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Cemetery Index


St. Michael's Catholic
Cemetery - Elkport

(with Immanuel Lutheran cemetery)

Volga Township
Section 35 NE/NE


St. Michael's cemetery - photo by P. Peterson 2005

St. Michael's cemetery - photo by Helen Jennings 2007


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The source of the original listing for this cemetery is unknown, it was contributed by Charlene Barnhart. Additional burials & dates have been added by the Clayton co. coordinator from death certificates, gravestone records, newspapers & obituaries and will be updated as additional information is found.


Amling, Alfred 1910-1910; s/o F. & N.
Amling, Alice 1895-1899; d/o Frank & Anna
Amling, Anna Louise nee Seibert / Cebert 01/18/1871-06/19/1945; w/o Frank Sr.
Amling - Bissell, Carrie W. nee Schlee 02/27/1912-03/12/1998; married 1st Lloyd Amling, 2nd Harold Bissell (d. 1980)
Amling, Catherine 'Kate' nee McMorrow 11/12/1886-11/28/1938; w/o George; d/o Patrick & Bridget (Needham)
Amling, Frank 'Tody' 07/30/1912-06/12/1985; s/o Fred & Nettie
Amling, Francis 'Frank' JR 12/16/1890-10/03/1976; h/o Clara Gerloff; s/o Frank & Anna; US Army, WWI
Amling, Frank SR 10/15/1853-03/13/1939; h/o Anna L.; s/o Frederick & Minnie
Amling, Fred G. 1873-1952; h/o Nettie
Amling, Fredrick 'Fred' C. SR 1815-04/03/1883; aged 68y 5m; h/o Minnie
Amling, Gene Joseph 04/01/1929-01/06/2005; h/o Helen; s/o Frank & Clara; U.S. Army, Korea
Amling, Gene Joseph 05/13/1966-09/26/2021; s/o Gene & Helen
Amling, George W. 11/10/1888-12/09/1947; h/o Catherine
Amling, Gerald C. 10/01/1933-07/07/1934; s/o Frank & Clara
Amling, Gerald Leo 07/21/1942-07/23/1942; s/o Leo & Alberta (Kafer); premature
Amling, Joseph 1911-1911
Amling, Lewis Frank 11/09/1926-12/18/1947; s/o Frank & Clara; died of a GSW; USNR, WWII
Amling, Lloyd 1901-10/06/1959; 1st h/o Carrie; s/o Fred & Nettie
Amling, Wilhelmina 'Minnie' nee Schornagel 1820-12/1?/1905; w/o Fredrick C.
Amling, Nettie nee McEvers 01/27/1880 - 12/16/1943; w/o Fred G.; d/o Isaac & Evellina (Lee)
Amling, Theodore 03/03/1898-11/12/1958; s/o Fred & Nettie
Amling, Vincent L. 03/28/1922-11/18/1959; h/o Gloria Moser (remarried Harold Thompson); s/o Fred & Nettie; Veteran
Balluff, Conrad 1801- 12/09/1893; aged 92y 10d
Bauer, Christopher 1834-1927
Bauer, Frank 1875-1958
Behrens, Mary nee Berse 1870-1907; d/o John & Mary (Berns)
Berns, Alma 1893-1974
Berns, Benjamin 'Ben' 1889-10/12/1937; 48y 1m 25d; s/o Peter & Clara
Berns, Clara Elizabeth nee Scheffert 1865-03/27/1926; w/o Peter
Berns, Henry B. 08/16/1862-01/07/1939; h/o Minnie; s/o Peter & Mary
Berns, John 1884-1970
Berns, Katie 1891-1903; d/o Henry & Minnie
Berns, Minnie nee Futter / Flutter 1864- 03/18/1930; w/o Henry; d/o Martin & Josephine
Berns, Otto 1892-1949; s/o Peter & Clara
Berns, Peter 03/06/1855-04/25/1936; h/o Clara
Berse, Frank 1881-1903; s/o John & Mary
Berse, John 1835-05/02/1902; h/o Mary
Berse, Mary nee Berns 09/16/1851 - 02/18/1911; w/o John
Berse, Theodore 1886-1911; s/o John & Mary
Bissell, Carrie W. see Carrie W. Amling (above)
Burger, Eleannore 1914-1993
Burger, Henry 1905-1973
Collins, Alice nee McMorrow 03/14/1874 - 08/25/1914; w/o Dan; d/o Michal & Margaret (Bowling); died complications of childbirth in Forest City, IA
Collins, Robert John 08/02/1935 - 08/02/1935; s/o Clair & Mary (Opitz); born prematurely at Iowa State Univ. Hospital, lived 10 hrs.
Conley, Catherine?  
Conley, Esther nee Downey 03/31/1872-06/26/1936; w/o Peter W.
Conley, Harold 1901-1985; s/o Peter & Esther
