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THE RECORDING OF A CEMETERY

By Thelma Greene Reagan

 

Today we walked where others walked

On a lonely, windswept hill.

Today we talked where others cried

For loved ones whose lives are stilled.

 

Today our hearts were touched

By graves of tiny babies.

Snatched from the arms of loving kin,

In the heartbreak of the ages.

 

Today we saw where

the grandparents lay

In the last sleep of their time.

Lying under the trees and clouds -

Their beds kissed by the sun and wind.

 

Today we wondered

About an unmarked spot.

Who lies beneath this hallowed ground?

Was it a babe, child, young or old?

No indication could be found.

 

Today we saw where Mom and Dad lay.

We had been here once before

On a day we'd all like to forget,

But will remember forever more.

 

Today we recorded for kith and kin

The graves of ancestors past.

To be preserved for generations hence,

A record we hope will last.

 

Cherish it, my friend.

Preserve it, my friend,

For stones sometimes crumble to dust

And generations of folks yet to come

Will be grateful for your trust.

 

Welcome to the

Mower County MNGenWeb Project

 

Mower County Cemetery Information

Visit Find A Grave for more information on Mower County Cemeteries

 

St. Patrick’s Cemetery – LeRoy Township

Mower County, Minnesota

 Photo by Kathy Pike

 

245 Interments:

Last

First Middle Maiden

Birth

Death

Abbott 

Helen Marie Mertes 

 11 Jul 1917

 19 Dec 2012

Abbott 

Joseph B.

 13 Jul 1916

 18 Jul 1997

Ahrens 

Keith Dewayne

 26 Oct 1943

 16 Jul 2013

Allen 

Fannie M.

 1 Jul 1849

 24 Sep 1932

Allen 

William

 14 Sep 1831

 27 Jan 1920

Armstrong 

Alvira L.

 18 Oct 1855

 18 Sep 1939

Armstrong 

Edna M.

 3 Dec 1874

 5 May 1964

Armstrong 

Eugene M.

1890

 8 Feb 1925

Armstrong 

Eunettie L.

 24 Dec 1886

 6 Apr 1895

Armstrong 

John L.

 28 Jan 1850

 18 Nov 1927

Armstrong 

Mae A.

 19 May 1885

 16 Nov 1959

Armstrong 

Milliard E.

 21 Apr 1884

 5 Jan 1958

Armstrong 

Willard Ellsworth

 26 Dec 1878

 23 Jan 1958

Backer 

Dale W.

 14 Nov 1928

 5 Sep 2010

Backer 

Henrietta Helena Kappes 

 21 Oct 1897

 27 Apr 1988

Backer 

William A

 24 Feb 1897

 29 Dec 1980

Baehr 

Henry Jacob “Harry”

 5 Aug 1853

 7 Nov 1926

Baehr 

Mary A. McNamara 

 Feb 1862

 5 Jan 1907

Bagan 

Agnes

 24 May 1878

 unknown

Bagan 

Alice Cora Daskam 

 12 Apr 1865

 20 Jan 1895

Bagan 

Bridget

1812

1905

Bagan 

Eva

 23 Oct 1889

 6 Apr 1972

Bagan 

Frank

 2 Feb 1857

 28 May 1933

Bagan 

Helena C.

1889

1911

Bagan 

Honorah “Norah” O'Conner 

 Jun 1850

 14 Dec 1911

Bagan 

John

1842

 24 Mar 1914

Bagan 

John

1805

1905

Bagan 

Margaret L Phelan 

1854

1938

Bagan 

Merrill Joseph

 26 Feb 1911

 21 Jun 1952

Bagan 

Raymond

1892

1913

Bagan 

Sarah Cecilia Spellman 

1886

 9 Feb 1946

Bagan 

Thomas F.

1846

1914

Bagan 

Thomas F. Jr. 

