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Ebenezer Cemetery
(aka Wood Community or Woodland cemetery)
Elk Township Section 21 SW/NW

Gravestones as recorded by Phyllis Peterson October 2004
-updated September 2011-

Ebenezer cemetery - photo by Phyllis Peterson


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Name Birth Death Comments
Ackman, Anna E. 1893 1979 Same stone as Ernest
Ackman, Bernard H. 1851 1941 Same stone as Wilhelmina
Ackman, Ernest A. 1886 1971 Same stone as Anna
Ackman, Wilhelmina 1858 1935 Same stone as Bernard
Adams, Elsie I. 12/13/1884 1/20/1916  
Appleton, Bernetta J. ---- ---- Same stone as Randall L.
Appleton, Floy 1888 1983 Same stone as Otto
Appleton, Mark A. 9/3/1958 2/7/1993 Married Nancy, 1983. Father of Brian, Sarah, Amber & Brett
Appleton, Otto 1885 1982 Same stone as Floy
Appleton, Randall L. 4/7/1921 6/23/2007 Same stone as Bernetta J. Parents of Mark, Elaine & Andy
Appleton, Vivian I. 9/20/1913 9/12/1917 Dau. of O. & F.
Banner, John David 4/17/1923 11/24/1995 Same stone as Mary - U.S. Navy WW II
Banner, Mary E. 3/11/1925 ---- Same stone as John, Married 18 Oct 1944, Parents of Rosie, David, & Sandy.
Berens, Elise 1863 1936 Same stone as Herman
Berens, Herman 1862 1907 Same stone as Elise
Berens, infant dau 1901 ---- Infant of H. & E.
Berens, infant son 1900 ---- Infant of H. & E.
Brockmeyer, Bessie Ann 1925 1926  
Brockmeyer, Frank H. 1858 3/22/1901  
Brockmeyer, Harold Raymond 1903 1973 Same stone as Irene
Brockmeyer, Infant     With Harold & Irene
Brockmeyer, Infant 1929 ---- With Harold & Irene
Brockmeyer, Irene Alice nee Sykes 1905 1994 Same stone as Harold
Brockmeyer, John 1851 1946 Same stone as Maria
Brockmeyer, Margaret D. 2/28/1885 1/31/1910  
Brockmeyer, Maria nee Hildebrandt 1868 1951 Same stone as John
Ernst, Marguerite nee Staub 3/12/1916 3/2/2006 Same stone as Roy
Ernst, Marshall 8/29/1981 ---- Our Baby, Son of Jerry & Rosie
Ernst, Roy Edwin 6/14/1917 8/26/1991 Same stone as Marguerite
Fensterman, David Orval 6/151942 3/28/2009 Sgt US Army, Vietnam
Fensterman, Dorothy Floy nee Blaker 9/12/1914 5/24/1992 Same stone as Orval N. Parents of Darla, David, Norman, Marsha, Charles, John, & Diane
Fensterman, Fred H. 1873 1947 Same stone as Ida C. [Frederich Herman]
Fensterman, Ida Christina nee Walters 1878 1953 Same stone as Fred H.
Fensterman, Orval Norman 7/30/1917 2/24/1995 Same stone as Dorothy
Fenstermann, Arlen 7/2/1936 ---- Infant twin sons of Howard & Lenora
Fenstermann, Arlo 7/2/1936 10/9/1936 Infant twin sons of Howard & Lenora
Fenstermann, Carl Martin 6/13/1909 7/4/1997 Same stone as Clara
Fenstermann, Clara Louise nee Matthews 2/21/1912 9/20/2003 Same stone as Carl
Fenstermann, Dorothy Alice 5/15/1908 9/17/1984  
Fenstermann, Emma M. 7/24/1873 10/7/1909 Wife of Henry, same stone as H.H.J.
Fenstermann, H. H. J. 6/17/1870 1/26/1955 [Henry], same stone as Emma
Fenstermann, Howard E. 1902 1967 Same stone as Lenora
Fenstermann, infant dau unreadable unreadable Infant dau. of Henry
Fenstermann, Lenora G. nee Kraus 10/19/1906 6/30/2007 Same stone as Howard
Fenstermann, Marea 10/27/1871 7/16/1958  
Friedley, Anna 1867 1925 Mother
