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Cemetery Index


Hillcrest Cemetery
aka Volga City cemetery

12818 Cass St., Volga, Sperry Twp., Sec 9 NE NE 9-92-6

Hill Crest cemetery - photo by Jim Steele SR

A & B surnames
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The cemetery is a short distance east of Volga City on Cass St. It is on the south side of the road, directly across from Sacred Heart Catholic / School House Yard Cemetery.

Birdseye view of Hillcrest cemetery - from Bing Maps
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*Obituaries have been posted for some of the people buried in this cemetery
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~The original list of burials was contributed by Charlene Barnhart from an unknown source
~WPA records were transcribed and added to the original list by Phyllis Montour; lot numbers, if given, are from WPA records
~Additional burials and information have been added by the Clayton co. Coordinator from Clayton county death records, gravestone inscriptions, obituaries, newspapers, census and SSDI records

A & B surnames

Name Birth Death Comments
Adam & Adams      
Adam, August 08/16/1846 04/05/1916 h/o Caroline
Adam, Caroline nee Gentz 06/25/1847 07/26/1928 w/o August
Adam, Charles J. 1868 05/24/1944 h/o Isabelle; s/o August & Caroline
Adam, Isabel / Isabelle nee Ruktaschel / Ruckdaschel   04/12/1943 age 68; w/o Charles J.; d/o George
Adam, William C. 'Will' 1876 09/??/1935 s/o August & Caroline
Adams, Charles Henry 07/03/1858 01/05/1918 h/o Violetta Sophronia; s/o Jeremiah & Eliza
Adams, Charles Sumner 05/07/1851 08/2?/1918 h/o Edna; s/o Capt. Shubael P. & Lydia E. (Stetson)
Adams, Charley Jeremiah 07/19/1884 10/14/1953 h/o Maudie; s/o David & Isabel
Adams, David Lincoln 09/13/1859 09/17/1923 h/o Isabelle 'Tamar'; s/o Jeremiah & Eliza
Adams, Edna May 09/30/1889 06/04/1943 d/o Charles & Emma
Adams, Eliza Alvina 'Edna' 04/07/1897 03/08/1914 d/o Charles H. & Violetta S.; drowned
Adams, Eliza P. nee Lowe 09/08/1833 03/21/1901 w/o Jeremiah
Adams, Emma E. nee Crain 05/23/1861 04/04/1956 w/o Charles S.; d/o James
Adams, Harriet Ruth 07/08/1881 08/05/1881 d/o Charles S. & Emma
Adams, Isabel Tamar 'Belle' nee Gould 03/24/1861 09/06/1947 w/o David; d/o Winston & Rachel
Adams, James H. 'Jim' 12/24/1886 02/19/1948 h/o 1st Clara Shaw, 2nd Mary Miller; s/o Nicholas & Polly (Howard)
Adams, Jeremiah 05/15/1827 04/13/1911 h/o Eliza P.; Co. A 47th IA Infantry
Adams, Mary nee Miller 08/24/1876 09/02/1930 2nd w/o Jim; d/o Ernest & Dora (Minger)
Adams, Maudie nee Voshell 1901 07/19/1954 w/o Charley J.; d/o Eneas & Bessie (Bissell)
Adams, Nellie May nee Crawford 05/22/1924 10/21/2005 w/o Walter H.; d/o Ora & Emma (Voshell); U.S. Army, WWII
Adams, Omar D. 12/15/1890 01/11/1975 s/o David & Tamar
Adams, Viola E. nee Carpenter 01/06/1888 08/16/1985 w/o Walter F.; d/o George R. & Judid M. (Haun)
Adams, Violetta Sophronia nee McKinney 11/13/1856 01/25/1930 w/o Charles H.; d/o George & Alvina (Vaugh)
Adams, Walter Franklin 'Sam' 10/23/1891 03/31/1978 h/o Viola; s/o Charles H. & Violetta
Adams, Walter H. 'Bud' 10/31/1918 12/24/2007 h/o Nellie M.; s/o Walter F. & Viola
Addison, Helen S. nee Sloan 10/05/1845 10/06/1910 w/o Wm. Alexander (d. 1/13/1899, bur. Fairmount cem., Denver, CO); d/o Samuel & Christina (Adamson) - data is from Death Cert. familysearch.org
Ainsworth, Catherine / Katherine nee Hartman 1877 02/12/1950 w/o Sidney C.
