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| Council
Hill Cemetery Burials through 2010 Sec. 3, Giard twp. Clayton co. Iowa M-Z |
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The original list of burials from the WPA grave survey have been updated and corrected from gravestone inscriptions, and newer burials added when the cemetery was walked and photographed by 'Gemni' in 2010.
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| -M- Last Name |
First Name | Birth Date | Death Date | Comment |
| Martens | Eva Mae F. | 1921 | 1992 | same stone as Harlen E. |
| Martens | Harlen E. | 1916 | 2001 | same stone as Eva Mae |
| McCorkle | Samuel | 09/06/1869 | lot 22 | |
| McGuire | Mildred I. | 1909 | 1975 | nee Sawvell |
| McGuire | Peter E. | 1899 | 1957 | |
| McNally | James E. | 11/29/1929 | 07/18/2004 | same stone as Loretta M. |
| McNally | Loretta M. | 05/28/1932 | 03/27/1996 | same stone as James E. |
| McNaughton | Douglas F. | 10/19/1887 | 03/23/1912 | lot 21 |
| McNaughton | Ferdita | 08/29/1867 | aged 2y 4m; d/o D & A McNaughton | |
| McNaughton | Frankie D. | 09/12/1880 | aged 18y 5m 2d; d/o JL & Mary McNaughton; lot 10 | |
| McNaughton | Julia O. | 08/09/1851 | 01/24/1909 | "Mother"; lot 10 |
| McNaughton | William R. | 05/14/1849 | 06/13/1907 | "Father"; lot 10 |
| Meier | Julia | 09/05/1823 | 07/06/1904 | lot 3; w/o Ludwig |
| Meier | Ludwig | 01/30/1834 | 06/03/1891 | lot 3; h/o Julia |
| Meier | Martan J. | 02/01/1874 | 02/13/1874 | same stone as Maagdalena; "Children of Ludwig & Julie Meier" "Kinder von Meier" |
| Meier | Maagdalena | 03/10/1871 | 09/20/1872 | same stone as Martan; "Children of Ludwig & Julie Meier" "Kinder von Meier" |
| Mielke | Frank | 12/19/1853 | 08/07/1939 | same stone as Mathilde; lot 2 Block 4 |
| Mielke | Fred | 1886 | 1945 | |
| Miekle | Mathilde | 03/24/1854 | 05/17/1905 | w/o Frank Mielke; lot 2 Block 4 |
| Mielke | Paul A. | 1884 | 1960 | |
| Miner | Fannie M. | 05/23/1865 | 06/28/1879 | d/o H.E. & M.E. Miner |
| Miner | Thomas E. | 11/01/1872 | aged 77y ?m ?d; lot 19 | |
| Moe | Elizabeth F. | 1914 | 2004 | nee Foster; same stone as Lyle J. |
| Moe | Lyle J. | 1914 | 2000 | Vet WWII & Korea; same stone as Elizabeth F. |
| Moore | Cora C. | 1890 | 1979 | same stone as James L. |
| Moore | James L. | 1894 | 1970 | same stone as Cora C. |
| Moore | Keith W. | 1921 | 2009 | same stone as Irene E. |
| Moses | Blanche | 1902 | 1989 | same stone as William E. SR |
| Moses | William E. SR | 1898 | 1993 | same stone as Blanche |
| Muth | Etta | 08/20/1869 | 01/08/1892 | nee Burnham; w/o Edward Muth; lot 8 Block 2 |
| Muth | John | 1821 | 1918 | lot 8 block 2 |
| Muth | Mary | 1833 | 1893 | w/o John Muth; lot 8 Block 2 |
| -N
& O- Last Name |
First Name | Birth Date | Death Date | Comment |
| Niewoehner | Alvin Frederick | 01/25/1910 | 08/22/1996 | h/o Rose Mae |