Friedley, Berdien Oscar 9/6/1916 5/3/1993 S/Sgt US Army, WWII
Friedley, Ella 1890 1962  
Friedley, Fred 1857 1939 Father
Friedley, Jr. 1954 1956 Son of Mr. & Mrs. B. O. Friedley
Friedley, Lucille M. 8/10/1918 9/1/2003  
Friedley, Oscar 1890 1966  
Hamlett, Hulda 1898 1993 Same stone as Otley
Hamlett, infant dau 1922 1924 Infant dau. of Otley & Hulda
Hamlett, Otley 1899 1973 Same stone as Hulda
Hilgendorf, Benjamin M. 02/13/1894 5/25/1910 Son of E.C. & Emma
Hilgendorf, Clara M. 05/21/1862 2/6/1909 lot 2 – Dau. of E.C. & Emma
Hilgendorf, Edward C. 1857 6/13/1908 lot 2
Hilgendorf, Emma 8/27/1861 Blank  
Hilgendorf, Frieda D. 8/6/1897 12/24/1909 Dau. of E.C. & Emma
Hilgendorf, G. E. Edward 8/26/1821 10/23/1900 lot 1
Hilgendorf, George F. 09/20/1882 11/28/1907 lot 2 – Son of E.C. & Emma
Hilgendorf, Infant - - Child of Edward & Emma
Hilgendorf, Joh D. nee Schwightenberg 2/25/1824 03/05/1890 or 1891 lot 10
Hilgendorf, Laura M. 09/08/1888 11/3/1907 lot 2 – Dau of E.C. & Emma
Holland, Alvina 6/9/1860 5/6/1934  
Holland, H. 1858 1921 [Herman]
Kraus, Anna 1872 1947 Same stone as John
Kraus, Harley 1902 1983 Same stone as Laura
Kraus, John 1868 1942 Same stone as Anna
Kraus, Laura 1903 1987 Same stone as Harley
Kurrelmeyer, B. 11/25/1836 10/23/1914 [Bernard]
Kurrelmeyer, Edna Mary 4/17/1901 6/24/1901  
Kurrelmeyer, Elsabein nee VonTalge 7/18/1835 1/3/1918 lot 3
Kurrelmeyer, Infant Son 1898 1898  
Moser, Elizabeth N. 1/20/1827 3/20/1900 lot 4
Moser, Ernest Oscar 1888 1967 Same stone as Sarah Grace
Moser, Nick 1855 1933 lot 4, same stone as Rosa
Moser, Rosa 1861 1930 lot 4 , same stone as Nick
Moser, Sarah Grace nee Brockmeyer 1892 1979 Same stone as Ernest O.
Sargent, Helen A. 1909 2002 Same stone as Paul
Sargent, Paul W. 1906 1969 Same stone as Helen
Staub, Dorothy 2/10/1920 6/3/2000  
Von Talge, Bertha 1887 1927  
Von Talge, Edward J. 1892 1931  
Von Talge, Herman D. 1851 1933 Same stone as Ida
Von Talge, Ida A. 1860 1932 Same stone as Herman
Wessel, Albert 1883 1954  
Wessel, Anna 1882 1937 Same stone as Benjamin
Wessel, Arthur H. 1891 1966  
Wessel, Benjamin 1872 1942 Same stone as Anna
Wessel, Burdette E. 1913 2001 Same stone as Lucile, Parents of Edward, Marla, Robert, David, Calvin, Esther, and Diane
Wessel, Doris V. 1921 1935  
Wessel, Edward F. 1885 1920 lot 14, Same stone as Flora
Wessel, Elsie M. 1913 1989  
Wessel, Erwin G. 1/7/1897 9/4/1897  
Wessel, Esther M. 1899 1945  
Wessel, Flora E. 1891 1949 Same stone as Edward
Wessel, Helen O. 1890 1950  
Wessel, Herman 1848 1926 lot 14
Wessel, Irving 1898 1981 Same stone as Mildred M.
Wessel, Kate 1887 1950  
Wessel, Lucile L. 1914 2003 Same stone as Burdette
Wessel, Maria 1859 1925 lot 14
Wessel, Mildred Mae nee Brockmeyer 1905 2001 Same stone as Irving
Wessel, Wayne B. 1923 1994  
Withell, Anna Marie 1888 1977  
Withell, Ed Randal 3/12/1897 2/20/1992  


-source: personal recording of burials by Phyllis Peterson who walked the cemetery in October 2004 & updated September 2011
-transcribed by Phyllis Peterson
-submitters note: I added the lot numbers from the WPA records, and added my own comments.


Ebenezer WPA records

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