Ainsworth, Dorothy Ellen R.N. 02/05/1903 12/23/1962 d/o Sidney & Catherine; Lt. Col. U.S. Army Nurse Corps, WWII veteran
Ainsworth, Katherine Louise 12/17/1913 02/06/1919 d/o Sidney & Catherine
Ainsworth, Sidney Elbert 12/04/1907 01/22/1988 s/o Sidney & Catherine; died in Oconomowoc, WI
Ainsworth, Sidney Corbin, M.D. 01/06/1877 04/28/1930 h/o Catherine; s/o Dr. E.A. Ainsworth
Allman, George Francis 10/02/1872 06/19/1939 h/o Florence Peake; s/o John & Amanda (Reed)
Ambrose, Adella nee Blair 06/08/1859 03/25/1937 w/o Frank; d/o Charles & Louisa
Ambrose, Francis Edmund 'Frank' 05/20/1856 11/04/1939 h/o Adella; s/o James & Ann (Thoday)
Ambrose, Herbert George 09/27/1852 12/06/1937 s/o James & Ann (Thoday)
Ambrose, James 1825 02/01/1857 h/o Ann Thoday (d. 1908, see Anna Goodwin, this cemetery)
Ambrose, William 1796 02/11/1858  
Aret, ?      
Armoto, David James 03/20/1942 06/04/2018 h/o Carol Hein; s/o James D. & Iva M. (Shaw)
Arnold, George 1825 09/26/1887 h/o Mary
Arnold, Mary E. 1843 01/03/1874 w/o George
Askew, John 1800 05/01/1888 age 87; stone broken
Askew, Lydia 1798 12/1868  
       
Baars, Albert 11/22/1893 11/10/1894 age 2y; s/o Henry & Augusta
Baars, Anna Martha Maria nee Mecklenburg 1877 04/20/1900 lot 51; w/o Will; d/o Henry & Sophia (File); Note: buried near her parents
Baars, Augusta nee Adam 07/29/1865 11/12/1943 w/o Henry G.; d/o William & Wilhelmine
Baars, Delbert C. 1932 2020 s/o Henry C. & Katherine
Baars, Fred Charles 11/17/1890 11/15/1961 s/o Henry & Augusta
Baars, Fredrick 02/??/1817 04/03/1902 h/o Marie
Baars, Heldegard Mary Caroline 01/07/1890 04/26/1908 d/o Henry
Baars, Henry Gustav Emil 08/21/1848 08/09/1919 h/o Augusta; s/o Frederick & Mary
Baars, Henry Carl 08/29/1888 04/11/1955 h/o Katherine; s/o Henry & Augusta
Baars, Herman F. 12/12/1886 05/18/1957 h/o Bertie; s/o Henry & Augusta
Baars, Hilda 01/07/1896 04/26/1908 age 13y; d/o Henry & Augusta
Baars, Katherine Wilhelmine nee Kuehl 04/04/1897 08/22/1988 w/o Henry C.; d/o Joseph & Mary (Ehrhardt)
Baars, Marie nee Becker 1818 02/26/1896 w/o Frederick
Baars, Ryrtilla R. 'Bertie' nee Adams 05/07/1886 10/05/1966 w/o Herman; d/o David L. & Isabelle (Gould)
Baars, W.      
Bachtell, daughter 07/27/1906 07/29/1906 infant d/o Elmer & Bessie
Bachtell, Adelia 'Delia' nee Ingraham 1844 07/??/1932 87y; w/o Thomas David; died in McGregor
Bachtell, Bessie nee Smith 1879 1963 w/o Elmer
Bachtell, Carol Lee   12/21/1940 d/o S.L. & F.H.
