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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

G - I 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
Birdseye view 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, SSDI records & info. contributed by researchers

G-I surnames

Name Birth Death Comments
Gardner, Walter   09/18/1891 10 y/o s/o R. Gardner
Garms, James Russell 1959 05/29/1975 s/o Russell & Barbara; killed in pick-up accident
Gee, Cornelia A. 'Nellie' nee Welch 1849 07/25/1893 d/o E.D. Welch; died at Omaha, NE
Germar, Eugene Gilbert 12/17/1904 01/02/1905 s/o Otto & Valerie
Germar, Henrich 'Henry' 11/25/1832 10/04/1910 lot 49; h/o Theresa
Germar, Norbert      
Germar, Otto 01/28/1870 07/31/1949 h/o Valeria; s/o Henry & Theresa
Germar, Russell Fred 07/24/1912 11/24/1912 lot 50; s/o Otto & Valeria
Germar, Theresa nee Bromel / Bremel 06/14/1829 06/04/1905 lot 49; w/o Henry; d/o Friedrich & Maria (Bush)
Germar, Valerie Ann nee Green 11/09/1874 09/30/1949 w/o Otto; d/o Peter & Lydia (Sherman)
Gifford, children   1846 the first burials in this cemetery were "two children of Henry Gifford"
Goeschel, Richard M.   07/03/1995 age 73y; h/o Kitty; Veteran
Golden, Edward R. 'Ted' 07/10/1951 05/05/2017 h/o Lois J. Roys
Goldsworthy, Edna   10/01/1891 12y 3m 11d; d/o Wm & unkn (Piper)
Goodin, Carrol Eugene 06/16/1918 01/23/1921 d/o Warren & Susie (Hayse); died in Oelwein
Goodin, Charles 01/11/1853 08/17/1904 h/o Mary Jane; s/o William & Ann (Woods)
Goodin - Patridge, Lucille Minnie 'Lucy' nee Newcomb 11/21/1918 04/03/2018 w/o 1st Walter, 2nd Robt. Patridge; d/o Philander & Minnie C.
Goodin, Mary D. nee Stahl 06/25/1878 08/25/1965 w/o William; d/o John & Mary (Heiden)
Goodin, Mary 'Jane' nee Leete 02/19/1856 10/18/1912 w/o Charles; d/o Robert & Emma (Charter)
Goodin, Merle E. 1950 1976 U.S. Navy, Vietnam
Goodin, Ronald - - infant s/o Walter & Lucille
Goodin, Susan 'Susie' Elsie nee Hayes 05/23/1889 04/04/1928 w/o Warren R.; d/o George W. & Effie (Shepard)
Goodin, Walter C. 'Bob' 1916 1993 h/o Lucille; WWII veteran
Goodin, Warren Robert 'Warn' 03/24/1883 11/27/1926 h/o Susie; s/o Charles & Jane (Leete); U.S. Army veteran, WWI
Goodin, William C. 'Will'     h/o Mary D.
Goodwin, Anna Marie nee Libby 05/30/1856 06/18/1928 lot 197; w/o Lewis M.; d/o J.W. & Eliza (Mosher)
Goodwin, Anna A. Ambrose nee Thoday 02/19/1828 11/23/1908 lot 105; w/o 1st James Ambrose (d. 1857, see his entry, this cemetery); 2nd Wallace Goodwin
Goodwin, Caroline nee Allen 1814 03/10/1886 lot 224; w/o Jonathan
Goodwin, Charles 1853 08/17/1904 lot 97
Goodwin, Ernest Ransom 11/08/1872 04/01/1929 lot 98; h/o Beatrice Curler; s/o Frank & Lucy
Goodwin, Francis Ford 'Frank' 05/31/1835 07/21/1907 2nd h/o Lucy; s/o Jonathan & Caroline
Goodwin, Jonathon 1807 01/28/1881 lot 224; h/o Caroline
Goodwin, Lewis Mott 'Lew' 07/03/1849 11/30/1922 lot 197; h/o Anna; s/o Jonathan & Caroline
Goodwin, Louise M.      
