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Cemetery Index

Hansel Cemetery
Section 24, Mallory Township
Established 1863

Surnames I - Z
Surnames A - H

Veteran's Memorial

~cemetery survey done by Lyle Morley, 2009, updated as indicated upper left of page

~unless otherwise credited, all photos were contributed by Lyle Morley; more photos are on pg 1

 Covered bulletin board - front & back


Important note! Lyle's original database included birthdates of some living persons. They have been edited out by the Clayton co. coordinator as a courtesy to those people even though the date possibly appears on an existing gravestone in the cemetery. As additional burials or other information is found, it will be added by the site coordinator.

*Many gravestone photos have been contributed for this cemetery*
View gravestone photos for Hansel cemetery

Obituaries have been contributed for some of the people buried in Hansel cemetery
Clayton co. Obituary Index & Allamakee co. Obituary Index


Jencks, Aletta M. 'Lettie' nee Baker 5/30/1877 6/8/1960 Lot 4 S; w/o Orlo
Jencks, Orlo M. 11/21/1875 5/5/1939 So ½ Lot 4 Old; h/o Aletta
Jennings, Clyde Edwin 09/11/1924 02/09/2017 Owner S 1/2 Lot 16 New; h/o Helen; s/o Arthur & Marie (Thein); U.S. Army, WWII
Jennings, Helen nee Walters -- living Owner S 1/2 Lot 16 New; w/o Clyde
Keck, John Bernard 5/23/1915 6/8/1987 Lot 6 New; h/o Mae
Keck, Mae Ellen nee Morley 12/31/1923 12/4/1989 Lot 6 New; w/o John
Kolowinski, Annie 1854 1891 no headstone found
Kruger, C. Clair -- living N 1/2 Lot 44 New; h/o Maxine
Kruger, Maxine M. nee Kruse -- living N 1/2 Lot 44 New; w/o Clair
Landis, Carrie B. nee Purman   08/1?/1892 28y; 1st w/o Charles; d/o Peter; Note! Burial here not confirmed, she possibly is buried in the Brown cemetery
Landis, Charles Edward 9/??/1862 1945 h/o 1st Carrie, 2nd unkn., 3rd Myrtle B.
Landis, Myrtle Belle nee Grace 4/12/1877 1951 3rd w/o Charles
Lewin, Janice M. nee Amling 2/7/1926 3/26/1992 S 1/2 Lot 32 New; w/o LaVerne
Lewin, Jeanette Kay nee Hansel 5/26/1947 2/20/2005 w/o Nick; d/o Eugene & Merle (Kellogg)
Lewin, Jerry LaVern 1/12/1951 7/10/1982 N 1/2 Lot 32 New; s/o LaVern & Janice
Lewin, LaVern Ervin 6/11/1919 11/12/1986 S 1/2 Lot 32 New; h/o Janice; Sgt US Army WWII
Lewin, Nick -- living Owner Lots 30 & 31 New
Lewis, Lyman S. 1854 1914 Conflict: obit gives DOD April 1914 & gravestone 1854-1913
Lewis, Cynthia Melvina nee Amsden 8/1/1835 7/24/1910 w/o John S.
Marshall, Freda nee Hansel 1/11/1945 7/4/2014 Lot 38 New; w/o David
McNeal, Earl E. 7/14/1892 11/19/1954 Lot 21 S; h/o Olga
McNeal, Earl Ernest 'Ernie' 08/16/1928 08/31/2024 Lot 21 N ; h/o 1st Irene Fisher; 2nd Geraldean; s/o Earl & Olga
McNeal, Geraldean Kuehl 'Gerry' nee Harnack 12/04/1927 07/18/2015 Lot 21 N; h/o 1st Merlin A. Kuehl, 2nd Ernie; d/o LeRoy & Tillie (Koehn)
McNeal, Kathy nee Fenchel 12/12/1959 11/6/2014 Lot 62 New; w/o Dennis
