Clayton co IAGenWeb - Cemeteries

Name	Birth	Death	Comments
Sass, Fred	11/07/1867	09/07/1945	h/o Minnie; s/o John & Mary
Sass, Henry John	10/10/1873	03/23/1918	h/o Lena; s/o John & Marie (Schultz)
Sass, Lena nee Claudy	03/22/1885	02/27/1929	w/o Henry; d/o George & Martha (House)
Sass, Mary	04/??/1836	04/20/1911	w/o John
Sass, Raymond J.M.	01/22/1904	03/01/1905	s/o Fred & Minnie; mentioned in both of his parents' obits
Sass, Wilhelmine 'Minnie' nee Theodor	11/24/1872	05/21/1955	w/o Fred
Sawvell, Leola nee Broszeit	0 2/28/1923	03/28/2003	w/o Raymond; d/o Frederick W. & Agnes C. (Gilster)
Sawvell, Raymond George	04/20/1916	12/07/2004	h/o Leola
Scarff, Hallie Kristina	01/22/1985	10/26/1999	d/o Frank Scarff & Kathleen (Smolke) Hendricks; she was among the 5 teens killed in car crash
Schellhammer, Christian	09/06/1829	11/01/1907	h/o 1st Sibilla, 2nd Maria
Schellhammer, Maria nee Abele	09/25/1834	12/03/1918	2nd w/o Christian
Schellhammer, Sibilla nee Miller	1831	10/??/1865	1st w/o Christian
Schellhammer, William Frederick 'Will'	06/28/1858	01/19/1903	h/o Emma Staffragen; s/o Christian & Sibilla; hung himself
Schiff, Ella	09/14/1881	04/27/1907	d/o Louis & Marie; died of consumption
Schiff, Elmer	01/26/1884	06/23/1909	s/o Louis & Marie; died of consumption
Schiff, Louis	06/27/1826	05/12/1912	h/o Marie
Schiff, Maria nee Meier	11/21/1843	07/09/1914	w/o Louis; Note: differing from the gravestone, her obit gives DOB 11/22/1840
Schlitter, Sandra Pauline nee Standorf	11/20/1948	03/14/2020	w/o Frank; d/o Harvey & Carlotta (Moen)
Schmidt, Johanna S.		06/15/1880	age 64; inscription: "Mother of Mrs. John Korte"
Schneider, son		1886	infant; located among the Herman Schneider burials
Snieder, daughter		1854?	d/o Henry & Katherine; inscription is on Kathrine's stone: "Also --- infant daughter"
Schneider / Snieder, Catherine / Katherine nee Eiffert		05/13/1854	age 38; 1st w/o Heinrich; spelling on gravestone = Katherine Snieder; possibly died in childbirth w/ daughter
Schneider / Schnider, Conrad REV	1785	05/23/1864	age 79; h/o Anna E. (Dilcher); surname spelling on gravestone = Schnider
Schneider, Edward	1839	02/23/1863	WPA record; no gravestone located
Schneider, Edward	02/28/1868	05/31/1899
Schneider, Elizabeth	03/11/1883	03/11/1884	d/o Rev C. & Emma
Schneider, Emil	11/04/1864	02/08/1890	h/o Elizabeth Ulrich (Eliz. Eiffert d. 1950, bur. Monona City cem.); s/o Henry & Martha
Schneider, Fannie	05/27/1890	-	2y 1m 1d; located among the Herman Schneider burials
Schneider, Heinrich 'Henry'	01/05/1810	08/09/1884	h/o 1st Catherine, 2nd Martha; s/o Conrad
Schneider, Henry Jr.	02/11/1841	01/15/1907	h/o Sarah; s/o Heinrich & Catherine
Schneider, Herman	1812	10/31/1894	82y 2m 16d; h/o Margaret; s/o Conrad; b. Hessen, Germany; very early settler; a blacksmith & gunsmith at Ft. Atkinson
Schneider, Margaret nee Foster		04/02/1895	83y 6d; w/o Herman
Schneider, Martha nee Bernhard	11/15/1835	02/06/1921	2nd w/o Heinrich; died in Madison, S.D.
Schneider, Mary Etta nee Sutter		03/19/1878	age 34y; w/o Adam Schneider (d. 1911, buried in Hancock co., IA)
Schneider / Snyder, Mary	05/28/1845	04/12/1911	see entry of Mary Welch below