Bachtell, Claude Oaklen 08/25/1897 09/02/1973 s/o Elmer & Bessie; U.S. Army, WWI
Bachtell, David William 12/18/1897 08/03/1904 s/o Edward H. & Lydia E. (Tinkham); died of Typhoid fever; Note: his parents are buried in Evergreen cemetery, Seattle, WA
Bachtell, Dulcie 1897 1955 w/o Lester
Bachtell, Elmer 04/16/1871 12/22/1924 h/o Bessie; s/o David & Adelia
Bachtell, Elmore Verl 07/31/1915 03/22/1948 h/o 1st Doris Williams (divorced 1939), 2nd Thelma G. Stevenson (divorced 1943), 3rd Lucille C. Yeakle; s/o Lester & Dulcie; died in a car accident; WWII veteran
Bachtell, Ernest Howard 05/02/1873 12/??/1950 h/o Stella Morgan (d. 1942, bur. National, IA); s/o Thomas & Adelia
Bachtell, Frances 1891 06/23/1892 15mo.; d/o George & Jennie; died of scalding
Bachtell, George E. 1863 11/26/1917 h/o Jennie; s/o Thomas & Adelia
Bachtell, Gladys Evelyn nee Johnson 11/10/1903 05/22/1933 w/o Leo
Bachtell, Hazel nee Corbin 04/24/1907 03/26/1981 w/o Valmah
Bachtell, Janice J. nee McKiney 09/09/1938 07/05/2008 w/o Leon; d/o Harold A. & Mildred L. (Wegner)
Bachtell, Jennie Marie nee Rinkert 05/15/1872 11/13/1950 w/o George; d/o George & Christina
Bachtell, Leo D. 11/28/1901 05/21/1963 h/o Gladys; s/o Elmer & Bessie; WWI veteran
Bachtell, Leon B. 'Gus' 12/20/1930 05/25/2008 h/o Janice
Bachtell, Lester Elmore 05/21/1896 06/15/1961 h/o Dulcie; s/o Elmer & Bessie; 352nd Inf., WWI
Bachtell, Peter J. 07/15/1954 09/19/1990 s/o William & Janann
Bachtell, Sidney 09/08/1932 06/21/1953 s/o Valmah & Hazel
Bachtell, Thomas David 11/23/1840 09/18/1910 h/o Adelia; s/o David & Susanna (Davis); Co. C, 12th IA Infantry
Bachtell, Valmah E. 09/23/1907 01/29/1973 h/o Hazel; s/o Elmer & Bessie
Bachtell, Wayland Dean 10/06/1934 12/18/1934 2m 5d; s/o Valmah
Bachtell, William Wayne 'Bill' 10/20/1928 05/14/2002 h/o Janann Squires; s/o Velmah & Hazel; U.S. Army, Korea
Bailey, Marie A. nee Potter 06/07/1849 03/01/1915 2nd w/o Selden; d/o John M. & M.A. (unkn)
Bailey, Selden 05/06/1827 12/07/1914 h/o 1st Lydia Hough, 2nd Marie A.
Baker, Ruby      
Baumgartner, Cecil Ruth      
Baumgartner, Erwin      
Beatty, James 1783 05/31/1865  
Becker, Carl R. 1888 1983 h/o Gladys
Becker, Ewald 1876 04/26/1954 h/o Lela
Becker, Gladys nee Smith 1892 1973 w/o Carl R.
Becker, James Smith 1920 1963  
Becker, John Howard 1927    
Becker, Lela Charlotte nee Kuempel 03/12/1885 01/03/1959 w/o Ewald; d/o Henry & Mathilda (Gaulke)
Becker, Leo Herman 10/06/1908 07/14/1966 s/o Ewald & Lela; U.S. Army, WWII veteran
Belden, Edna nee Moats 09/04/1897 01/27/1937 1st w/o George; d/o A.L. & Ena (White)
Belden, Elsie Pearl nee Hansel 1902 04/02/1976 w/o Linn C.
