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Communia Cemetery

Volga Twp - Sec 18 SE/NW
2½ mi. north of Littleport on Co Hwy X3C (Grandview Rd)

Communia cemetery - photo by P. Peterson, 2005
Photograph by Phyllis Peterson

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Sources:
~original list of names was contributed by Karen Lammers from an unknown source
~some dates & comments were added by Phyllis Montour from WPA cemetery records
~additional burials, dates & other info. from obituaries, gravestone inscriptions, Death Certificates & newspapers by S. Ferrall, Clayton co. Coordinator


Name Birth Death Comments / ssa=Same stone as
Armbruster, Lydie nee Wentz   02/21/1894 aged 52y 1m 10d; w/o J. Armbruster
Armbruster, PH. Jacob 12/31/1839 08/09/1887  
Armbruster, Ralph E.   09/02/1887 aged 9m 13d; s/o William
Baars, Fredericka nee Nehls   04/19/1872 aged 41y
Baars, William   10/04/1880 aged 57y
Baumann, George 03/10/1819 05/14/1889 h/o Maria; killed by a falling tree
Baumann, Maria 'Mary' nee Maier 02/03/1829 5/31/1915 w/o George
Baumann, Michael 03/30/1809 08/02/1879 h/o Barbara; s/o Leonard
Baumann, Robert W.   02/02/1945 76y; died LosAngeles, CA
Becker, Bertha   1956 aged 83y
Becker, Ethel   1987  
Becker, Herman George 10/22/1902 05/14/1962 Iowa Pvt Army Air Forces, WWII
Beckman, Albert H. 1881 1932 h/o Pauline B.
Beckman, Betty M. nee Fox 1922 1989 w/o Donald A.
Beckman, Donald A. 1916 1981 h/o Betty M.
Beckman, Pauline B. nee Cords 1883 1963 w/o Albert H.
Beeh, Christoph 'Christ' 10/01/1856 04/07/1930 h/o Paulina; s/o Philip & Katharina B.
Beeh, Katharina Barbara nee Wentz 04/18/1822 03/18/1905 w/o Phillip J.
Beeh, Paulina nee Wille 02/17/1877 05/22/1934 w/o Christ; d/o Ferdinand & unkn. (Fritz)
Beeh, Philip Jacob 04/26/1821 12/11/1874 h/o Katharina B.
Bente, Ernest H. 05/23/1875 12/08/1930 h/o Georgia A.; s/o Louis & Lydia
Bente, Louis 04/07/1852 05/17/1931 2nd h/o Lydia; s/o William & Marie
Bente, Lydia 'Liddie' Bente nee Beeh 04/05/1848 08/10/1931 w/o 1st Michael, 2nd Louis (she married brothers)
Bente, Mary nee Hillman   07/15/1872 aged 50y; "Erected by Harman Bente"
Bente, Michael 1848 1870 1st h/o Lydia; killed in accident while digging a well
Bente, Samuel 1880 1963 s/o Louis & Lydia
Bente, William F.   04/06/1900 CCDR Vol A, pg 12
Bente, William SR 03/15/1813 10/20/1907  
Bowman, Anna Barbara 10/13/1821 11/7/1906  
Brabander, Mary nee Brust 02/10/1857 02/20/1878 w/o G.J. Brabander
Brust, Jacob 01/21/1817 03/15/1894 h/o Regina
Brust, Regina nee Jerger 10/25/1825 05/19/1917 w/o Jacob
Burgess, Howard     no dates on gravestone
Buschenfeld, Anna nee Baumann 12/18/1850 5/27/1926  
Chaffee, Ethel M. nee Stahl 1/15/1911 8/26/1992  
Coonfare, Cynthia nee Hinkle 1865 1939 ssa James
Coonfare, Guy A. 1891 1971 ssa Louise L.