Schneider, Sarah nee Ulrich	07/16/1847	07/24/1928	w/o Henry Jr.; d/o Conrad & Anna M. (Krieg)
Schroeder, Arlyn Arthur	05/25/1949	09/03/2018	h/o Karen Kammerer; s/o Loren & Arleen (Maker); U.S. Army, Vietnam
Schuldt, unknown	1850	1914	"Mother"
Schuldt, Sophia Elisabeth nee Heimbrodt	06/08/1865	03/12/1905	w/o Charles
Schwiesow, Bertha	1870	07/??/1959	d/o Christav & Dora
Schwiesow, Christav / Christofer Friederich	11/04/1840	05/06/1917	h/o Dora
Schwiesow, Dora nee Muenkel	09/01/1843	07/19/1921	w/o Christav; born Buehren, Hanover, Germany
Schwietert, Gustav 'Gus'	1898	1963	h/o Hermine
Schwietert, Herbert H.	11/14/1924	08/04/1970	Cpl US Army WWII BSM
Schwietert, Hermine	1898	1990	w/o Gustav
Selleg, daughter		11/04/1858	infant d/o E. J. & Mary E.
Selleg, E. J.		06/26/1879	age 50y; h/o Mary & Matilda
Selleg, Ida May		1867?	d/o E. J. & Matilda; ssa 'daughter', DOD illegible
Selleg, Mary E.		11/04/1858	age 22; 1st w/o E.J.; died in childbirth
Selleg, Sarah		05/30/1857	aged 7m; d/o E.J. & Mary E.; Note: DOD may be 5/10/1857
Selleg, Willie		09/03/18??	aged 5m?; s/o E.J. & Mary E.
Sexauer, Maria Barbara nee Loeffel / Löffel	07/10/1796	07/03/1883	w/o Christian; 1870 census, is living in the Fred Arnold JR household, Farmersburg
Shellhammer, Christian	09/08/1829	11/01/1907	h/o Marrie; s/o George & unkn.
Shellhamer Marrie ?nee Abele	09/25/1834	12/03/1918	w/o Christian; d/o Abele & D.K.
Shepherd, Mary		1869
Sherman, Howard	05/15/1903	05/21/1903
Sherman, Lizzie	09/23/1885	05/14/1904
Silloway, Anna		12/24/1866	w/o John
Snieder, daughter			see daughter Schneider (above)
Snieder, Katherine E.			see Katherine Schneider (above)
Snyder, son		02/19/1886	infant s/o John & Josephine
Snyder, Elizabeth C. "Bessie" nee Smith	1900	1992	w/o Herman
Snyder, Fannie		07/27/1899	1y 1m 1d; d/o John & Josephine
Snyder, Herman Dewitt	07/02/1891	1974	h/o Bessie; s/o John & Josephine; veteran WWI
Snyder, John L.	08/15/1854	03/02/1937	h/o Josephine; s/o Herman & Margaret (Foster); Note: Death certificate DOB=8/15/1851 & obit = 8/15/1852
Snyder, Josephine B. 'Josie' nee Beaman / Beeman	10/11/1862	09/12/1927	w/o John L.; /o Herman C. Beeman & unkn. Killen; Note: Death certificate DOB=10/11/1860
Snyder, Sophia	-	-	Note: surname is assumed, gravestone only "Sophia" legible, is leaning against the grave marker of the Snyder children, obit of Herman Snyder states preceded by infant brother & three sisters but doesn't name them, obit of John Snyder states preceded in infancy by 2 children & 1 grandchild
Sparks, Elizabeth nee Gilman		09/13/1885	aged 83y; w/o James
Sparks, Henry		06/10/1863	age 26y; s/o J. & E.; 3rd IA Infantry, Civil War
Sparks, James		1851	age 53?; h/o Elizabeth
Spaulding, Benjamin Franklin	08/08/1817	12/22/1862	45y 4m 14d; h/o Melissa Marsh (d. 1887, bur. Fairview cem, Renville, MN); s/o Daniel & Fanny (Dunning)
Spaulding, Clayton M.		01/03/1861	2y 5m 29d; s/o B.F. & Melissa M.
Spencer, Charles 'Charlie' G.	07/21/1863	01/01/1899	s/o Amer & Elizabeth (Gray); died of consumption; Note: see Elizabeth Tait below
Spencer, James Elmer	12/25/1859	09/24/1918	h/o Maggie; s/o Amer & Elizabeth (Gray); died of consumption / TB