1920

1920

Bagan 

Thomas Francis

 Oct 1850

1912

Bagan 

William Emmet

 11 Aug 1909

 29 Dec 1959

Bagan 

William Francis

 19 Feb 1878

 27 Feb 1970

Bartel

Barbara Rosemarie Hulten  

 29 Sep 1921

 11 Dec 2014

Berg 

Alvira Marie Niemeyer 

 26 Oct 1918

 25 Nov 2008

Berg 

Arthur Jacob

 4 Apr 1906

 20 Dec 1984

Bissen 

Edith Elizabeth Winkels 

 20 Mar 1921

 16 Sep 2015

Bissen 

Edward John

1914

1979

Bissen 

James W.

1945

1945

Bittner 

Alfred Carl

 28 May 1850

 5 Feb 1927

Bowen 

John

 unknown

 18 Nov 1868

Brown 

Charles B.

1848

1928

Brown 

Florence L Mason 

1856

1944

Brown 

Winifred

1918

1930

Brownlow

Colleen Marie Iverson  

 30 Jan 1937

 16 Jan 2015

Brunce

Margaret Eulala Cawley  

 5 Oct 1882

 5 Jun 1962

Bye 

Geraldine Eleanor Lanser 

 31 May 1928

 11 Jul 2004

Bye 

Russell "Knute"

 10 Oct 1923

 21 Nov 2004

Carey 

John D.

1872

1944

Carey 

Margaret Bagan 

1873

1951

Cartney 

Mary Elizabeth Grace 

 11 Oct 1921

 16 Jun 1988

Cartney 

Maurice Joseph “Chow”

 18 Oct 1915

 8 Jan 2007

Cartney 

Michael T

 28 Oct 1949

 23 Jun 1987

Chapman 

Floy A. McKee 

1886

 29 Oct 1922

Chesebrough 

Earl Mathenson

1870

 26 Nov 1937

Christianson 

Vera Margaret Jones 

 11 Mar 1907

 9 Oct 1987

Coats 

CPL Joseph A.

1810

 4 Mar 1881

Conlon 

Cathryn M Bagan 

 May 1882

 20 Dec 1922

Conlon 

James Patrick

 7 Sep 1886

 16 Apr 1958

Cotton 

Cyrus H.

 6 Jan 1824

 3 Jul 1901

Cotton 

Eliza Sample 

 18 Dec 1844

 25 Jan 1918

Cotton 

Eliza Sample 

 18 Dec 1844

 25 Jan 1918

Cotton 

Sallie Jane “Jennie” Palmerton 

1870

 12 Apr 1950

Coyle 

Alice Theresa Peters 

 23 Jan 1876

 6 Aug 1962

Coyle 

Michael Frederick

 15 May 1875

 19 Aug 1958

Cummings 

Burnetta Lewis 

 29 Sep 1914

 24 Feb 2009

Cummings 

Donald F.

 20 Aug 1916

 17 Sep 1993

Diederich 

Bertha Miller 

1858

 27 Apr 1947

Diederich 

Cornelius Francis “Neal”

 18 Feb 1900

1941

Diederich 

Mathias “Matt”

 30 May 1858

 7 Sep 1941

Eling 

Martin V.

1878

1946

Eling 

Nora Belle Weaver 

 15 Nov 1873

 20 Mar 1947

Elliott 

Burley F.

 5 Sep 1929

 21 Jun 2003

Evans 

Alfred R

 30 Nov 1927

 7 Jun 2013

Every 

Esther A. Ferguson 

 8 Jan 1847

 11 Dec 1936

Every 

Isaac Hiram

1837

 27 Mar 1928

Findlay 

Henry W.

 29 Mar 1879

 21 Sep 1894

Findlay 

James

 5 Oct 1830

 26 Feb 1908

Findlay 

Sarah Bowen 

 2 May 1843

 28 Aug 1908

Francis 

Jane O'Rourke 

1828

 28 May 1909

Francis 

Michael

 6 Jan 1823

 16 Aug 1900

Gerber 

Maxine Yonker 

 19 Apr 1929

 Jun 1970

Gerber 

Norbert Hubert

 19 Apr 1929

 30 Dec 2015

Hale 

Family Stone

 unknown

 unknown

Hanks

Birdie Glen Somerville  

 12 Dec 1889

 11 Dec 1981

Hanson 

Cecil Edward

 10 Dec 1928

 20 May 2013

Hanson 

Karen Jean

 27 Apr 1957

 30 Mar 2017

Hanson 

Lorraine Winnifred Ludwig 

 17 Nov 1932

 4 Mar 2006

Heimer 

Sylvester “Sally”

