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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

 

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery – Dexter Township

Mower County, Minnesota

 Photo by Kathy Pike

 

269 Interments:

Last

First Middle Maiden

Birth

Death

Anderson 

JoAnn H.

 5 Nov 1937

 5 Nov 1937

Anderson 

Ruth A Jerdet 

1912

1989

Baumgartner 

Sarah Susana Prochnow 

 7 Jul 1851

 27 Jul 1932

Belcher 

Sarah

 18 Nov 1850

 27 Jan 1893

Brandt 

Donna Lou

 1 Jun 1933

 23 Aug 1941

Brandt 

Edna Alice Witham 

 10 Jun 1910

 23 Aug 1941

Brandt 

Frances Pauline

 20 Mar 1932

 23 Aug 1941

Brandt 

Frank Peter

1902

 23 Aug 1941

Brandt 

Ronald John

 8 Jul 1936

 23 Aug 1941

Brandt 

Ruth Arlene

 13 Mar 1929

 23 Aug 1941

Brinkman 

Johanna G. Geyken 

 19 Jan 1896

 13 Dec 1973

Brinkman 

John Christopher

 7 Nov 1894

 28 Apr 1983

Brinkman 

Loren E.

 13 Sep 1917

 3 May 1999

Brinkman 

Lucile Anna Newkirk 

 20 Feb 1916

 17 Sep 2011

Buhs 

Carl Peter Henrick “Charley”

 10 Jun 1887

 14 Aug 1921

Buhs 

Detlef Christian August

 1 Oct 1859

 14 Nov 1937

Buhs 

Maria Adelhard “Mary” Wohlers 

 18 Dec 1859

 18 Jan 1911

Burzlaff 

Edward

 11 Nov 1839

 10 Oct 1905

Busker 

Alice Besta

1893

 19 Mar 1935

Busker 

Leo C.

1886

1956

Carson 

Atilga Goetsch 

 3 Oct 1900

 12 Sep 1977

Christgau 

Adeline Charlotta Vanselow 

 4 Nov 1859

 27 Jan 1952

Christgau 

Arline

 24 Sep 1907

 16 May 1910

Christgau 

Arthur Ernest

 29 Aug 1892

 6 Sep 1986

Christgau 

Charlotte Susanne Strangman 

 26 May 1860

 3 Aug 1924

Christgau 

Conrad

 1 Mar 1815

 17 Apr 1884

Christgau 

Edgar L.

 23 Sep 1896

 18 Oct 1973

Christgau 

Elsie Bertha Wilhelmina Stern 

 8 Jul 1890

 14 Sep 1986

Christgau 

Fred

 1 Jun 1855

 2 Aug 1948

Christgau 

John Michael

 12 Sep 1853

 16 May 1940

Christgau 

Lillian Mary

 28 Jun 1888

 17 Jul 1969

Christgau 

Maria Christine

 31 Aug 1817

 11 Jul 1894

Christgau 

Milton

 28 Jan 1905

 30 Jun 1989

Dalldorf 

Emma M.

 10 Apr 1890

 18 May 1969

Dalldorf 

Fred C.

 26 Feb 1885

 19 Jan 1974

Dammann 

Ernest C.

 17 Sep 1898

 May 1981

Dammann 

Marie Catherine Johanna Oelkers 

 8 Apr 1905

 23 Dec 1958

Delkers 

Baby

 27 Jun 1906

 27 Jun 1906

Elam 

Carl Casey

 20 Jun 1912

 7 May 1994

Elam 

Donald Carl

 9 Sep 1937

 19 Nov 1937

Elam 

Gynith Roselle Sagdalen 

 13 Sep 1918

 3 Nov 1993

Fankell 

Lydia Anne Goetsch 

 26 Mar 1908

 19 Jun 2002

Goetsch 

Arthur Wilhelm Otto

 18 Oct 1903

 12 Oct 1979

Goetsch 

Baby Boy

1936

1936

Goetsch 

Baby Girl

 6 Oct 1934

 6 Oct 1934

Goetsch 

Delmar A.