| Niewoehner | Rose Mae | 04/26/1905 | 01/20/1998 | nee Adney; w/o Alvin F. |
| OHeron | Tom N. | 1922 | 1987 | same stone as Marjorie T. Foster O'Heron |
| Ostrander | Evaline | 1857 | 1897 | nee Glover; married M.E. Dickens, widowed 1880, married R.R. Ostrander; lot 37 |
| Otto | Carl L. | 1843 | 1922 | same stone as Ernestine |
| Otto | Ernestine | 1852 | 1931 | same stone as Carl L. |
| -P- Last Name |
First Name | Birth Date | Death Date | Comment |
| Peters | Katrina Marie | 01/10/1995 | 12/03/2003 | same stone as Derrick E. & Maria B. Peters |
| Peterson | Edna M. | 1864 | blank | |
| Peterson | Mary | 1848 | 1928 | "Peterson" is engraved on the top of the stone; same stone as Sophia Schuman & 'three children' |
| Peterson | Peter I. | 1854 | 1921 | lot 11 |
| Peterson | Sophia Schuman | 1819 | 1915 | "Peterson" is engraved on the top of the stone; same stone as Mary & 'three children' [see also Schuman] |
| Phillips | Emily J. | 1879 | w/o J. Phillips; aged 27y & 7m; lot 22 | |
| Pixler | James | 07/07/1865 | lot 15 | |
| Pixler | Jesse | 01/23/1866 | lot 15 | |
| Plank | Elizabeth | 07/21/1809 | 05/15/1882 | w/o Rev. Jno Plank; lot 9 |
| Plank | I. Mary | 04/04/1821 | [year of death should be confirmed - ?1871] | |
| Plank | Infant Son | ?/02/1821 | s/o ?.M & ? Plank [year of death should be confirmed - ?1871] | |
| Plank | James | 1874 | aged 29y 6m 29d; lot 8 section 3 | |
| Plank | Jennie A. | 01/11/1874 | aged 2y 2m ?d; d/o James & Mary Plank | |
| Plank | John, Rev. | 1807 | 02/?/1890 | lot 8 |
| Plank | Martha A. | 1864 | aged 3m 7d; d/o John M. & C.E. Plank JR | |
| Plozel | Florence L. | 1917 | 2006 | same stone as Leonard F. |
| Plozel | Leonard F. | 1912 | 1990 | same stone as Florence |
| Pontzar | Mary A. | 1793 | 1881 | same stone as Mathias; lot 4 |
| Pontzar | Mathias | 1794 | 1880 | same stone as Mary A.; lot 4 |
| Poor | E.M. | broken stone; no visible dates; lot 46 | ||
| Preuss | Augusta | 1850 | 1932 | same stone as Charley; lot 14 |
| Preuss | Charley | 1848 | 1896 | same stone as Augusta; lot 14 |
| -R- Last Name |
First Name | Birth Date | Death Date | Comment |
| Raymond | Julie | 05/19/1879 | nee Young; w/o Wallace Raymond; lot 17 | |
| Rechfus | Gustav | 04/08/1826 | 03/31/1881 | aged 54Y, 11m & 20d; lot 7 |
| Rechfus | H. | name written at base of stone; no dates | ||
| Rechfus | Maria | 09/18/1826 | 12/27/1883 | "George Keft" also inscribed on her stone; lot 7 [?nee Rechfus, w/o George Keft?] |
| Reidel | Charles | 01/25/1855 | aged 10y 3m 7d; s/o Henry & Louisa Reidel; lot 40 | |
| Reidel | Charles | 1825 | 1913 | |
| Reidel | Charles | 1876 | 1895 | lot 40 [appears on WPA list] |
| Reidel | Katherin | 1823 | 1874 | lot 40 |
| Renziehausen | Caroline M. | 1862 | 1866 | same stone as Johanna L.M. |
| Renziehausen | Charles | 08/06/1825 | 10/16/1889 | "Father"; aged 74y 2m 10d; lot 17; he has 2 gravestones in the cemetery |