 1 Jul 1919

 18 Apr 2004

Hiller 

James Severin

 3 Mar 1974

 19 Nov 1995

Hindt 

Edward Arthur

 18 Jan 1922

 10 Dec 1986

Hindt 

Margery Edith Robinet 

 26 Dec 1925

 9 Jul 2012

Hovde 

James Duane “Jim”

 26 Feb 1954

 3 Jan 2015

Hovde 

Madonna Kiefer 

 15 Jan 1922

 18 Oct 1997

Hovde 

Norman Bernard

 20 Jul 1915

 25 May 2009

Iverson 

Bernice M. Conlon 

 17 Jan 1913

 13 Jan 1995

Iverson 

Melvin Casper

 12 Mar 1910

 2 May 2009

Jasper 

Paul Clarence

 23 Mar 1945

 30 Dec 2004

Jasper 

Roman Bernard

 9 Sep 1929

 28 Sep 2005

Johnson 

Alfred L.

1847

1910

Johnson 

Christine

1872

1944

Johnson 

Emma A.

1854

1943

Johnson 

George P.

1873

1959

Johnson-McNamara 

Mary

 unknown

 unknown

Jones 

Family Stone

 unknown

 unknown

Jones 

Kiley Ann

 26 Dec 2001

 2 Jan 2002

Jordan 

Eleanor L. Blanchard 

 20 Dec 1914

 12 Jan 1988

Karver 

James “Jesse”

 25 May 1949

 2 Jan 2016

Karver 

James “Jesse” Jr. 

 25 May 1949

 2 Jan 2016

King 

Anna Christina Paulsen 

 10 Apr 1912

 6 Mar 2005

King 

Genevieve Katherine Durnin 

 27 Nov 1909

 8 Dec 1984

King 

John

 6 Nov 1902

 21 Jul 1988

King 

Peter

 15 Jan 1909

 1 Feb 1990

Koppen 

Esther A. Olson 

 26 Jun 1922

 23 Nov 1995

Koppen 

Ferdinand Nicholas

 24 Aug 1917

 16 Jun 1979

Koster 

Donald

 22 Sep 1957

 21 Oct 1960

Koster 

Ilona Mae Britt 

 2 Jun 1929

 23 Nov 2004

Koster 

Keith Dale

 21 Nov 1955

 11 Nov 1956

Koster 

LaVerne

 20 Apr 1917

 18 Nov 2005

Krueger 

Cleone Frances Morse 

 26 Sep 1912

 10 Feb 1972

Krueger 

Lance Mark

 31 May 1951

 8 Aug 1969

Krueger 

Loren Leonard

 13 Jun 1915

 11 Mar 2009

Lanser 

Marilyn

1937

 30 Jun 2002

Leonard 

Larry J.

1940

 6 Mar 1967

Leonard 

Ronald Walter

 6 May 1942

 19 Nov 1962

Liddy 

Alice Evelyn

 21 Feb 1911

 12 Jan 1976

Liddy 

Ella Agnes Bagan 

 6 Apr 1873

 22 May 1962

Liddy 

James

 Jan 1865

 28 Oct 1932

Liddy 

Mary

 unknown

 7 Apr 1896

Liddy 

Patrick

1801

 19 Jul 1886

Liddy 

William J.

1901

1986

Ludwig 

Earl Wallace

 19 May 1926

 27 Apr 1994

Ludwig 

Edith Marie Henriksen 

 10 Sep 1927

 20 Jul 1979

Ludwig 

Larry Gene

 10 Mar 1949

 11 Mar 1994

Ludwig 

Mark Earl

 28 Dec 1949

 24 Jul 1971

Ludwig 

Wallace Ledette

 14 Mar 1904

 12 Apr 1965

Ludwig 

Winifred O. Halstead 

 21 Mar 1905

 12 Jul 1993

Martinek 

Hilda Theresa Kruse 

 18 Dec 1907

 23 Dec 1961

Mayer

Charlotte Josephine “Jo” Cleppe  

 1 Sep 1915

 30 Jul 2008

Mayer

Joseph Wesley  Jr. 