1936

1936

Goetsch 

Dora Margaret

 19 Feb 1909

 9 Dec 1958

Goetsch 

Edward Otto

 16 Nov 1944

 10 Dec 1982

Goetsch 

Frederick “Fred”

 25 Sep 1843

 11 Aug 1928

Goetsch 

Johannah Maria “Hannah” Baumgartner 

 2 Oct 1878

 25 Feb 1928

Goetsch 

Leonard John

 8 Aug 1916

 27 Aug 1989

Goetsch 

Margaret Alma Noren 

 26 Dec 1921

 31 Jan 1989

Goetsch 

Mary Friedrika Schoessow 

 7 Nov 1845

 3 Apr 1916

Goetsch 

Otto Johannes

 9 Feb 1875

 12 Apr 1959

Gohtz 

Carl

 27 Jun 1842

 14 Dec 1927

Gohtz 

Fridrike

 19 Oct 1843

 18 Sep 1897

Gohtz 

Herman

 25 Mar 1871

 18 Jun 1908

Gohtz 

Martha M.P.

 28 Mar 1883

 7 Mar 1903

Gomer 

Augusta Mina Goehtz 

 20 Jan 1871

 3 Mar 1960

Gomer 

Carl

 13 Aug 1840

 27 Mar 1915

Gomer 

Charles Frederick “Carl”

 2 Dec 1872

 11 Feb 1951

Gomer 

Hugo Carl

 17 Aug 1898

1931

Gomer 

Mable Lillian Larson 

 11 Apr 1919

 2 Jul 1976

Gomer 

Walter Raymond

 13 Feb 1912

 15 Apr 1986

Gomer 

Wilhelmina “Minna” Reisner 

1837

 18 Dec 1928

Graff 

Anna Katherine Miller 

 19 Dec 1864

 14 Jun 1946

Graff 

Archar

1886

 5 Sep 1886

Graff 

SSGT Chester F.

 5 Aug 1924

 10 Apr 1945

Graff 

Ervin Ferdinand

1892

 13 Apr 1934

Graff 

George David

1890

 2 Jan 1919

Graff 

Kenneth Alvin

1916

 4 Jan 1919

Graff 

Louis Rieken

 9 Jul 1920

 28 Apr 1953

Graff 

Marie Louise Rieken 

 6 Oct 1894

 9 Dec 1972

Graff 

Milton

 9 May 1922

 10 May 1922

Graff 

Richard

 3 Apr 1858

 21 Apr 1940

Grundmeier 

Earl Norman

 30 Jan 1919

 28 Jul 1950

Grundmeier 

Emil Otto

 15 Aug 1892

 4 Sep 1919

Grundmeier 

Larry Roy

 24 Feb 1939

 19 Jul 2018

Hagenah 

Henrich

 27 Jun 1817

 25 Oct 1890

Hammermeister 

Anna Brown 

1880

1912

Hammermeister 

Anna

 21 May 1907

 6 Jun 1909

Hammermeister 

Arlene Elizabeth Schwartz 

 5 Aug 1915

 7 May 1994

Hammermeister 

Arnold Arthur Emil

 26 Mar 1909

 6 Mar 1967

Hammermeister 

Caroline A. Stern 

 4 Sep 1848

 8 May 1930

Hammermeister 

Emil

 8 Mar 1864

 16 May 1912

Hammermeister 

Erwin

 29 May 1911

 9 Oct 1914

Hammermeister 

Herman William

 Dec 1869

 26 Dec 1948

Hammermeister 

Hilda

 21 Oct 1899

 25 Sep 1900

Hammermeister 

Hugo

1905

1905

Hammermeister 

Julius

1839

 12 Sep 1917

Hammermeister 

Laura E. Studer 

 5 Apr 1902

 19 Jun 2000

Hammermeister 

Lloyd Herman

 5 Jul 1904

 13 Oct 2009

Hammermeister 

Mary Rabine 

 24 Dec 1877

 8 Jul 1951

Hammermeister 

Oscar

 7 Dec 1902

 22 Feb 1903

Hammermeister 

Robert

1905

1905

Hammermeister 

Silva

1906

1908

Hammermeister 

Thelma Irene Underdahl 

 30 Nov 1907

 8 Apr 1988

Hammermeister 

William P. “Willie”

 19 Aug 1906

 28 Oct 1914

Hanken 

Dorathea Anna Catherine Peters 

 10 Feb 1872

 14 Aug 1936

Hanken 

Henry A.

