 02/14/2022 | w/o Porter; d/o Clifford T. & Linda M. (Churchill); died of Covid-19 complications |
Werb, Ada G. | 09/01/1875 | 01/02/1910 | w/o Harry; Note: DOD may be 1918 |
Werb, Harris 'Harry' | 07/??/1916 | drowned at Dubuque | |
Wickers, Irvin | |||
Wiggins, Frank | |||
Wildeboer, Bruno | - | - | h/o Frances |
Wildeboer, Frances E. | 06/14/1928 | 02/20/1993 | w/o Bruno |
Wilker, Darlene nee Nydegger | - | - | w/o Wm. |
Wilker, William George | 06/25/1931 | 01/06/2010 | h/o Darlene; s/o William J. & Rosena (Lenth); Korean war veteran, U.S. Army paratrooper, 82nd Airborne Division |
Woods, child | |||
Yohe, Alice Viola 'Elsie' nee Luther | 09/14/1891 | 11/28/1954 | w/o George; d/o Addis & Ella |
Yohe, Donald Robert | 1919 | 03/30/2015 | h/o Mary; s/o George & Elsie; U.S. Army, WWII; died in Chandler, AZ |
Yohe, George Phillip | 05/29/1889 | 12/21/1936 | h/o Elsie |
Yohe, Marcella Ruth | 1926 | 1927 | infant d/o George & Elsie |
Yohe, Mary Lee nee Adams | 01/10/1929 | 03/12/2013 | w/o Donald; d/o Arthur & Jane (Smull); died in Gilbert, AZ |
Yohe, Virgil Arthur | 1924 | infant s/o George & Elsie | |
unknown | 08/15/1866 | this stone is adjacent to Wilhelm Ruktaschel's gravestone so may be a Ruktaschel | |
unknown, ?Frederike | surname might end in KER | ||
unknown, Albert | no surname or dates on the stone; it is near Frye family markers, so may be a Frye |
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