Spencer, Margaret Elizabeth 'Maggie' nee Henkes	04/22/1865	11/14/1928	w/o James; d/o Gus & Margaret (Rupp)
Sporleder, Conrad		02/17/1863	stone mostly buried & broken
St. John, Esther C. nee Adney	10/17/1841	05/24/1925	w/o James R.
St. John, Ida	1869 d. 10/2/1891	10/02/1891	d/o J.R. & E.C.
St. John, Isabella R. 'Belle'	11/24/1860	06/06/1879	d/o J.R. & E.C.
St. John, James R.	09/16/1838	06/19/1904	h/o Esther; died of Bright's disease
Standorf, Carlotta nee Moen	07/01/1912	01/28/1978	w/o Harvey; d/o Albert & Marie
Standorf, Harvey Frank	04/??/1902	11/09/1975	h/o Carlotta; s/o John & Alice (Childs)
Stearns, Joshua T.		04/21/1862	56y 4m 26d
Steel, Mary nee Kelley		05/18/1889	78y 1m 4d; w/o Solomon; d/o William & Letitia
Steel, Solomon	09/03/1811	02/09/1896	84y 5m 5d; h/o Mary; opened Steel's Tavern between McGregor & Giard ca1856/7
Sterns, Joshua T.	d. 4/21/1862		broken stone
Surdam, T. Janet	09/24/1912	12/20/1990	d/o Arthur & Jennie (Maher); she & Luella Koether called themselves "Janella" and ministered as a team. They were missionaries to China during the communist takeover and they spent 200 days in solitary confinement in a communist prison.
Tait, Elizabeth Spencer nee Gray / Grey	03/27/1837	01/16/1914	76y 8m 21d; 1st h/ Amer Spencer, 2nd John Brown, 3rd Wm Tait; d/o unkn Gray & unknown Weatheril.; Note: she may not have a gravemarker, info. is from brief obit Register & Argus, 1/29/1914 and Death Certificate; also see Charles & James Spencer entries above
Tait, William	05/31/1825	04/08/1900	3rd h/o Elizabeth; born Montrose, Northumberland, England
Templeman, Sarah nee Adney	01/26/1828	05/10/1903	d/o Wm. & Ruth (Higley)
Thompson, Clyde Richard	06/13/1938	03/08/2020	h/o Sandy LaPointe; s/o Dale & Dorothy; U.S. Army
Thompson, Dale Delbert	1916	02/02/2003	h/o Dorothy
Thompson, Dorothy Malinda nee Fritz	10/12/1915	1977	w/o Dale; d/o John & Caroline (Reimer)
Tidwell, James Oliver 'Coach'	01/01/1914	11/07/2000	h/o Olga; s/o James V. & Minnie (Stroud)
Tidwell, Olga Inez nee Escourido	02/02/1917	09/18/2021	w/o James; d/o Emanuel & Estelle (Darlington)
Towers, Patricia Ann nee Henkes	10/17/1933	05/19/1978	w/o Dr. Thomas H.; d/o Farley & Merlie (Hazlett)
Towers, Thomas Hamilton 'Tom'	04/20/1932	06/03/2006	h/o Patricia
Townsend, Henry	06/10/1875	02/11/1913	h/o Lizzie Bowman (d. 1936 in Charles City, Floyd co. IA); Iowa Death Certificate states he was "halfbreed Indian" and that he "froze to death" "due to exposure"
Trueger, Katrina	09/??/1823	05/18/1851	see "Mowing the Giard Cemetery"
Walter, Philip	11/02/1810	01/01/1893	h/o Barbara (d. 1879, bur Wagner twp. cemetery)
Welch, twins		1903	assumed twins of Charles & Anna; see Vance Welch below
Welch, Anna A. nee Douglas	1847	1965	w/o Charles
Welch, Charles H.	07/01/1864	07/29/1941	h/o Anna; s/o Thomas & Mary (Snyder)
Welch, Frederick	1885	1908	s/o Charles & Anna
Welch, Mary nee Snyder / Schneider	05/28/1845	04/12/1911	w/o Thomas (d. 1907 in Canada); d/o Herman; Note: her obit doesn't mention her marriage & names her as Mary Schneider, d/o Herman but the death cert of her son Charles names his parents as Thomas & Mary (Snyder) Welch