Belden, George DeVance 03/12/1899 08/08/1976 h/o 1st Edna, 2nd Marion Miller (d. 2/2/1967, buried Immaculate Conception cem., Fairbank, IA); s/o Newton & Jean (Badger)
Belden, Linn Carmi 02/12/1902 06/19/1982 h/o Elsie; s/o Newton & Jean (Badger)
Bell, Charley 1859 1877  
Bell, Nelson 1831 1873  
Bennington, Ada Winifred nee Whitford 07/15/1885 07/28/1944 age 59y; 1st w/o Roy C.; d/o Warner & Emeline
Bennington, Alice Gertrude Minger Gage nee Poor 09/15/1904 02/25/1973 w/o 1st Francis Minger (d. 6/18/1930), 2nd Ralph Gage (d. 12/14/1944); 3nd Roy C.; d/o Frank & Annie (Canline)
Bennington, Charles 'Charley'     s/o Roy C.
Bennington, Emma 12/09/1849 01/03/1917 sister of Samuel; niece of William; orphaned at age 8 & raised in orphanage in Bristol, England
Bennington, Esther nee Bidwell 1831 04/07/1881 w/o Samuel
Bennington, Keith R. 12/17/1931 09/27/1989 h/o 1st Sylvia, 2nd Diana Mehl; s/o Richard R. & Hazel; Veteran
Bennington, Maxine nee Odekirk 01/06/1916 01/09/1997 2nd w/o Richard R.; d/o William & Harlie (Cole)
Bennington, Rebecca Renee nee Everitt 08/14/1971 06/11/2003 w/o Terry; d/o Richard & Paula (Peterson); died in a auto accident
Bennington, Richard Roy 12/06/1909 02/23/1986 h/o 1st Hazel (nee Boynton, d. 1933, bur. Str Pt cem), 2nd Maxine; s/o Roy C. & Ada
Bennington, Roy Charles 03/09/1884 04/27/1972 h/o 1st Ada, 2nd Alice; s/o Charles & Evaline (Branch); died in Oelwein, IA
Bennington, Sam 'Sammie' 08/29/1872 05/27/1917 s/o Samuel & Esther
Bennington, Samuel 1834 03/01/1906 h/o Esther
Bennington, Sylvia June nee Nagel 06/22/1933 1964 w/o Keith; d/o Edward
Bennington, William B. 01/05/1860 02/12/1948 never married; s/o Samuel & Esther
Benson, Nettie 1863 08/08/1881  
Bentley, Charles 1859 03/26/1888 h/o Jennett
Bentley, James Wilburt / William 1861 1933  
Bentley Jennett nee McCrae 1861 03/27/1888 w/o Charles; d/o James; married abt 1 yr.
Bentley, Margaret Elizabeth nee Waltenbaugh 04/28/1865 08/10/1943 age 78; w/o James Wm; d/o Jacob & Nancy (Hunter)
Berger, Ethel May      
Berger, Kim Allan      
Berger, Ralph      
Berger, Robert      
Berger, Ulah      
Berger, William      
Bevins, Carrie F. 'Ella' Horton nee Beman 1843 1924 w/o 1st unkn Horton, 2nd Chas Bevins
Bevins, Charles Franklin 05/22/1831 10/19/1914 h/o 1st Eliza, 2nd Carrie
Bevins, Eliza J. 05/??/1836 10/03/1894 1st w/o Charles F.; died while traveling in S.Dak.
Bevins, Gracie      
Bevins, Margaret      
Biedermann, Earl William 12/20/1921 03/21/1961 h/o Evelyn; s/o John & Laura; Tech 5th class, US Army veteran
Biedermann, Evelyn V. nee Hulverson 03/04/1929 03/08/2009 w/o Earl; d/o Lawrence & Myra (Wells)
Biedermann, Jerry Louis 05/03/1951 11/11/2009 s/o Earl W. & Evelyn V.