 22 Feb 1866

 26 Aug 1948

Heikes 

Joe

 20 Apr 1911

 21 May 1994

Heikes 

Rose Clara Florence Goetsch 

 9 May 1915

 4 Jul 2012

Hoeper 

Catherina Schradick 

 11 Feb 1854

 4 Jul 1931

Hoeper 

Henry

 1 Jan 1844

 25 Feb 1910

Hoeper 

John Heinrich

 15 Apr 1879

 11 Nov 1909

Hofer 

Hulda

 2 Aug 1868

 6 Jan 1933

Holst 

Claus

 15 Dec 1833

 4 Oct 1886

Holst 

Eliza Lizzie

 20 Jul 1875

 18 May 1947

Holst 

Harvey John

 13 Sep 1902

 21 Nov 1963

Holst 

Henry

 2 Mar 1869

 31 Jul 1928

Holst 

Jacob

 21 Dec 1870

 1 Feb 1921

Holst 

John H.

1867

 21 Dec 1944

Holst 

Ludmilla Elsie

 6 Dec 1905

 26 Nov 1992

Holst 

Metta Anna

 25 Dec 1836

 27 May 1905

Holst 

Minnie

1873

 12 Mar 1938

Holst 

Oscar Frederick

 4 Jan 1896

 22 Oct 1964

Holst 

Ruth Ludmilla

 16 Nov 1945

 18 Nov 1945

Holst 

Victor J.

 27 Jul 1933

 1 Mar 2008

Holst 

Walter Frederick

 12 Jun 1904

 26 Dec 1950

Kirchner 

Emma

 Jan 1847

 3 Sep 1910

Kirchner 

Gotleib

 Feb 1839

 3 Dec 1930

Kirchner 

Johannah

1881

1895

Kirchner 

Nickolas

 May 1816

1906

Kraft 

Olga A. Gomer Grundmeier 

 2 Sep 1896

 4 Apr 1986

Kulas 

Ruby F. Graff 

 27 Mar 1923

 6 Feb 2002

Larson 

Marguerite Marie Goetsch 

 21 Aug 1940

 9 Jun 2011

Lowe 

Estella Marguerite

1888

 22 Sep 1951

Lowe 

Fred

 3 May 1886

 24 Jun 1972

Mead 

Joleen Ann Sonksen 

 15 Jun 1937

 7 Jun 2018

Mead 

Warren Miner

 28 Jun 1934

 12 Jul 1997

Mees 

Donna Lillian

 16 Sep 1942

 16 Sep 1942

Mees 

Herbert Albert

 11 Jul 1907

 4 Nov 1970

Mees 

Marian Sophie

 11 Mar 1930

 29 Jul 2012

Mees 

Sophie Emilie Kietzer 

 19 Oct 1907

 8 Sep 1997

Mees 

PFC Wayne Edward

 27 Jan 1947

 7 Mar 1967

Mielke 

Elizabeth Margaret

 27 Jul 1854

 30 May 1943

Mielke 

Emma Margaret Rubin 

1883

 8 Sep 1953

Mielke 

Friedrich W.

 8 Apr 1849

 9 Apr 1910

Mielke 

George Carl

 25 Dec 1873

 14 Oct 1964

Milbrath 

Evelyn M. Quast 

 2 May 1915

 1 Jul 2000

Miller 

Albertina C. Stern 

 17 Sep 1852

 6 Jan 1943

Miller 

Anna

1866

1939

Miller 

Carl Friedrich August

 9 Dec 1854

 4 Jun 1899

Miller 

William

1855

 26 Apr 1926

Myhre 

Anna Cathrina Magretha Spreckels 

 2 Mar 1879

 27 Nov 1900

Neubauer 

Augusta E. Goetz 

1867

 1 Dec 1941

Neubauer 

Charles

1858

 9 May 1943

Neubauer 

Elsa

1888

1889

Neubauer 

Frank Willie Paul

 28 Jan 1882

 4 Jun 1956

Neubauer 

Herman

 10 Mar 1891

 4 Apr 1978

Neubauer 

Maria

1863

1888

Neubauer 

Wilhelmine Kohls 

 30 Jan 1826

 9 Feb 1896

Oelkers 

Claudia Jo

 24 Jan 1950

 25 Jan 1950

Oelkers 

Erma Metta Christina

 5 Nov 1903

 26 Feb 1986

Oelkers 

Jacob

 22 Jun 1876

 31 Oct 1949

Oelkers 

Metta M.J. Holst 

1872

 7 Mar 1949

Passow 

Ivan Henry

 16 Nov 1934

 7 Mar 2001

Proeschel 

Anna Wilhelmina Hanken 

 5 Sep 1899

 8 Mar 1986

Proeschel 

Edgar

 unknown

 unknown

Proeschel 

Emma Loretta Arndt 

 12 Jun 1872

 4 Mar 1946

Proeschel 

Frieda Meyers 

 27 Mar 1895

1971

Proeschel 

Herbert Walter

 4 Feb 1894

 Jul 1976

Proeschel 

Herman W.