| Renziehausen | Charles A. | 1852 | 1930 | lot 17 |
| Renziehausen | H. Fredrick | 1855 | 1931 | lot 17 |
| Renziehausen | Geromi | 1865 | 1867 | |
| Renziehausen | Henry | 1857 | 1928 | |
| Renziehausen | Johanna L.M. | 11/01/1850 | 05/28/1856 | |
| Renziehausen | Karl | 01/27/1826 | 09/23/1881 | aged 55y 8m 26d; also inscribed on the stone is "Loise A.C. Gullinagh" above the name Karl [may be gravestone of Loise rather than Karl] |
| Renziehausen | Loise | 1826 | 1881 | lot 30 [see entry above - same dates, different stone] |
| Renziehausen | Louis | 08/01/1818 | 12/31/1897 | same stone as Mary; lot 30 |
| Renziehausen | Louisa | 1860 | 1949 | |
| Renziehausen | Louise | 1826 | 1881 | lot 17 |
| Renziehausen | Martha | 1870 | 1946 | |
| Renziehausen | Mary | 10/25/1829 | 5/19/1912 | same stone as Louis; lot 30 |
| Renziehausen | Minnie | 1866 | 1933 | lot 30 |
| Renziehausen | William F. | 1862 | 1924 | lot 30 |
| Ressel | Augusta | 1863 | 1916 | lot 44 |
| Ricker | Arthur L. | 1902 | 1996 | same stone as Dorothy M. |
| Ricker | Dorothy M. | 1912 | 1996 | same stone as Arthur L. |
| Ricklef | Anna Marie | 07/02/1867 | 01/18/1937 | lot 21 block 4 |
| Ricklef | Infants | no names or dates on stone; infants of Rudolph & Anna Ricklef | ||
| Ricklef | Rudloph | 10/20/1858 | 01/31/1930 | lot 21 block 4 |
| Robinson | Gilbert C. | 1913 | 1996 | |
| Robinson | John W. | 06/22/1874 | 01/20/1939 | same stone as Maryette |
| Robinson | Maryette | 06/30/1878 | 03/18/1954 | same stone as John W. |
| Rogers | Elba | 06/12/1848 | 04/04/1895 | lot 13 Block 4 |
| Rogers | Sabina | 1855 | 1934 | lot 13 block 4 |
| Russell | Dora | 1863 | 1878 | lot 6 block 2 |
| Russell | Harriet | 1871 | aged 41y 4m; w/o Benjamin | |
| -S- Last Name |
First Name | Birth Date | Death Date | Comment |
| Sallach | Caroline | 03/10/1820 | 05/15/1904 | aged 84y 2m 6d; same stone as Karl; lot 16 Block 2 |
| Sallach | Karl | 07/20/1844 | 03/30/1915 | aged 70y 7m 10d; same stone as Caroline; lot 16 Block 2 |
| Saunders | Ethel M. | 1911 | 1997 | same stone as Martin C. |
| Saunders | Martin C. | 1911 | 1983 | same stone as Ethel M. |
| Sawvel | Mother | no dates; "Mother"; lot 20 | ||
| Sawvel | Amos | 03/19/1870 | aged 20y ?m 3d; lot 48 | |
| Sawvel | Clara | no dates; lot 20 | ||
| Sawvel | Daniel | 07/27/1863 | aged 21y 1m 6d; lot 48 | |
| Sawvel | Frank J. | 12/02/1902 | same stone as Henry E. & Willie; lot 19 | |
| Sawvel | Henry E. | 04/21/1899 | same stone as Frank J. & Willie; lot 20 | |
| Sawvel | Henry | 08/03/1861 | aged 27y 1m 27d; lot 48 | |
| Sawvel | Jacob | 01/05/1830 | 01/16/1922 | lot 27 Block 1 |
| Sawvel | John | No Dates | lot 20 [from WPA list] | |
| Sawvel | John | 04/14/1819 | 05/24/1898 | same stone as Katharine; lot 48 |
| Sawvel | Katharine | 01/24/1821 | 09/20/1918 | w/o John Sawvel; lot 48 |