Conley, Helen nee Croft / Craft 01/31/1911 - 07/27/1945; w/o Daniel; died in Kentucky
Conley, John 1871 - 02/08/1891; s/o Michael & Julia
Conley, Julia Phelan nee Doran 05/08/1841 - 08/02/1915; w/o 1st James Phelan (d. 1/26/1876), 2nd Patrick; d/o Patrick & Katherine
Conley, Julia nee Needham 1825- 05/15/1917; w/o Michael
Conley, Lucy 1908-1985
Conley, Margaret 1902-1971
Conley, Marie 1899-1910
Conley, Mary Estelle 'Stella' nee Hurley 07/18/1884 - 04/26/1945; w/o Michael; d/o Bernard
Conley, Michael W. 1878 - 03/30/1957; h/o Stella
Conley, Michael 1815-1897
Conley, Patrick 1852-1925; 2nd h/o Julia
Conley, Peter W. (Hon) 04/18/1866 - 01/08/1931; h/o Esther; s/o Michael & Julia; served 2 terms as State Representative from Clayton co.
Conley, Raymond 1902-1987; s/o Peter & Esther
Conley, Thomas 1864-1915
Costigan, Mary nee McMorrow 03/20/1831-02/19/1909; w/o Patrick; d/o John & Anna (McTierman)
Costigan, Mary E. 08/29/1893- 07/12/1894; d/o J. & M.
Costigan, Patrick 12/27/1831-06/26/1913; h/o Mary
Curran, Margaret ????-1900
Curran, Rosa 1865-1943
Curran, Thomas 1903-1980
Curran, William 1852-1932
Donovan, Patrick 1812-????
Doran, Catherine / Katherine 11/21/1812-03/1?/1898; w/o Patrick (U.S. Army, d. 1847 Ft. Duncan, TX); Note: Obit gives DOB 11/21/1814
Doran, James 1844-1904; s/o Patrick & Catherine
Eggerth, infant died 10/1?/1896; 5 mo. old infant of Edward & Christina; Note: burial here is likely, but not verified
Eggerth, Christina 06/01/1847-12/19/1925; w/o Edward
Eggerth, Clara died 10/22/1898; d/o Edward & Christina
Eggerth, Edward 11/02/1837-03/20/1909; h/o Christina
Eggerth, Tenie died 07/1?/1894; 10 y/o drowned in Turkey river; Note! obit gives burial in Catholic cemetery, presumeably St. Michael's
Eggerth, William died 07/21/1898; infant of Edward & Christina
Elledge, Mary Geneva 12/30/1915 - 09/09/1917; d/o Lyman & Irene (Feidt); died of cerebral meningitis
Feidt, Alice nee Stone 07/31/1861-03/28/1922; w/o John; d/o Artimus & Pheobe (Penhollow)
Feidt, John 03/17/1848-02/24/1914; h/o Alice
Feidt, Mary 1880-1887; d/o John & Alice
Flaherty, child died March 1888; six wks., youngest child of Peter & Mary A.; Burial here likely, has not been verified
Flaherty, Agnes 1882-07/21/1968; d/o Peter & Mary A.
Flaherty, Bridget nee Needham 1825-1904; w/o Edward; died in S. Dak.
Flaherty, Edward ' Old Ned' 09/08/1819 - 1897; h/o Bridget; G.A.R. stake a grave likely is for John's CW service
Flaherty, Francis 'Frank' 08/05/1878 - 03/10/1899; s/o Peter & Mary; died Mercy Hosp., Dubuque, IA
Flaherty, Hannah 03/24/1853 - 09/29/1877
Flaherty, Hannah K 1823-1911
Flaherty, John 'Jack' 05/12/1838 - 06/02/1917, s/o Michael & Caroline; died Soldiers' Home, Milwaukee, WI; Co. F, Eng. Reg. of the West & Co. B, 1st MO Inf.; G.A.R. records show burial St. Michael's, the GAR stake by Edward's grave is most likely for John. Unkn of he ever had a gravestone, but his burial here appears on WPA records so there may have been one in the 1930's.
Flaherty, Mary 1873-1899 - see Mary McGuire
Flaherty, Mary Ann nee Mohr (?Kennedy) 07/15/1852 -1932; w/o Peter; Note! Obit gives nee Kennedy, but 1925 IA state census, her maiden name is given as Mohr, father John Mohr & mother Elizabeth McCarty. Mohr is also given as her maiden name in the baptism record of her first child William.
Flaherty, Michael 06/12/1848-11/16/1922; s/o Thomas & Catherine (Connor); died in Oelwein, Fayette co. IA; Note! Burial here should be verified: Obit=funeral St. Michaels w/burial Elkport cemetery & Death cert.=burial place as Garber