Goodwin, Lucy Ann Chesley nee Phillips 03/20/1840 06/10/1928 1st h/ Norman Chesley (d. 1865, see his entry this cemetery), 2nd h/ Frank Goodwin; d/o H.W. & Loshia A. (Geer)
Goodwin, Wallace 1833 12/23/1894 lot 105; 2nd h/o Ann; killed in hunting accident by his grandson
Gottschalk, Arno Carl Wilhelm 08/24/1899 03/17/1962 h/o Carrie; s/o Jon-- & Ida (Knuth)
Gottschalk, Carrie Augusta nee Baars 06/10/1902 01/09/2001 w/o Arno; d/o Henry & Augusta (Adam)
Gordon, Daniel W. 1833 06/24/1874 h/o Phebe
Gordon, Phebe 06/06/1833 03/11/1898 w/o Daniel
Graff, Laverne      
Graff / Grafft, Oliver Grenfal 10/21/1903 10/28/1903 gravestone = GRAFFT
Graff, William Grenfall 09/??/1903 09/2?/1903  
Graves, Charles Henry 02/12/1864 07/06/1939 unmarried; s/o Charles & Mary (Whalen)
Gray, George W.     lot 162
Gray, Luceba   07/09/1887 age 20y; d/o Randall; to be married in Aug. 1887, was buried in her wedding dress
Green, Benjamin Lionel 'Ben' 02/25/1884 06/11/1957 h/o Bessie
Green, Bessie nee Gletty 1880 1954 w/o Ben
Green, Kenneth 1909 2004 h/o Lillian
Green, Leslie L. 05/31/1913 06/10/1990  
Green, Lillian nee Jensen 1918 10/02/1987 w/o Kenneth
Green, Lydia nee Sherman   03/30/1943 w/o Peter
Green, Mary H. 1821 09/19/1889 lot 161; w/o Daniel
Green, Mary     (no dates or marker); lot 162
Green, Pauline 05/28/1916 10/10/2000  
Green, Peter (born Bouchart) 06/05/1853 03/27/1900 lot 162; h/o Lydia; adopted s/o Daniel; natural s/o unkn Bouchard (of Boardman twp. per obit)
Gregerson, Mabel Butterworth nee Siglin 07/04/1900 03/02/1995 w/o 1st Albert Butterworth, 2nd Melvin; d/o Joseph W. & Emme E. (Reinsmith); DOD blank on gravestone, is from the TX Death Index & her gravestone in Rosewood Cemetery, Humble, TX
Gregerson, Melvin L. 05/01/1899 07/21/1977 h/o 1st Winifred, 2nd Mabel; s/o Lars / Louis & Margaret (Aason / Oleson)
Gregerson Winifred Fern nee Ensign 09/13/1902 09/22/1956 1st w/o Melvin; d/o Frederick H. & Gusta P. (Davis)
Griffiths, Anna Julia Gracia nee Edgerton 1854 04/20/1880 lot 199; age 25y; 1st w/o Edward W.; d/o Asher & Julia A. (Deal); died of childbed fever after birth of a daughter
Griffiths, Edward Walter 02/25/1849 04/25/1934 lot 199; lot 10; h/o Anna & Esther; s/o John J. & Charlott Frances (Kuney)
Griffiths, Esther nee Bennington 01/31/1858 10/16/1945 2nd w/o Edward
       
Hakes, Margaret Jeanette nee Davis 08/11/1910 10/18/1985  
Hardy, H.M.      