Biederman, Gayle      
Biederman, Leroy      
Bissell, Ella 06/14/1888 11/24/1902 age 14y; d/o James & Rebecca
Bissell, James Edward 03/27/1830 07/15/1925 h/o 1st Lydia Eaton, 2nd to Rebecca Dempster; s/o Timothy & Mary ((Latson); Co. C 6th IA Cavalry
Bissell, Jennie     d/o James & Rebecca; dates on stone are illegible
Bissell, Ray     age 2m 11d; s/o James & Rebecca; no legible dates on stone
Bissell, Rebecca Jane nee Dempster 04/15/1849 02/28/1933 2nd w/o James E.; d/o John & Margaret (Templeton)
Blair, Charles S. 01/15/1833 05/18/1901 h/o Louisa; killed in a runaway when his carriage overturned
Blair, Hamilton      
Blair, Louisa Eleanor nee Blair 07/08/1832 10/10/1909 w/o Charles; d/o Isaac & Louisa (Finney)
Blake, son   09/17/1874 s/o Morris & Margaret; Note: his mother died 4 days after he died
Blake, Cynthia Clarina nee Hawthorne 03/17/1857 05/14/1948 2nd w/o Morris; d/o Samuel & Mary
Blake, Elsa Mae nee Waltenbaugh 02/22/1886 02/14/1944 w/o Verner; d/o James E. & Caroline (Perkins)
Blake, Hallie Thoday nee Sangston 1876 1972 w/o 1st Allen Thoday, 2nd Leon Blake; see entry of Hallie Thoday-Blake for add'l info., buried w/Allen
Blake, James R. 04/15/1934 04/15/1934 s/o Russell & Marie A. (Christofferson); born & died Cedar Falls, IA
Blake, Jessie Priscilla nee Tompkins 12/22/1877 02/01/1919 1st w/o Leon; d/o Ira & Nellie (Bemis)
Blake, Leon Arby 10/23/1876 12/24/1949 h/o 1st Jessie, 2nd Hallie; s/o Morris & Cynthia
Blake, Margaret J. nee Hawthorne 1853 09/21/1874 1st w/o Morris, died 4 days after a son who died 9/17/1874
Blake, Milburn Ira 01/08/1898 01/17/1940 s/o Leon & Jessie; 12 year U.S. Army veteran
Blake, Morris Lyon 05/16/1847 03/28/1917 h/o 1st Margaret, 2nd Cynthia; s/o Chester & Ann S. (Garlick)
Blake, Verner Frank 03/03/1880 07/18/1961 h/o Elsa; s/o Morris & Cynthia
Blaul, Augusta 'Ella' nee Stoddard 07/27/1844 ? w/o Otto; d/o William & Mary (Martin); Note: she remarried & possibly is not buried in Hillcrest cem.
Blaul Otto   12/03/1882 aged 42y 4m 15d; U.S. Navy, Civil War
Boleyn, daughter 11/22/1915 12/08/1915 d/o Harry & Irma; named in Death Certificate as "Baby Boleyn"
Boleyn, Albert S. 12/17/1866 08/04/1920 h/o Maggie; s/o Joseph & Mary (Poor); died of Typhoid Fever
Boleyn, Benjamin Harrison 'Harry' 07/15/188? 02/25/1969 h/o 1st Irma, 2nd Lillian; s/o Albert & Maggie; sexton of Hillcrest cem. for more than 30 yrs.