McNeal, Olga L. nee Hitzeman 10/11/1894 11/1/1966 Lot 21 S; w/o Earl
Meyer, David Arthur 'Red Man' 11/27/1948 08/08/2014 ssa Mark A.; s/o Marcellus & Violet
Meyer, George     Owner Lot 3 Old
Meyer, Louise C. nee Hansel 2/16/1931 4/23/2007 Lot 19 N; w/o Leo J. (d. 5/19/1979, bur. Mt. Olivet cem.)
Meyer, Marcellus Wilbur 2/26/1914 7/7/1979 Lot 48
Meyer, Mark A. 'Ol-Mey' - living ssa David
Meyer, Terrence L. 'Terry' 8/6/1952 8/23/1981 Lot 19 N; s/o Leo & Louise
Meyer, Violet G. nee Elledge 1922 1970 Lot 48; w/o Marcellus
Michael, Clinton C. 10/14/1895 4/13/1918 Lot 35; s/o J.H. & Sophrona (Hansel); U.S. Army, Co F, 347th Infantry, WWI; Note: his obit gives DOD 4/11/1918, gravestone 4/13/1918
Morley, Elmer C. 9/20/1891 1/6/1978 Lot 53 S; h/o Grace; U.S. Army, WWI
Morley, Grace Blanche nee Hansel 4/21/1901 1/27/1998 Lot 53 S; w/o Elmer
Morley, Lyle E. -- living Two 1/2 Lots 73 and 74 Old
Moser, George Duane 6/13/1927 12/21/2000 N 1/2 Lot 15 New; h/o Pearl; SK3 US Navy, WWII
Moser, Pearl Faye nee Hansel 9/13/1931 1/8/2007 N 1/2 Lot 15 New; w/o George D.
McNeal, Dennis F. - living h/o Kathy
McNeal, Kathy L. nee Fenchel 12/12/1959 11/06/2014 w/o Dennis
Oberon, Imogene     Owner Lot 27
O'Daffer, Dewey - 1977  
O'Neal, Carter Wilson 2/10/1899 11/1/1979 Lot 49; h/ Lavon
O'Neal, Lavon Edna nee Baker 9/2/1905 12/10/1946 Lot 49; w/o Carter
O'Neal, Luella Mary 1925 1927 Lot 49; d/o Carter & Lavon
Palmer, Albert B. 'Bert' 10/6/1881 3/27/1971 Lot 24; h/o Norma
Palmer, Curtis Leo 2/27/1934 2/26/1944 Lot 23; s/o Dale & Lorita; died of measle complications
Palmer, Dale D. 9/6/1908 10/22/1985 N 1/2 Lot 25; h/o Lorita; s/o Albert & Norma
Palmer, Donald Ray 9/18/1935 9/18/1935 s/o Dale & Lorita
Palmer, Ivanelle L. nee Harbaugh 7/1/1924 8/22/2013 Lot 10 S; w/o Robert
Palmer, Lorita M. nee Borrett 8/8/1906 7/19/2000 N 1/2 Lot 25; w/o Dale; d/o Edgar & Norma
Palmer, Lydell Keith 11/27/1929 2/27/1944 Lot 23; s/o Dale & Lorita; died of measle complications
Palmer, Norma H. nee Hansel 6/6/1888 12/13/1943 Lot 24; w/o Albert; d/o David & Elizabeth (Grace)
Palmer, Richard Lee 3/25/1934 9/3/1982 Lot 55
Palmer, Robert B. 5/28/1918 5/7/2006 Lot 10 S; h/o Ivanelle
Patrick, Ellen nee Hansel 6/19/1869 12/8/1946 Lot 12; w/o Stephan
Patrick, Stephan 4/28/1869 4/2/1943 Lot 12; h/o Ellen
Purman, Cecil Gayle 12/9/1921 9/4/1947 Lot 3 S; h/o Wanda Stewart; s/o Pete & Florence; died of GSW while hunting
Purman, Emmett Ellsworth 9/23/1918 5/28/1939 Lot 5; s/o Peter & Florence
Purman, Florence Elvie nee Baker 6/25/1886 3/25/1946 Lot 5; w/o Peter
Purman, Larry -- living Owner Lot 44
Purman, Peter B. 2/13/1882 3/21/1981 Lot 5; h/o Florence
Renken, Beverly JoAnn nee Hansel 11/13/1937 04/26/2016 w/o Charlie; d/o Dale & Marjorie (Waterman); died in Marshalltown
Ridenour, daughter   07/??/1894 infant d/o G. Wilson & Mary; Note: Mary's obit indicates the infant was a daughter