Coonfare, James 1862 1939 ssa Cynthia
Coonfare, Louise L. nee Latteyer 1894 1975 ssa Guy
Coonfare, Virgil 2/2/1913 2/15/1923 s/o G.A. & Louise Coonfare
Cords, Elizabeth nee Beeh 1850 1932  
Cords, John   02/15/1891 aged 44y 10m 3d; Pvt., Co. E, 4th US Inf., Civil War
Cords, Joseph L. 1880 1977  
Daufeldt, Marvin George JR 7/8/1942 11/4/1995  
Eberhard, Joseph   06/10/1885 19y; s/o Peter & Leopaldine; died of diphtheria
Eberhart, Alfred A. 07/17/1872 05/27/1885 aged 12y 9m 20d; s/o Peter & Leopaldine; died of diphtheria
Ebricht, Catherine   05/05/1864 aged 32y 2m 15d
Enderes, Barbara Finkenkeller nee Probst 03/08/1819 02/15/1904 w/o 1st unkn Finkenkeller, 2nd John
Enderes, Emeline 03/09/1861 05/22/1876 d/o J. & B. Enderes
Enderes, John 03/29/1812 10/28/1892 one of the founders of Communia colony; 2nd h/o Barbara Probst
Falconer, Alexander 09/14/1805 02/09/1892 h/o Mary; s/o Alexander & Catherine (Brander); Serg. Co. E, 1st U.S. Inf. Indian Wars
Falconer, Mary nee Macgee   06/13/1891 w/o Alexander; d/o John & Margaret (Greer)
Franke, Anna 09/23/1860 09/21/1874 ssa Otto
Franke, Joachim 08/24/1828 06/06/1899 h/o Maria Eggert
Franke, Otto 04/29/1866 08/29/1874 ssa Anna
Gedike, Fred 1824 04/09/1890  
Genz, Maria nee Bruggmann 12/23/1817 01/15/1892 w/o Fred; Note: Her gravestone is engraved 1/15/1891, which is incorrect. Her obituary was printed in the Elkader Register, 1/21/1892
Gluck, Wilhelmina 1812 06/12/1879 [or Guick]
Gremper, Joseph 01/18/1821 03/30/1898 GAR marker; no Civil War service found - may have served in Co. A, 1st IL Inf., Mex-American War; more info. requested
Greve, Frank 09/24/1862 02/15/1918 s/o Wm & Fredericka; died at Jacksonville, FL
Greve, Fredericka nee Posshel 08/26/1833 04/19/1922 w/o William; d/o Christian & Sophia (Wegeril or Wegerd)
Greve, Otto   09/29/1893 19y 5m 26d; s/o Wm & Fredericka
Greve, William F. 07/14/1832 06/29/1890 h/o Fredericka
Guttman, Johann 'John'   05/??/1902 h/o Marie
Gutman, Marie   1874 age abt 80y; w/o Johann
Hanny, infant   07/03/1888 infant of E. & M. Hanny
Hanny, Marie 02/24/1850 07/08/1888  
Harms, Henry     2nd h/o Martha; Co E. 16th IA Inf.
Harms, Martha Greve nee Kinderman 1840 10/1?/1898 w/o 1st Fred Greve (d. 1865), 2nd Henry Harms
Harnes / Harms, child   08/0?/1896 young child of Frank
Hough, Ronald N. 8/1/1948 3/3/1995  
Kahrs, Adeline nee Dierssen   1885  
Kennedy, Mrs. M. Mooney   08/??/1891 w/o M. Kennedy, formerly Mrs. Mooney "burial at the cemetery at Communia"
Klehen, Fritz 1822 05/06/1884  
Klink, Elizabeth nee Wistrick 1876 1956 w/o Louis J.
Klink, Henry 03/15/1835 12/08/1918 h/o Walburg
Klink, Louis J. 05/14/1870 04/06/1940 h/o Elizabeth; s/o Henry & Walburg
Klink, Wallburg nee Brandenberg 02/22/1846 12/27/1928 w/o Henry; d/o Ludvig & unkn.
Kraus, Katie 06/01/1874 12/01/1875  
Krouse, Elizabeth M. 1890 1962 d/o Henry
Krouse, George Frederick 09/13/1887 02/17/1943 s/o Henry
Krouse, Henry 1861 1952 father of George F.