 19 Feb 1908

 15 Feb 1997

McDonald 

James J.

 5 Oct 1910

 21 Nov 1995

McKee 

Edith M.

1862

1897

McKee 

Harry G.

1858

 1 Mar 1926

McKee 

Winfield C.

 unknown

 7 Aug 1864

McKenzie 

Arthur Garnet “Mack”

 22 May 1926

 11 May 2018

McKenzie 

Dorothy Elizabeth Heimer 

 21 Jul 1923

 10 Sep 2005

McNamara 

Joseph

 Jul 1863

 27 Dec 1900

McNamara 

Mary Johnson 

1830

 11 Oct 1874

McNamara 

Michael I 

1824

1894

McNamara 

Michael III 

 29 Jun 1870

 22 Mar 1939

McNamara 

Viola Isabel Wells 

 14 Sep 1903

 20 Nov 1929

Meyers 

Lucille Agnes

 9 Dec 1911

 3 Nov 2003

Meyers 

Mildred Viktora 

 10 Oct 1932

 10 Mar 2011

Miles 

Samuel J.

 10 May 1823

 2 Dec 1904

Miles 

Sarah E. Burch 

 2 Sep 1823

 7 Mar 1911

Miller 

Alverna Margaret Durben 

 3 May 1929

 10 Jul 2018

Miller 

Anna Marie Bagan 

 26 May 1888

 1 Dec 1982

Miller 

Elmer J.

 1 Feb 1926

 22 May 2009

Miller 

Janice Kaye Tangen 

 25 Apr 1959

 10 Feb 2007

Miller 

John Paul

 2 Jul 1870

 15 Jun 1951

Miller 

Joseph

 13 Sep 1912

 15 Dec 1912

Miller 

Michelle Ann

 9 Feb 1987

 9 Feb 1987

Monson 

Loren Robert

 27 Sep 1931

 9 Jul 2009

Morse 

Cecile Holland 

1895

1990

Morse 

Emma

 26 May 1882

 5 Jan 1969

Morse 

Harry Milo

 1 Apr 1907

 2 Apr 1952

Morse 

Helen I.

 unknown

 8 Dec 1960

Morse 

Julia Ann Bacon 

 6 Dec 1850

 6 Apr 1914

Morse 

Melvin E.

1881

 5 Dec 1938

Morse 

Rose Roenna Neubauer 

 20 Sep 1909

 20 Mar 1980

Morse 

Samuel Elihu

 8 Apr 1843

 21 Mar 1917

Morse 

Wayne W.

 17 Mar 1927

 3 Aug 2004

Morse 

Wesley “Wes”

 4 Mar 1928

 13 Jan 1993

Murphy 

Michael John

1854

 20 Mar 1926

Murphy 

Michael John

1890

 6 Mar 1934

Murphy 

Stella Fleming 

 6 Apr 1893

 17 Oct 1964

Murphy 

Ursulia Thankfull Price 

1850

 11 Apr 1933

Murphy 

William Henry

 16 Jun 1893

 26 Mar 1970

Murray 

Alice

 2 ??? 1906

 25 Dec 1906

Nauman 

Freda Bornstein 

 14 Sep 1884

 Nov 1972

Nauman 

John Frederick Arno “Arno”

1882

 18 Feb 1954

Olson

Marjorie Ellen Larson  

 22 Nov 1930

25-Jan

Otto 

Bertha F. Wallweber 

 7 Mar 1900

 25 Oct 1987

Otto 

Harold Franklin

 5 Sep 1899

 9 Apr 1981

Pangborn 

Charles Thomas

 25 Aug 1822

 15 Apr 1892

Pangborn 

Frank Martin

 18 Feb 1874

 3 Feb 1935

Pangborn 

James S.

 15 Oct 1878

 Nov 1933

Petsch 

Karolina Anna Libal 

 17 Sep 1901

 16 Aug 1972

Petsch 

Leopold M.

 3 Oct 1893

 3 Dec 1978

Pisney 

Mary Patricia Peters 

 13 Apr 1928

 28 Jul 1995

Pisney 

Richard F.