Hakert, Arleene R. nee Gentz 06/25/1926 09/15/2010 w/o Melvin; d/o Harold & Uylanda C. (Miller)
Hakert, Melvin Charles 08/30/1921 11/12/2004 h/o Arleene; s/o Edward & Minnie (Nightingale)
Hall, James   11/30/1897 h/o Lavina; Note! He may be buried in Wadena, Fayette co. IA
Hall, Lavina Isabelle nee Hitchcock 02/11/1840 10/23/1914 lot 143; w/o James; d/o Daniel
Hartbeck, daughter 09/12/1936 09/12/1936 infant d/o Glen & Fern; lived "only a short time"
Hartbeck, Fern Lesta nee Robison 1914 1970 see entry for Fern L. Robison - Hartbeck
Harvey, Adelbert Constantine 'Delbert' 03/24/1856 06/05/1926 lot 64; h/o Stella; s/o Ostrander & Chloe (Shoemaker)
Harvey, H. M. 1842 12/09/1865 lot 127
Harvey, Schuyler 1806 02/10/1856 50y 11m 12d; 1st h/o Phoebe (see Phoebe Hills entry below)
Harvey, Stella Emily nee Towslee 02/17/1869 05/13/1940 w/o 1st Delbert, 2nd J.J. Shoemaker (d. 1940, bur. Grandview cem., Fayette, IA); d/o Clark & Lucinda; buried w/Adelbert
Hastings, daughter   05/13/1887 3 mo. old d/o Ezra
Hawthorne, Abbie L. nee Morey 1853 08/06/1913 lot 220; 2nd w/o James; died in Chicago
Hawthorne, Addie   01/15/1883 4y 6m; d/o Wm J. & Mary E.; died of diphtheria
Hawthorne, Amoretta / Amorette     lot 22
Hawthorne, Amorette F. nee Peck 09/07/1853 02/16/1881 lot 221; 1st w/o James; d/o Mr. & Mrs. G.S. Peck
Hawthorne, Oelia Josephine     lot 186; d/o Samuel & Mary A.
Hawthorne, George   01/09/1883 2y 9m; s/o Wm J. & Mary E.
Hawthorne, James 02/03/1846 01/13/1916 lot 221; h/o 1st Amorette, 2nd Abbie L.; s/o Samuel & Mary A.; died in Grant, NE
Hawthorne, Mary Ann nee Henry 11/??/1825 04/24/1903 lot 186; w/o Samuel
Hawthorne, Mary Ellen nee Peck 01/10/1852 09/30/1900 lot 221; w/o William J.(he remarried to Mrs. Judith Smith in 1902; died 4/7/1939 in OK); d/o George S. & Nancy E. (Scovel)
Hawthorne, Merril Morley   07/31/1894 lot 221; 10 mo.; s/o James & Abbie L.
Hawthorne, Samuel 1820 04/21/1888 lot 186; h/o Mary A.
Hayes, Edward      
Hayes, Edward 07/23/1867 06/09/1962 h/o Mattie; s/o John & Adeline (Fairburn / Fairbourne)
Hayes, John 1829 04/1910 lot 85; h/o Adeline
Hayes, Mattie nee Drake   01/28/1955 w/o Edward
Herwig, Rosa 10/22/1890 12/20/1896 lot 59
Hills, Enos C. 03/??/18?? 08/30/1902 aged 85+; 2nd h/o Phoebe; Note! likely buried Hillcrest where Phoebe is buried, but needs to be verified
Hill, Martha Jane nee Lamphier 05/03/1891 02/01/1941 w/o Eli (d. 1938/39); d/o Elmer & Mary (Gipper)
Hills, Phoebe Harvey nee Mount 1805 07/22/1891 lot 139; w/o 1st Schuyler Harvey (see his entry above), 2nd Enos; her grave is near 1st husband
Hines, Anna M.      
Hines, Bernita      
Hines, Delbert      
Hines, Robert      
Hold, Harry Edwin 09/17/1886 04/26/1924 h/o Amy Wiesner; s/o James W. & Rosa; died in Randalia, IA
Hold, James Wilson 07/13/1846 04/21/1909 lot 244; h/o Rosa; s/o Lorenzo Dow Hold & Susan (Houston); Co. D, 73rd, IL Inf.