Krouse, Julius   5/8/2009 age 92
Latteyer, Fred 'Ted' 12/11/1876 01/22/1934 s/o Simon & Lebbe
Latteyer, George 01/15/1881 07/25/1908 s/o Simon & Lebbe
Latteyer, Helmuth R. 1899 1981 h/o Anna M. Miller; s/o Simon & Libbie
Latteyer, Lebbe / Libbie nee Papke / Pupke 02/08/1856 09/16/1927 w/o Simon; d/o Frederick
Latteyer, Maggie 03/14/1888 10/24/1893 ssa Willie; d/o S. & L. Latteyer
Latteyer, Simon 02/15/1852 05/01/1934 h/o Lebbe; s/o Jacob
Latteyer, Willie 04/03/1883 09/02/1894 ssa Maggie; s/o S. & L. Latteyer
Leurs, George 10/06/1881    
Maier, Anna      
Maier, George      
Marxer, Anna 1867 2/21/1951 unmarried d/o Jacob & Margaret
Marxer, Henry 04/10/1864 12/20/1929 unmarried s/o Jacob & Margaret; died in WI
Marxer, Jacob 07/14/1828 01/03/1890 h/o Margaret; an original member of Communia Colony
Marxer, John E. 11/29/1858 8/12/1941 unmarried s/o Jacob & Margaret
Marxer, Margaret nee Conrad 04/19/1834 1/15/1906 w/o Jacob
Marxer, Oscar 11/29/1867 04/11/1925 s/o Jacob & Margaret
Marxer, William 06/03/1860 07/20/1920 s/o Jacob & Margaret; died at the County Asylum
Meyer, G. 1841   Co. F 4th IA Inf.
Meyer, Louis   02/29/1876 s/o C. & M. Meyer
Meyer, Nicholas 1814 1869 obit
Mierson, Margaretha      
Miller, Anna M. 1897 1988 ssa Mathew W.
Miller, Mathew W. 1891 1951 ssa Anna M.
Miller, Willis Mathew 7/11/1918 10/30/1975 PFC US Army, WWII
Muller, Charles Theodore 12/01/1867 06/08/1927 h/o Margaret; s/o Fred & Dorothy (Ortman)
Muller, Frieda B. nee Wentz 1903 1976 w/o Laurence J.
Muller, Karl W. 10/5/1908 7/23/1967 Iowa, PVT Ordnance Dept, American Legion marker
Muller, Laurence Julian 1906 7/10/1995 h/o Frieda B.
Muller, Margaret W. nee Wistrick 03/31/1874 11/12/1955 w/o Charles T.
Muller, Sophie Marie nee Steinfeldt 3/28/1913 5/18/1966 w/o Karl W.; died in Galesville, WI
Nehser, Anna Maria 'Mary' 04/14/1819 07/30/1892 w/o Ludwig
Nehser, George 1807 08/21/1884  
Nehser, John   02/22/1874  
Nehser, Ludwig 'Lud' or 'Lewis' 02/29/1805 02/06/1876 h/o Anna M.
Nehser, Margaretha J. 1810 1880  
Noggle, Anna 1878 1972 ssa Jacob S.
Noggle, Jacob S. 1888 1973 ssa Anna
Osborne, John Martin 05/20/1861 11/03/1936 h/o Mary E.; s/o Thomas & Elizabeth (Ribble)
Osborne, Mary E. nee Baumann / Bowman 02/29/1856 02/11/1940 w/o John M.; d/o George & Maria (Moser)
Ose, William 03/13/1815 09/23/1873  
Phend, Bud      
Phend, Carla 1922 2002  
Phend, E.W. 11/20/1911? 7/25/1983 PFC US Army, WWII
Piehl, Johann     2003 news article, Elgin Echo: …gravestone of Johann Piehl found broken & in roadside ditch, being repaired & will be returned to the cemetery
Ponsar, Jacob 01/06/1819 08/06/1894 h/o Elgin Coleman; founders of the Communia colony in 1847
Ponsar, Janice Ann   1948  
Ponsar, Patricia nee Wing 1929 2006 ssa Warren
Ponsar, Warren 1924 1985 ssa Patricia; American Legion marker
Possehl, Christian 1836 06/25/1874 h/o Sophia
Possehl, Christian D. 1805 02/06/1876  