Ridenour, Claude James 7/17/1892 11/29/1963 Lot 51 N; h/o Mahala; s/o G. Wilson & Mary
Ridenour, George Wilson / Wiltsie 2/5/1862 6/6/1942 Lot 16 N; h/o Mary
Ridenour, Mahala nee Harbaugh 8/8/1892 9/17/1968 Lot 51 N; w/o Claude
Ridenour, Mary E. nee Smith 05/04/1864 06/05/1936 Lot 16 N; w/o George; d/o Asa
Riniker, Kathy 'Kate' Boeckenstedt nee Elledge 02/29/1952 05/14/2017 w/o 1st Dean Boeckenstedt (divorced), 2nd Loras Riniker (d. 2012, Bur. Greenwood cem., Masonville, IA); d/o Lowell & Marcella (Hyde)
Rippon, Margaret R. Hansel nee Schutt 4/13/1919 4/22/2003 Lot 42; w/o 1st Japen Hansel Jr., 2nd John Rippon (divorced)
Ross, Gary James 10/6/1974 3/15/1983 Lot 55; s/o Jim & Vicki
Ross, James Douglas 'Jim' 6/30/1952 10/27/2008 Lot 69 Old; h/o Rhonda; U.S. Marine Corps
Ross, Ronda S. -- living Lot 55; w/o 'Jim'
Sangston, Gladys I. nee Daughtetee 1899 1961 Lot 29; w/o William
Sangston, John Timberline 10/??/1842 8/28/1921 Lot 29; Cpl, Co K, PA Heavy Artillery
Sangston, Lillian Marion 'Lelia' nee Bevans 11/8/1855 11/4/1939 Lot 29; w/o John T.
Sangston, William B. 4/24/1880 8/23/1966 Lot 29; h/o Gladys
Scadden, Katherine Mary 'Kathy' Gratace nee Gull 10/11/1949 7/18/1992 w/o 1st Mark Gratace (divorced), 2nd Richard Scadden; d/o Jack & Tillie; Note - buried in Gull lot, shares a gravestone w/her parents
Schweikert, Angeline nee Lewis 2/26/1847 2/12/1920 2nd w/o John
Schweikert, John Christian 7/1/1826 6/5/1893 h/o 1st Willemenia, 2nd Angeline
Schweikert, Rose 1874 1874 d/o John & Angeline
Schweikert, Willemenia nee Trandt 1835 6/20/1873 1st w/o John
Seeley, Scott -- living Owner N 1/2 Lot 16 New
Seeley, Thomas Donald 08/14/1936 08/19/1995 N 1/2 Lot 16 New; Pfc U.S. Army
Sornchai, Susan nee Akers 12/20/1953 1/4/2007 Lot 22 New; d/o Darlene & Harley
Steen, Ina Fay nee Morley 03/17/1922 10/20/2015 Lot 43 New & Owner S 1/2 Lot 66; w/o Willard H.; d/o Elmer C. & Grace (Hansel)
Steen, Lydell -- living Owner Lot 43 New, gave his 1/2 lot to Patricia Hankins
Steen, Willard Henry 12/29/1918 06/06/2009 N 1/2 Lot 43 New section 2; h/o Ina
Stone, Andrew 5/23/1792 07/14/1879 h/o Aurelia
Stone, Artemus G. 4/13/1816 12/6/1885 s/o Andrew & Aurelia
Stone, Aurelia nee Crandall 8/30/1796 or 9/9/1796 12/20/1850 or 12/20/1859 w/o Andrew
Stone, Phoebe nee Penhollow 2/??/1821 3/12/1902 w/o Artemus
Sutter, George 1866 1941 Lot 2 S
Swisher, Anita M. nee Ball -- living Lot 4 New
Swisher, Bruce Michael 7/18/1965 10/27/1985 Lot 4 New
Swisher, Gerald O. 2/4/1930 7/29/2002 Lot 4 New
Tegeler, George & Pam -- living Owner Lot 19 New
Tegeler, Muriah Jo 1/11/1982 1/11/1982 Lot 19 New
Teply, Brett nee Hansel 5/22/1969 12/20/1970 Lot 46; s/o Donald & Elaine
Teply, Elaine M. nee Hansel 7/19/1943 1/21/2008 Lot 46; w/o Donald
Thein, Bessie L. nee Hansel 7/17/1882 3/14/1958 Lot 28; w/o Frank
Thein, Frank M. 1/13/1881 8/26/1951 Lot 28; h/o Bessie
Thein, Minnie V. 7/22/1905 8/2/1905 Lot 28; d/o Frank & Bessie