1891

1978

Proeschel 

Lawrence

 3 Aug 1862

 29 Jan 1924

Proeschel 

Oscar Wendell

 21 Sep 1893

 13 May 1986

Puff 

Adam Johann

 27 Jan 1835

 15 Dec 1890

Puscerd 

Wilhelmine

 10 Nov 1840

 2 Jul 1886

Quast 

Baby

1917

1917

A. Suckow Quast 

Emma

 10 Feb 1896

 4 Apr 1969

Quast 

John Peter

 4 Sep 1884

 10 Aug 1944

Quast 

Willie

1896

1897

Schepler 

Celia Schramm 

 26 Nov 1901

 12 Dec 1990

Schepler 

Herbert

1900

1981

Schepler 

John William

 25 Feb 1929

 26 Dec 2005

Schepler 

Marilyn Ernamae Dammann 

 9 Sep 1932

 6 Apr 1989

Schloo 

Allen Henry

 8 Feb 1914

 31 Oct 1982

Schloo 

Anna Holst 

 30 Mar 1876

 24 Oct 1951

Schloo 

Dorothy Pauline Newkirk 

 4 Jan 1920

 29 Aug 2014

Schloo 

Henry A.

 20 Nov 1875

 3 Jan 1942

Schnell 

Lorna Ruth

 8 Jan 1928

 27 Jan 2009

Schramm 

Henry William

 16 Apr 1876

 28 Jun 1959

Schramm 

Marie M.

 10 Jan 1885

 11 Oct 1932

Schroeder 

Frieda Alice

 21 Feb 1903

 27 May 1979

Schroeder 

Mae Anita Proeschel 

 21 Apr 1927

 29 Jan 2016

Schroeder 

Robert Rudolph

 28 Jul 1924

 1 Oct 1983

Schroeder 

Rev Rud F.

 1 Sep 1898

 May 1967

Schultz 

Mary E. Hoeper 

 14 Feb 1878

 26 Feb 1906

Schultz 

Mother

 1 Oct 1812

 23 May 1902

Schultz 

Myron Lewis

 26 Feb 1906

 5 Feb 1908

Schwartz 

Christian

1832

1903

Schwartz 

Elisa Margaret “Lizzie” Buhs 

 21 Sep 1888

 10 Jun 1941

Schwartz 

Elizabeth

1835

1924

Schwartz 

Elizabeth Lillian Minnie Studer 

 26 Nov 1899

 4 Aug 1982

Schwartz 

Elsie Mary Charlotte Studer 

 2 Jan 1889

 5 Mar 1983

Schwartz 

PFC Ervin J.

 28 Sep 1918

 27 Feb 1945

Schwartz 

Henry Arthur

 19 Sep 1916

 14 Oct 2001

Schwartz 

Hugo Louis

 1 Nov 1890

 14 Nov 1972

Schwartz 

Lottie

 28 Jul 1877

 26 Jul 1960

Schwartz 

Louis John

 23 Dec 1863

 12 Feb 1952

Schwartz 

Mathilda J. Hass 

 17 Jul 1868

 7 Mar 1957

Schwartz 

Walter Frederick

 11 Mar 1893

 25 Feb 1964

Schwartz 

William Fred

 3 May 1876

 8 Oct 1957

Seebach 

Maria C.D.

 4 Oct 1838

 5 May 1901

Smith 

Alvina E.

 19 Oct 1881

 30 Sep 1965

Smith 

William Albert

 9 Sep 1880

 15 Oct 1967

Sonksen 

Marius LeRoy

 13 Dec 1913

 13 Sep 1981

Sonksen 

Verna Johanna

 24 Jan 1915

 4 Aug 1990

Spreckels 

Anna Tiedemann 

 1 Aug 1846

 31 Jan 1938

Spreckels 

Diedrich

 13 May 1845

 30 Jan 1895

Stern 

Albert

 Feb 1885

 Aug 1885

Stern 

Albertina Sukow 

 26 Apr 1858

 16 Mar 1928

Stern 

Arthur John

 10 Dec 1892

 29 Apr 1968

Stern 

Bertha Gomer 

 17 Sep 1866

 1 May 1923

Stern 

Ferdinand Gottlieb

 25 Jul 1854

 22 Jun 1941

Stern 

Frederick

 25 Dec 1874

 1 Oct 1955

Stern 

Harry A.