| Sawvel | Maggie | no dates on stone; lot 20 | ||
| Sawvel | Mary | lot 20 | ||
| Sawvel | Mary | 10/13/1875 | 08/08/1893 | aged 37 years |
| Sawvel | Myrtle | 1895 | 1935 | lot 61 [from WPA list] |
| Sawvel | Sarah M. | 06/02/1833 | 09/22/1899 | w/o Jacob Sawvel; lot 27 Block 1 |
| Sawvel | Viola | 12/08/1858 | 06/04/1890 | w/o [?Adam or ?Asa] Sawvel; lot 22 |
| Sawvel | Willie | 02/15/1890 | same stone as Henry E. & Frank J.; lot 19 | |
| Sawvell | Adam | 1855 | 1927 | lot 48 |
| Sawvell | Elmer R. | 03/19/1895 | 02/25/1892 | s/o S.W. & S.L. Sawvell |
| Sawvell | Elsie L. | 1881 | 1922 | same stone as John J. |
| Sawvell | John J. | 1880 | 1959 | same stone as Elsie L. |
| Sawvell | Leslie | 1929 | 1929 | same stone as Lloyd; Infant sons of Albert & Mary |
| Sawvell | Lillis M. | 1910 | 1996 | |
| Sawvell | Lloyd | 1927 | 1927 | same stone as Leslie; Infant sons of Albert & Mary |
| Sawvell | Mearl E. | 1903 | 1974 | |
| Sawvell | Vernon L. | 08/11/1920 | 11/14/1987 | Maj US Army, World War II & Vietnam |
| Sawvell | Warren R. | 05/08/1906 | 01/23/1907 | |
| Sawvell | William J. | 1915 | 1957 | "Husband" |
| Sawvell | William H. | 02/04/1871 | s/o H & E Sawvell | |
| Scarff | Mary E. | 1857 | 1898 | lot 22 |
| Scarff | Robert T. | 02/28/1908 | 07/18/1923 | |
| Scarff | Walter | 1878 | 1950 | same stone as Howard & Ermina Henning |
| Schierholz | Iowa A. | 03/13/1911 | 03/18/2002 | same stone as Irving H. |
| Schierholz | Irving Herman | 05/24/1910 | 05/23/1997 | same stone as Iowa A.; he also has a military marker: EM3 US Navy, World War II |
| Schlein | Katharine M. | 1865 | 1919 | w/o Rev. W.P. Schlein; lot 15 |
| Schlein | W. P., Rev. | 1867 | 1931 | born Stergnelshausen, Ger., died Tolstoy, S. Dak.; lot 14 |
| Schlitter | Alfred D. | 1924 | 1970 | "Son"; same stone as Dayton A. |
| Schlitter | Adolph | 1839 | 1915 | "Father"; lot 21 |
| Schlitter | August F. | 1847 | 1931 | "Father"; lot 35 |
| Schitter | Caroline | 1839 | 1931 | "Mother"; nee Ziezo; lot 21 |
| Schitter | Caroline | 1851 | 09/23/1913 | lot 1 block 2 |
| Schlitter | Charles | 1850 | 1937 | "Father"; lot 23 |
| Schlitter | Charley | 1877 | 1936 | "Son"; lot 25 |
| Schlitter | Clarence T. | Jan 1908 | Feb 1908 | s/o Wm & EM. Schlitter |
| Schlitter | Constancia | 1889 | aged 89y; lot 25 | |
| Schlitter | Dayton A. | 1915 | 1955 | "Son"; same stone as Alfred D. |
| Schlitter | Emma B.M. | 1882 | 1911 | |
| Schlitter | Frank | 1879 | 1944 | |
| Schlitter | Fredrick W. | 1904 | 1976 | same stone as Geneva Z. |
| Schlitter | Geneva Z. | 1909 | 1998 | same stone as Frederick W. |
| Schlitter | Harvey E. | 12/31/1921 | 12/31/2003 | PFC US Army, World War II |
| Schlitter | Laura | 1888 | 1973 | nee Genz |
| Schlitter | Minnie | 1860 | 1948 | "Mother" |
| Schlitter | William F. | 1875 | 1939 | |
| Schlueter | Karolena | 03/12/1827 | 05/31/1907 | same stone as Wilhelm; lot 27 |