Boleyn, David Earl 11/04/1891 06/09/1924 s/o Albert & Maggie
Boleyn, Irma Irene nee Nolte 09/29/1887 02/16/1920 w/o Harry; d/o William
Boleyn, Lillian Bernice nee Lamphier L.P.N. 12/22/1907 08/18/1993 2nd w/o Harry; d/o Elmer & Mary (Gipper)
Boleyn, Margaret 'Maggie' Elizabeth nee Lowe     w/o Albert; d/o David
Boleyn, Neil      
Boleyn, Roy Ned 'Coach' 07/29/1913 12/26/1972 s/o Harry & Irma; U.S. Army WWII
Boleyn, Walter M.     s/o Albert & Maggie
Bolles, Susan      
Borden, infant daughter   03/??/1950 d/o Thomas Borden "of Cedar Falls"
Borden, Randall      
Borden, Terry      
Borden, Tillie      
Bowles, Elizabeth      
Bowles, James      
Brabandt, Christian 09/02/1844 06/01/1930 h/o Louisa
Brabandt, Wilhelmine Louisa nee Prigge / Preeche 07/06/1846 05/23/1925 w/o Christian; d/o Frederick & unkn. (Macho or Machs)
Bradshaw, Clifford      
Bradshaw, Joseph H. 04/03/1825 06/15/1893 Co. E, 9th IA Infantry
Brandt, Clifford Alexander 04/19/1896 10/31/1985 h/o 1st unkn., 2nd Eva; died in a car accident in Phoenix, AZ; U.S. Navy, WWI
Brandt, Eva Pearl nee Probert 10/20/1894 08/04/1972 w/o Clifford; d/o William & Mary (Grimm)
Brandt, Florence      
Bring, James      
Brink, Florence M. nee Finney 01/18/1894 09/30/1981 3rd w/o James W.; d/o Charles N. & Semarimus
Brink, James W. 03/07/1891 11/01/1971 h/o 1st Josephine, 2nd Ethel Hoffman, 3rd Florence; s/o George F. & Rosella (Bennet)
Brink, Josephine Katherine nee Refle 1893 12/19/1946 1st w/o James W.; d/o Joseph & Lena
Brink, Joseph William 'Joe' 08/23/1919 02/02/1999 h/o Wilma A.; s/o James W. & Josephine
Brink, Wilma A. nee Rau      
Broker, daughter     infant daughter
Broker, Charles      
Broker, Phoebe nee Jellings 07/28/1819 09/22/1888 w/o Thomas
Broker, Thomas 1816 or 1817 12/23/1881 h/o Phoebe
Brooks, Guy Leroy 11/29/1912 05/24/1992 h/o Ruth; s/o Frank & Eva (Johnson)
Brooks, Ruth Naomi nee Maser 01/25/1914 11/11/1995 w/o Guy; d/o Jacob & Daisy (Schamel)
Burgett, Jennie Anna nee Susie 11/06/1882 02/??/1951 2nd w/o Delos (bur County Corners); d/o Wm & Margaret (Schroeder); Note: she's buried w/her parents
Burns, Clarinda Wroe Rogers nee Graves 11/10/1854 11/24/1927 1st h/J.W. Wroe, 2nd h/B.B. Rogers, 3rd h/J.E. Burns; d/o Chas. K. & Mary
Burrington, Emily Jane 'Jennie' nee Eveleth 02/08/1866 11/14/1947 w/o John (d. 1934, bur. Oakland cem., Manchester, IA); d/o Joseph & Amanda
Burrington, Eva 1889 1968 d/o John C. & Jennie
Bushkofsky, Albert 03/23/1903 07/07/1959 brother of Otto
Bushkofsky, Augusta Samp nee Ofcherofsky 08/11/1846 09/23/1937 w/o 1st August Samp (d. 1897, bur Elkader), 2nd Martin Bushkofsky (d. 1930, bur. Immanuel Lutheran); Note: gravestone is engraved Augusta Samp, not Bushkofsky
Bushkofsky, Arnold W. 06/04/1904 02/02/1983  
Bushkofsky, Elmira E. nee Polkow 05/23/1908 04/10/2003 w/o Otto
Bushkofsky, Otto J. 12/14/1901 04/20/1973 h/o Elmira
Butler, Jason S. ca1795/97 unkn. ca1860's h/o Marilla Wilcox; N.Y. Militia, War of 1812
Butler, Wesley Morrow 10/23/1850 bef 1860 either no dates or illegible dates on gravestone

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