Possehl, Sophia F.A. nee Wiegert 01/22/1811 09/04/1899  
Possehl, Sophia nee Possehl 1831 1879 w/o Christian Possehl
Ross, Margaret   02/23/1863 aged 34y 15d; w/o Michael Ross
Russell, Alexander 'Al' 11/25/1853 3/18/1904 50y 3m 22d; h/o Lena Armbruster; died in Prairie du Chien, WI
Scheer, George 04/23/1877 05/30/1899 died of consumption; s/o F. & L. Scheer
Schefferd, Barbara 1851 1935  
Schmitz, Elizabeth   09/03/1872 w/o Gerhard Schmitz
Schmitz, Gerhard   11/23/1871 aged 51y
Stahl, Alvin E. 12/31/1920 2/17/1992 s/o Edward & Caroline; CPL US Army, WWII
Stahl, Caroline W. nee Hildebrandt 09/05/1886 05/04/1979 w/o Edward; died at Geneseo, IL
Stahl, Charles 05/18/1891 02/03/1892 s/o Mr. & Mrs. Charles Stahl
Stahl, Edward 02/12/1879 1945 h/o Caroline; s/o Carl & Ernstein (Heiden); died at Geneseo, IL
Stallbaum, Kathrina nee Wistrick 05/12/1842 8/15/1911 ssa Peter
Stallbaum, Peter 03/20/1815 10/25/1896 ssa Kathrina
Steen, Elizabeth 08/30/1864 12/19/1883  
Steen, Hermon 03/07/1868 03/28/1868  
Steen, Ida G. nee Greve 02/26/1861 10/21/1933 w/o Jacob; d/o William & Fredericka (Posshel); Note: obit DOD = 10/19/1933, Death cert = 10/21/1933
Steen, Jacob W. 01/17/1860 05/24/1937 h/o Ida G.; s/o Jacob F. & Heneritta (Frazer)
Steen, Nancy Arlene 1960 1960  
Stemmer, John G. 03/26/1874 03/??/1942 h/o Maude Irene; s/o Matthias & Catherine; died Waterloo, IA
Stemmer, Katherine nee Beeh 01/29/1846 3/21/1913 w/o Mathias
Stemmer, Louisa A. nee Mertens 1877 1951  
Stemmer, Mathias 1833 01/24/1886 h/o Katherine; s/o Mathias & Barbara (Heid)
Stemmer, Maude Irene nee Carpenter 02/01/1877 11/07/1944 w/o John; d/o George & Rosa B. (Lord)
Stemmer, William J. 1868 1919  
Tetschner, Margaretha 1826 09/05/1871  
Tieden, Anna E. nee Baumann / Bowman 05/20/1848 01/28/1907 w/o Jans; d/o Michael & Barbara
Tieden, Clara nee Klink 1873 1933 ssa Michael L.
Tieden, Janse 'Jans' 04/15/1837 12/25/1916 h/o Anna E.; s/o Thomas & Onna (Ziettena); Co F, 4th IA Inf.; GAR marker
Tieden, Michael L. 1869 1931 ssa Clara
Trumbold, Joanna 1819 1872  
Weis, B. F. 1822 10/16/1860  
Wentz, Christopher 12/04/1867 08/14/1961 h/o Minnie; s/o Christoph & Margareta
Wenz, Christoph 02/20/1832 3/21/1909 h/o Margareta; s/o John George & Catherine (Frebolin)
Wenz, Margareta nee Rosswag 03/05/1836 11/30/1916 w/o Christoph
Wentz, Minnie nee Kraus / Krause 12/11/1873 01/26/1943 w/o Christ; d/o William
Wilke, Mary 1823 12/29/1907  
Wistrick George 05/??/188? 01/23/1887 s/o Henry Wistrick
Wistrick, Louis 01/??/1877 02/??/1877 s/o Henry Wistrick
Witham, Harold H. 3/15/1922 9/17/1994 TEC 5 US Army, WWII
Witham, Linda Lou   1947 "Our Daughter"
Witham, Terry Lee 1950 1955  
Wolter, Gottlieb      
Wolter, Sophia Caroline nee Becker 12/16/1847 9/22/1924 ssa William J.
Wolter, William J. 02/16/1842 4/2/1913 ssa Sophia
Wolter, Willie      

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