Welch, Vance	07/25/1903	08/08/1903	s/o Charles & Anna; see above for twins - this name is from Find a Grave where the contributor names him as Vance, stating Cora was his twin sister - no first names or dates are on the gravestone, it is engraved "Welch twins"
Welch, Willard E.	12/29/1910	03/21/1911	s/o Charles H. & Anna; per death certificate: died of broncho-pneumonia
Wessel, Clara Adelia nee Hartwick	09/27/1869	02/06/1946	w/o George
Wessel, E. Herschel	02/15/1895	03/26/1896	s/o George & Clara
Wessel, George H. (Rev.)	1863	12/21/1944	h/o Clara
Wickersheim, daughter	1917	1917	possibly infant d/o George & Catherine; needs to be verified
Wickersheim, Anna C. nee Irmacher	07/18/1869	03/31/1945	w/o William; d/o August
Wickersheim, Atherton S.	07/18/1896	08/27/1951	h/o 1st Esther, 2nd Ada M. (nee Hagensick, 1903-1934, bur. Clayton Center), 3rd Nelda ; s/o Wm & Anna; WWI veteran
Wickersheim, Benjamin J.	11/11/1877	10/27/1955	h/o Grace; s/o George & Catherine
Wickersheim, Catherine nee Rosenkranz	09/03/1840	03/18/1927	w/o George; d/o Anton & Martha (unkn.)
Wickersheim, Edward	10/04/1861	11/03/1903	s/o George & Catherine
Wickersheim, Esther Ruth nee Bernhard	12/24/1897	01/18/1932	1st w/o Atherton, d/o John H. & Dena Dora (Schweisow); note: obit DOB=12/24/1898 Death cert. DOB= 12/24/1897
Wickersheim, George	02/13/1834	02/25/1900	h/o Catherine
Wickersheim, Grace E. nee Schweieger	11/08/1888	08/08/1982	w/o Benjamin J.
Wickersheim, John W.	04/02/1912	01/07/1981	h/o Clara Basmann; s/o Wm & Anna; SSgt US Army WWII
Wickersheim, Kate	10/12/1883	05/31/1960	d/o George & Catherine
Wickersheim, Lena Magdaline	07/22/1865	10/31/1938	d/o George & Catherine
Wickersheim, Maurice	07/10/1928	07/12/1928	s/o Ben & Grace; Death certif. = child is unnamed, cause of death: Inanition due to premature birth
Wickersheim, Nelda nee Gray (RN)	1904	1995	3rd w/o Atheron; married April 2, 1935 in Giard.
Wickersheim, William Benjamin	04/28/1863	08/13/1947	h/o Anna; s/o George & Catherine
Witter, infant		01/12/1930	s/o Herman & Mae
Witter, Anna Marie Louise nee Allert	10/24/1867	02/27/1934	w/o Benjamin; d/o H.H. Allert Sr
Witter, Benjamin 'Ben'	1861	1942
Witter, Emma	07/02/1896	06/13/1897	d/o Ben & Anna
Witter, Herman A.	1904	02/13/1973	h/o Mae; s/o Ben & Anna
Witter, Mae E. nee Voegeding	01/15/1907	03/16/2003	w/o Herman; d/o Henry & Mary (Teske)
Yearous, Catherine / Katherine nee Eibel	11/28/1847	06/20/1927	w/o George; d/o John & Martha (Lange)
Yearous, Emma Elizabeth nee Allert	05/05/1875	10/29/1959	w/o Leonard; d/o William & Wilhilmina
Yearous, George	1843	1874	h/o Catherine
Yearous, Leonard M.	01/01/1869	04/15/1934	h/o Emma; s/o George & Catherine
Yearous, Minnie R.	10/24/1874	01/18/1932	d/o George & Catherine
York, John	-	03/17/1859	aged 50y 7m 21d; stone is in several pieces, DOD from obit; his LW&T was read at the May 1859 term of Clayton County circuit court
Zeigler, unknown	-	-	stone broken & all but illegible; Note: possibly the grave of George Zeigler, abt 83y, who died 1884 (see obit index for link to obit)
Zeigler, George		10/08/1872	72y 10m 7d