 30 Aug 1926

 1 Nov 1995

Porter 

Anna J.

 12 Jan 1861

 28 May 1920

Purkapile 

Mary Ann Arp 

 14 Dec 1955

 21 Nov 2014

Rickerl 

Herman Francis

 17 Sep 1929

 28 Dec 2016

Rickerl 

Joan B. Barhite 

 21 Oct 1932

 17 Jun 1994

Rickerl 

Kelsey Rae

 20 May 1992

 12 Jun 1993

Rohrer 

Paul Joseph

 23 Mar 1945

 31 Oct 2013

Runde 

Alan Paul

 7 Nov 1965

 9 Aug 1976

Runde 

Anna Marie

 Feb 1940

 5 Feb 1940

Runde 

Barbara Ann “Cow Grandma” King 

 29 Aug 1938

 26 Nov 2018

Runde 

Elizabeth

 7 Feb 1905

 17 Sep 1957

Runde 

Henry “Hank”

 21 Dec 1938

 9 Aug 2000

Runde 

Paul

 9 Mar 1908

 3 Nov 2005

Ryan 

Margaret

1876

1894

Schaefer 

Colette Jane Gorman 

 19 Jan 1938

 2 Jan 2018

Schaefer 

Frank A.

 20 Dec 1900

 25 Dec 1988

Schaefer 

Robert Frank

 18 Sep 1930

 Sep 1982

Schumann 

Virgil Leroy

 26 Mar 1929

 4 Dec 1985

Selbin 

G.

1886

1960

Small 

James Henry

 1 Sep 1856

 22 Jul 1917

Small 

Maria McNamara 

1854

 23 Mar 1904

Smith 

Margaret Ohlert 

 11 Jul 1857

 3 Sep 1941

Smith 

Mrs Marguerite

 11 Jul 1857

 3 Sep 1941

Spellman 

Francis “Frank”

 1 Nov 1920

 1 Jan 2005

Spellman 

Marcella Davis 

 19 Apr 1920

 15 Apr 2008

Spellman 

Mary Honora “Mayme” Liddy 

 11 Jan 1900

 14 Jan 1991

Spellman 

Michael Peter

 26 Dec 1887

 8 Jun 1948

Stengard 

Annie

1885

1962

Stengard 

Nels

1890

1948

Sullivan 

Lucile “Lucy” Bagan 

 Nov 1880

 30 Jun 1917

Sullivan 

Patrick

1885

 5 May 1919

Swenson 

Cassie Lynn

 25 Mar 1998

 25 Mar 1998

Taft 

Adeline

1878

1966

Taft 

Layton

1876

1944

Thelen 

Joseph

1854

1912

Thiedemann 

John H.

1875

1953

Thiedemann 

Matilda A. Tienken 

 4 Oct 1882

 Jun 1982

Underdahl 

Mary Margaret Berg 

 6 Oct 1944

 26 Oct 1988

Viktora 

John F.

 29 Sep 1926

 29 Jul 1999

Wade 

Arthur J.

 15 Apr 1926

 4 Jan 1997

Wade 

John Anthony

 17 Jul 1960

 24 Sep 2020

Wherry 

Gerald Francis

 15 Jul 1943

 1 Dec 1960

Wherry 

Harley Floyd

 13 Sep 1918

 21 Sep 1998

Wherry 

Mary Agatha Crowe 

 6 Feb 1921

 30 Jan 1973

Wilder 

Gene E.

 21 Feb 1950

 30 Nov 2016

Winkels 

Christina Gerhartz 

 11 Nov 1895

 20 Mar 1981

Winkels 

PFC Gilbert N

 19 Jul 1923

 1 Oct 1944

Winkels 

Joseph

 12 Feb 1891

 19 May 1992

Winkels 

Mary I. Carey 

 4 Jul 1933

 4 Nov 2016

Wolthoff 

Edward P

 9 Jun 1907

 10 Feb 1971

Wolthoff 

Magdalena M. Jax 

 27 Jul 1913

 19 Apr 2002

Yunker 

Raymond Francis

 22 Jul 1900

 3 Apr 1989

 

 

 

 

 

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