 26 Jan 1897

 24 Jun 1960

Stern 

Herman Charles Richard

 11 Sep 1880

 1 Mar 1953

Stern 

John Gottleib Ferdinand

 12 Oct 1856

 21 Nov 1950

Stern 

Lottie May Cross 

1893

1975

Stern 

Wilhelmina H. “Minnie” Buhs 

 13 Feb 1890

 1 Jul 1946

Strangman 

Alice Katherine Schramm 

 18 Dec 1904

 18 Dec 1999

Strangman 

Augusta Sukow 

 11 May 1867

 1 Jan 1912

Strangman 

Conrad

 28 Dec 1856

 13 Mar 1919

Strangman 

Ferdinand

 25 Sep 1859

 8 Feb 1923

Strangman 

Harvey Elmer

 20 Dec 1902

 7 Dec 1985

Strangman 

Henry

1864

1926

Strangman 

Ida E.

1877

 7 Sep 1950

Strangman 

Irvin John Ferdinand

 6 Feb 1899

 5 Dec 1982

Strangman 

Louise D. Shultz 

 31 May 1867

 10 Aug 1896

Strangman 

Wilhelmina Salge 

 5 Dec 1826

 19 Aug 1900

Stubbs 

Richard Rex

 13 Oct 1940

 16 Oct 1940

Studer 

Albert Fred

 4 Jun 1900

 13 Oct 1955

Studer 

Caroline Amalie Seebach 

 16 Jul 1863

 8 Jul 1923

Studer 

Caroline Emilie “Carrie” Brunner 

 27 Nov 1877

 6 Mar 1965

Studer 

Cora M.

 25 Feb 1896

 11 Jul 1896

Studer 

Edward Michael

 28 Jun 1874

 20 Oct 1946

Studer 

Elmer George

 30 Dec 1899

 3 Nov 1999

Studer 

Elsie Ann Goetsch 

 14 Mar 1910

 11 Oct 1955

Studer 

Ernest Frederick

 23 May 1903

 24 Oct 1946

Studer 

Esther

 15 Apr 1902

 16 Sep 1983

Studer 

Fred August

 31 May 1872

 22 Nov 1954

Studer 

George Jacob

 16 Nov 1863

 5 May 1915

Studer 

Helen E.

 10 Jan 1899

 24 Oct 1941

Studer 

Henry A.

 29 Nov 1888

 26 Jun 1894

Studer 

Henry William

 21 Nov 1861

 16 Feb 1907

Studer 

Henry William

 9 Jul 1896

 22 Sep 1966

Studer 

Leota Myrtle Lowe 

 30 Jul 1916

 28 Sep 1996

Studer 

Mary Schmidt 

 Oct 1871

 14 Apr 1934

Studer 

Mary Louise Miller 

 12 Dec 1869

 14 Sep 1958

Studer 

Raymond Frederick

 9 Dec 1910

 24 Jul 1986

Studer 

Roy George

 9 Dec 1910

 1 Jul 1987

Studer 

Veta L.

1907

 20 Mar 1920

Studger 

Leota M.

1916

1996

Studger 

Ray F.

1910

1986

Sukow 

August

 19 Mar 1860

 31 Aug 1945

Sukow 

August Albert

 8 Apr 1898

 18 Jun 1981

Sukow 

Augusta Neubauer 

1856

 3 Jun 1933

Sukow 

Bertha

1886

 1 Oct 1935

Sukow 

Caroline Mundt 

 19 Nov 1838

 21 Feb 1906

Sukow 

Hazel Luella Stream 

 16 Nov 1905

 27 Oct 1926

Sukow 

Marie

1894

1896

Tiedemann 

Fred August

1869

 24 May 1939

Tiedemann 

Lawrence Fredrick

 14 Feb 1910

 29 Sep 1995

Tiedemann 

Margaret I. Johnson 

 12 Jun 1915

 17 Oct 2005

Tiedemann 

Mark Leon

1947

 13 Dec 1947

Tiedemann 

Martha A. Gerasch 

 7 May 1883

 Jan 1972

Wagner 

Andrew

1863

1954

Wagner 

Anna Wilhelmine Frederike Baumgartner 

1873

1938

Zwald 

Matilda

 13 Dec 1865

 28 Jul 1893

 

 

 

 

 

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