Walters, Andrew Jackson 2/22/1822 1/10/1908 h/o Malinda
Walters, Isaac Newton 'Ike' 11/16/1848 6/23/1921 h/o Sarah E. Purman (d. 1937, bur. Brown cem.); s/o Andrew & Malinda
Walters, James Morgan 01/22/1855 3/29/1887 s/o Andrew & Malinda
Walters, John Gordon 'Gord' 11/22/1862 06/06/1948 h/o Eva Hyde (divorced in 1928); s/o Andrew & Malinda; died Finley Hosp., Dubuque, IA
Walters, Malinda Sophrona nee Cooper 12/7/1824 2/22/1898 w/o Andrew
Wessel, Francis -- living Owner Lot 9 New
Wessel, Verla nee Zearley -- living Lot 7 New
Wessel, Willard 'Bill' 3/21/1923 9/13/1975 Lot 7 New
Wiskus, Clarence B. 12/19/1919 8/26/1998 Lot 60; h/o Lavota
Wiskus, Frayne A. Sr. -- living Lot 61; s/o Clarence & Lavota
Wiskus, Frayne Andrew Jr. 7/16/1968 6/21/1970 Lot 61; s/o Frayne Sr.; drowned in the Mississippi River
Wiskus, Lavota S. nee Elledge 12/13/1927 12/17/1995 Lot 60; w/o Clarence; d/o Bert
Wiskus, Virginia M. nee Miersen -- living Lot 61
Wolf, David R. 02/08/1850 07/01/1923 h/o Luella Hodge; s/o Joseph & Loraine (Poole)
Wordehoff, Carol L. 02/11/1946 10/16/2021 w/o David
Zearley, Alta Mae nee Bowman 3/18/1873 1/7/1943 Lot 15; w/o Lewis A.; d/o James & Rebecca (Hansel)
Zearley, Carl R. 03/10/1934 04/27/2018 Owner Lot 66 Old; h/o Marleen (divorced); s/o James L. & Selma; died in Cedar Rapids, IA
Zearley, Clive G. - 1908 s/o John J. & Emma
Zearley, Emma C. nee Lewis 12/2/1866 11/14/1954 Lot 16 S; w/o John Jacob; d/o Aaron V. & Ann (Ridenour)
Zearley, Eunice M. 11/22/1922 03/26/2021 Lot 8 S; d/o Raymond & Pearl (Henry); U.S. Navy WAVES, WWII
Zearley, James Clarence (JR) 5/30/1931 11/6/1966 Lot 64; h/o Lylas; s/o James L. & Selma
Zearley, James Lewis 6/12/1904 12/12/1985 Lot 7; h/o Selma; s/o Lewis A. & Alta
Zearley, John Jacob 'Jake' 12/30/1863 11/20/1943 Lot 16 S; h/o Emma; s/o John H. & Mary (Hansel)
Zearley, Lewis Andrew 1/28/1870 3/23/1949 Lot 15; h/o Alta; s/o John H. & Mary (Hansel)
Zearley, Louis     Owner Lot 63; ?s/o James & Selma
Zearley - Pensel, Lylas Mae nee Sabin 05/31/1932 10/13/2021 Lot 64; w/o 1st James Jr. Zearley, 2nd Larry Pensel (divorced, died 2006, bur. Bolsinger cem.); d/o Halsey & Mary (Combs); Note! Burial in Hansel cem. has not been verified, her name, no dates is on James C.'s gravestone, obit gives no burial place
Zearley, Marleen nee Embretson 5/14/1935 12/31/2011 Lot 66 Old; w/o Carl (divorced); d/o Walde & Myrtle (Olson)
Zearley, Marcus Lee 3/3/1954 1/9/1974 Lot 64; s/o James & Lylas
Zearley, Mary Maria 1859 4/30/1862 d/o John H. & Mary (Hansel)
Zearley, Pearl nee Henry 1/1/1892 10/31/1951 Lot 8 N; w/o Ray B.
Zearley, Ralph Lewis 10/6/1918 12/21/1992 Lot 8 S; U.S. Army WWII
Zearley, Ray Bowman 7/28/1895 12/18/1988 Lot 8 N; h/o Pearl; s/o Lewis A. & Alta; U.S. Army WWI
Zearley, Selma S. nee Schroeder 8/15/1907 5/20/1978 Lot 7; w/o James L.; d/o Calvin & Mary (Schorg)



Hansel cemetery, ca early 1900s

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