Giard Cemetery Association
(misc. years - contributed from newspaper reports by Reid Johnson & S. Ferrall)

1877
Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Giard Cemetery Association will be held Monday eveing, May 7th, at 8 o'clock at the German church in the village of Giard, for the purpose of electing officers and for the transaction of such other business as may come before it.
Adam Scheider, Secretary
~North Iowa Times, Thursday, May 10, 1877

1898
C.M. Butts was elected president, D.F. Bickel secretary and treasurer, and Chas. Haefner trustee of the Giard Cemetery Association.
~North Iowa Times, Thursday, June 30, 1898

1899
Giard Cemetery Association held a meeting Monday evening and elected the following officers:
Pres. C. Butts; V. Pres. D.F. Bickel; Sec. H.J. Klotzbach; Treas. John Hartwick; Trustees John Bernhard Sr., J.S. Bickel, Aug. Bernhard, Wm. Meyer and Chas. Haefner.
~North Iowa Times, Thursday, March 16, 1899

1903
The stockholders of the Giard Cemetery Association held their annual meeting last Saturday evening. Wm. Meyer was elected president; C.M. Butts vice president; H.J. Klotzbach secretary and John Hartwich treasurer.
~North Iowa Times, Thursday, June 25, 1903

1906
The Giard Cemetery Association had their annual meeting last Monday evening. John Bernhard was elected President, H.J. Klotzbach, Sec. and L.M. Yearous, Treas.
~North Iowa Times, Thursday, 7 Jun 1906

1911
The Giard Cemetery association held their annual meeting Tuesday evening, May 23rd, and reelected:
Pres. - J. D. Meier
Vice Pres. - D. F. Bickel
Sec. - H. J. Klotzbach
Treas. - L. M. Yearous
Trustee - C. M. Butts
~Elkader Register & Argus, Thur., 1 June 1911

1924
The Giard Cemetery Association met for their annual meeting and electio of officers on Saturday evening, May 3rd at the the Giard polling office. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year:
President, J.D. Meier
Vice President, T.E. Hartwick
Sec., J.H. Benzing
Treasurer, L.M. Yearous
Director, F.C. Heimbrodt
Assessment of $2.00 per lot was carried, each lot to receive from 15 to 20 mowings during the season.
~North Iowa Times, Thursday, May 8, 1924

1927
The Giard Cemetery Association held their annual meeting March 21, 1927, at the voting office at Giard. The following officers were elected:
J.D. Meier, President
H.J. Klotzbach, Vice President
Theo. Hartwick, Secretary
L.M. Yearous, Treasurer
Aug. T. Bernhardt, Director
John Lembke, awarded lawning contract
~Clayton County Register, Thurs. 24 March 1927

1930
The annual meeting of the Giard Cemetery Association was held in Giard on Saturday evening. A goodly of lot owners were present. A vote was taken re: maintaining flower beds at the cemetery and the president nominated the following to superintend the improvement: Miss Kate Wickersheim, Mrs. J.D. Meier, Mrs. Aug. Helwig, Mrs. Matilda Meyer, Mrs. T. Hartwick and Mrs. G.N. Meyer. Officers elected for the ensuing year were:
J.D. Meier, Farmersburg twp., president
Theo. Hartwick, Giard, secretary
L.M. Yearous, Giard, treasurer
C.B. Kruetter, McGregor, director
John Lembke - re-hired as care-taker & to mow the cemetery
~Clayton County Register, Thursday, 27 March 1930

1936
The Giard Cemetery association held its annual business meeting recently and elected the following officers:
President, J.D. Meier
Vice president, B.J. Wickersheim
Secretary, T.E. Hartwick
Treasurer, Reuben Bernhard
Director, Frank Miller
Sexton, John Lembke
~Clayton County Register, Wed. 8 April 1936