Hold, Rosa Amelia nee Staring 07/27/1860 07/13/1912 w/o James W.; d/o John & Mary (Schermahorn)
Holsman, David 07/15/1910 05/14/1995 h/o 1st Ida, 2nd Ilo Miles; s/o Fred & Ora (Simmons); U.S. Navy, WWII
Holsman, Ida Millie nee Borden 03/24/1915 09/19/1979 1st w/o David; d/o Harry & Cora M.
Holsman, William Frederick 'Bill' 02/09/1934 07/21/1987 h/o Barbara J. Thornberry (d. 2005, bur. Pocahontas co. IA); s/o David & Ida; U.S. Navy, Korea
Homewood, Leroy      
Homewood, Mary      
Horton, Birdie May   09/14/1880 7y 2m; d/o George E.; died of Diphtheria
Horton, Henry James   09/25/1880 12y 5m 16d; died of Diphtheria
Horton, Louis Warren   09/22/1880 5y 11m 22d; died of Diphtheria
Hoskyn, Irene Elizabeth nee Baker 11/10/1899 07/15/1948 w/o William; d/o Henry & Abbie
Hoskyn, William M. 'Will' 1878 1952 h/o Irene
Howard, Alice nee Schmidt - deceased w/o Green SR
Howard, Green   01/11/1889 age 17m; s/o J.A. Hoyt
Howard, Green SR 03/27/1916 05/29/1983 h/o Alice; s/o Brack & Lany
Hoyt, Hardy - - 18 mo. old s/o John & Mattie
Hoyt, John Addison 02/08/1846 04/07/1899 lot 130; h/o Mattie
Hoyt, Mattie A. nee Whitford 04/26/1853 11/12/1936 w/o John A.; d/o Rev. James G. & Betsy
Huffman, daughter   03/18/1888 5 mo.; infant of Joseph; drowned in an accident
Huffman, R.J.   10/2?/1889 5 mo/o infant of Joseph
Hulverson, Lawrence     h/o Myra
Hulverson, Myra nee Wells 09/14/1894 05/23/1944 w/o Lawrence; d/o Alonzo & Mable (Meyer)
Humbert, George W. 1872 07/03/1947 h/o Ida; s/o John & Emma (Hitchcock); see also Emma Tinkham
Humbert, Ida Elizabeth nee Montz 01/08/1872 09/2?/1949 w/o George; d/o John & Mary Elizabeth
Hummel, Barbara Ann 02/06/1954 03/19/2019 d/o Wayne & Janet; mother of Brian Hummel
Hummel, Janet nee Shaw 09/20/1933 06/02/1999 w/o Wayne
Hummel, Wayne Robert 04/06/1925 06/09/1995 h/o Janet
Hummell, Clark      
Hummell, Elizabeth Lamphiear nee Maxwell 06/25/1845 09/19/1927 w/o 1st William Lamphiear, 2nd Martin Hummell (d. 1922); d/o Washington & Leah; she's buried with 1st husband, this cemetery
Hummell, James      
Hummell, Marie      
Hummell, Vesta      
Hungerford, Louis Newell   09/??/1962 74y; h/o Mary E.; died in Seattle, WA; WWI veteran
Hungerford, Mary Esther nee Huebner 05/25/1896 08/27/1946 w/o Louis; died Marengo, IA
Hurley, Bernard 'Barney' 07/06/1866 05/12/1935 lot 66; 3rd h/o Mary; s/o Bernard & Catherine (Conboy)
Hurley, Mary Lucinda Bowes Schuler nee Benc 06/10/1856 02/15/1937 lot 66; w/o 1st James Bowes, 2nd Joseph Schuler (divorced), 3rd Bernard; d/o Joseph & Elizina (Palmer)
       
Ingraham, George Gardner 04/05/1857 04/06/1939 s/o Gardner & Betsy (Tinkham)
Ingraham, John     lot 64; h/o Roxanna
Ingraham, Louis   02/02/1889 age 5y; s/o John
Ingraham, Roxanna nee Chapman   04/05/1889 32y 5m 29d; w/o John

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