| Schlueter | Wilheim | 04/18/1823 | 05/06/1911 | same stone as Karolena; lot 27 |
| Schmeiser | Charlotte | 09/18/1833 | 02/03/1919 | lot 32 |
| Schmeiser | Emma | 04/18/1869 | 09/12/1897 | lot32 |
| Schmeiser | George | 07/27/1829 | 07/24/1887 | lot 31 |
| Schmeiser | John | 08/18/1821 | 12/19/1899 | |
| Schmeiser | John JR | 02/12/1862 | 02/09/1938 | |
| Schmeiser | Lizzie | 10/18/1865 | 12/24/1891 | lot 32 |
| Schmeiser | Louis | 05/09/1860 | 11/06/1914 | lot 31 |
| Schmitt | Anna M. | 08/21/1871 | 09/15/1873 | |
| Schmitt | Eddie H. | 04/02/1875 | 04/02/1875 | |
| Schmitt | George W. | 08/01/1867 | 03/21/1868 | |
| Schmitt | Henrietta | 04/05/1845 | 06/26/1921 | |
| Schmitt | William M. | 09/15/1836 | 12/14/1916 | Co H 38th Ia. Inf. |
| Schumann | Sophia | 1849 | 1915 | "Peterson" is engraved on the top of the stone; same stone as Mary & 'three children'; lot 12; [see also Peterson] |
| Scott | Allen | 1804 | 1864 | lot 24 [WPA record] |
| Scott | David Morgan | 1871 | 27th IA inf.; lot 24 Block 1 | |
| Seig | Carl | 1851 | 1891 | |
| Seig | Hanna | 1857 | 1941 | |
| Seitz | Emma | 1871 | 1908 | same stone as Frank |
| Seitz | Frank | 1870 | 1940 | same stone as Emma |
| Sieling | Heinrich | Nov 1802 | 03/30/1883 | lot 18 |
| Sieling | Wilhelmina | w/o Henrich; no dates; lot 18 | ||
| Skipworth | James | no dates [WPA record] | ||
| Snitker | Fred L. | 1908 | 1987 | same stone as Ruby E. |
| Snitker | Ruby E. | 1904 | 1963 | same stone as Fred L. |
| Starkey | Bessie | 05/03/1896 | 07/29/1974 | nee Knapp; same stone as James J. |
| Starkey | Bradley | 03/10/1958 | 02/05/2010 | |
| Starkey | Beulah F. | 1918 | 1969 | same stone as Norman H. |
| Starkey | Clifford M. | 1918 | 2007 | same stone as Donna M. |
| Starkey | Ernie | 1903 | 1976 | |
| Starkey | James J. | 01/15/1891 | 02/23/1952 | same stone as Bessie |
| Starkey | Nellie E. | 1871 | 1922 | same stone as Tom W. |
| Starkey | Norman H. | 1916 | 1976 | same stone as Beulah F. |
| Starkey | Tom W. | 1865 | 1933 | same stone as Nellie E. |
| Straight | Calvin | 01/11/1822 | 03/28/1882 | lot 9 |
| Straight | Polly | 05/26/1831 | 07/13/1905 | lot 9 |
| Sutter | Franklin | 03/08/1827 or 1829 | s/o J.C. & J.M. Sutter; aged 1y 1m 12d | |
| -T- Last Name |
First Name | Birth Date | Death Date | Comment |
| Tayek | Frank | 08/17/1847 | 10/13/1914 | lot 30 |
| Tayek | Francis / Frank | 09/04/1887 | 07/06/1911 | "Frank" engraved on top of stone; lot 30 |
| Tayek | Susan | April 1850 | 08/25/1939 | |
| Terrell | Rufus | 06/17/1894 | lot 38 | |
| Thias | Henry H. | 1837 | 1874 | same stone as Louisa; lot 33 |
| Thias | Louisa | 1837 | 1909 | same stone as Henry H.; lot 33 |
| Thias | Otto | 01/01/1866 | 10/28/1937 | lot 33 |
| Thomas | Iona | 03/24/1875 | 11/18/08 | w/o Geo. Thomas; lot 7 |
| Timmerman | Harry | 1905 | 1983 | "Son"; same stone as Henry |
| Timmerman | Henry | 1901 | 1980 | "Son"; same stone as Harry |
| Timmerman | Hermina A. | 1878 | 1945 | same stone as William J. |
| Timmerman | Mary | 05/04/1872 | 03/08/1898 | lot 19 Block 4 |
| Timmerman | William J. | 1867 | 1941 | same stone as Hermina A. |
| Trappa | Andrew H. | 10/09/1880 | aged 14y 4m 12d; s/o H & H Trappa | |
| Trappa | Henry | 11/19/1821 | 02/06/1900 | lot 25 Block 2 |
| Trappa | Johanna | 11/17/1833 | 05/21/1878 | w/o H. Trappa; lot 25 Block 2 |
| Trappe | Charlie | 1862 | 1939 | |
| -U
& V- Last Name |
First Name | Birth Date | Death Date | Comment |
| Uhlis | Anna | 08/26/1824 | 12/24/1908 | same stone as Casper; lot 34 Block 2 |
| Uhlis | Casper | 1823 | 08/14/1900 | same stone as Anna; lot 34 Block 2 |
| Uhlis | Mary | 1859 | 1940 | |
| Uriell | Avalo | 03/16/187? | aged 12y 2m 6d; s/o John & Mary Uriell | |
| Van Allen | Prudence | 1851 | 1909 | |
| -W- Last Name |
First Name | Birth Date | Death Date | Comment |
| Waack | John | 08/18/1883 | lot 10 | |
| Waack | Maria | 06/13/1873 | w/o John Waack; lot 10 | |
| Warn | Frances Elizabeth | 12/15/1872 | aged 11y 1m 26d | |
| Wiethorn | Curt H., Rev. | 02/02/1819 | 08/12/1873 | lot 23 |
| Wiethorn | Benjamin H. | 07/27/1883 | 07/29/1947 | |
| Wiethorn | Elizabeth | 1855 | 11/01/1936 | lot 23 |
| Wiethorn | Henry J. | 01/23/1856 | 12/29/1918 | lot 23 |
| Wiethorn | Louesa C. | 03/15/1821 | 01/05/1913 | lot 24 |
| Wiethorn | Mary C. | 05/06/1854 | 08/16/1927 | lot 23 block 4 |
| Wilkins | Ann Marie | 1834 | 1920 | "Mother"; same stone as Thomas E.; lot 29 |
| Wilkins | Curtis F. | 1939 | 1969 | |
| Wilkins | Dean Bruce | 03/08/1952 | 11/23/1952 | s/o Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Wilkins |
| Wilkins | Floyd L. | 1913 | 2002 | |
| Wilkins | Grace C. | 1925 | 1986 | "Mother" |
| Wilkins | Hazel H. | 1916 | 2002 | |
| Wilkins | Janet C. | 1933 | 2002 | same stone as W. Eldean |
| Wilkins | Laura C. | 1880 | 1966 | same stone as Thomas E. |
| Wilkins | Marcella M. | 1921 | 1929 | |
| Wilkins | Nina A. | 1903 | 1947 | same stone as Wilbur H. |
| Wilkins | Thomas E. | 1872 | 1940 | same stone as Laura C. |
| Wilkins | Thomas E. | 1832 | 1915 | "Father"; same stone as Ann Marie; lot 29 Block 4 |
| Wilkins | Thomas Ray | 1904 | 1908 | |
| Wilkins | Wilber H. | 1906 | 2007 | same stone as Nina A. |
| Wilson | Eveline M. | 1845 | 1875 | same stone as Homer T. & Eden S. Foster; buried on Micajah Foster lot; [maiden name may be Wilson & married name Foster] |
| Worth | John P. | 02/20/1880 | s/o D & L Worth; lot owner: David Worth; lot 3 Block 4 | |
| -Y
& Z- Last Name |
First Name | Birth Date | Death Date | Comment |
| Young | Charlotte | 06/22/1879 | w/o Simeon Young; aged 67y ?m 22d; lot 17 | |
| Zeizo | Adeline Friedericka | 06/22/1844 | 08/15/1916 | lot 31 |
| Ziezo | Theodore | 12/24/1846 | 10/21/1928 | lot 31 |