Flaherty, Nora nee Hannaman 08/03/1889 - 10/16/1913; w/o Leo
Flaherty, Peter 01/25/1849 - 09/05/1902; h/o Mary A.; s/o Edward & Bridget
Flaherty, Peter, Jr. 'Little Pete' 1876 - 02/2?/1901; h/o Anna Smith; s/o Peter & Mary A.
Flaherty, Thomas 'Buffer Tom' 46y; died 03/10/1881; Note! Burial her is assumed, but not confirmed.
Frey, Howard 1876-1876
Fuelleman, Agatha 1846-1911
Gilligan, David ????-1872
Gilligan, James ????-09/03/1888; burial here has not been verified
Goodsell, Adelbert 1864-1904
Goodsell, Charles 1874-1896
Goodsell, Jerome B. 11/15/1841-11/12/1911; h/o Margaret; s/o unkn. Goodsell & Abigal (Kingsley)
Goodsell, Margaret Louise nee Dorgan 08/15/1841-09/30/1926; w/o Jerome; d/o Lawrence & unkn.
Goodsell, William C. 07/04/1872-07/17/1936; s/o Jerome & Margaret; drowned in Mississippi river; Death Cert = divorced
Hall, Alfred Emmet 01/10/1890-08/08/1947; h/o Alma; s/o Dyer & Margaret
Hall, Alma 1889-1957; w/o Alfred E.
Hall, Dyer 06/29/1867- 05/18/1943; h/o Margaret; s/o Elias & Hannah
Hall, Elias J. 1923-2001; s/o Alfred & Alma
Hall, Howard 1926-1928; s/o Alfred & Alma
Hall, Margaret nee McMorrow 10/24/1866-11/10/1951; w/o Dyer; d/o Michael & Marguerette (Bolling)
Hall, Veronica 1902-1902
Hand, Margaret 1848-1918
Hayes, Charles 'Charley' 1858 - 03/1?/1899
Hayes, James 1827-12/31/1893; aged 75y
Herman, Catherine 1830-1911
Herman, George 1824- 02/10/1905; h/o Catherine
Jaeger, John ????-1905
Jaeger, Peter ????-1940
Kaefer, Dora Hartke 1843-1881
Kafer, Doris 1923-1929
Kafer, Lawrence F 1916-1961
Kafer, Paul Mathious 1929-1951
Kafer, Ralph 1930-1931
Kafer, Sophia 1889-1972
Kaefer, William 1891-1943
Kiefer, John  
Kircher, Helen 1843-1910
Kircher, Joseph 1841-1901
Kircher, Louisa 1869-1910
Kircher, Otto 1882-1920
Klink, Marvel 05/06/1909 - 07/02/1914; d/o Henry JR & Elvira (Behrm); Death cert = died of convulsions
Kretel, Audrey 1923-1924
Kregel, Eliza Anna nee Miller 09/17/1866 - 08/24/1948; w/o John F.; d/o John S.
Kregel, John F. 03/11/1861 - 07/02/1939; h/o Eliza; s/o Adolph & Sophia (Hoppe)
McGuire, Mary nee Flaherty 1873- 05/14/1899; w/o William; d/o Peter & Mary
McLane, Catherine 1941-1941
McLane, James 1884-1963
McLane, Margaret 1887-1953
McMorrow, Bridget nee Needham died 02/14/1917; d/o Thomas & Mary (Leidur / Leiden); Note: obit= age 95y, death cert= abt 86y
McMorrow, James died 07/2?/1929; s/o Martin & Mary
McMorrow, John C. 'Johnny' 09/12/1862 - 04/17/1907; s/o Michael & Margaret
McMorrow, Michael L. 'Mike' 1834-1911; h/o Margarette; s/o Martin & Mary
McMorrow, Margarette 'Margaret' nee Bolling 10/12/1835- 02/03/1905; w/o Michael
McMorrow, Mary 1836-1903
McMorrow, Mary E. 1868- 11/17/1905; d/o Michael & Margaret
McMorrow, Theresa 1872- 09/29/1899; d/o Michael & Margaret
Mehan / Meehan, Catherine nee Kennedy ca1819-'22-09/1?/1886; w/o Peter; her published death notice implies burial here
Mehan /Meehan, Peter ca1820-?; h/o Catherine; Burial here not verified
Menge, son Nov. 1896 death notice = 4m/o son of August Menge; confirmation of burial & name is needed
Menge, child Apr. 1902 death notice = 8y/o, parents Mr. & Mrs. Menge; confirmation of burial & name is needed
Menge, August 11/01/1858 - 12/30/1904; h/o 1st Mary E., 2nd Agnes Putz (remarried to Charles Amling); s/o Charles & Mary (Knoeppel)
Menge, Conrad  
Menge, Laura A 1891-1894; d/o August & Agnes
Menge, Louis J 06/28/1886 [or 1888] - 06/02/1914; s/o August & Mary; died in Beaverton, Montana
Menge, Margaret  
Menge, Mary E. nee Putz 1868- 02/26/1890; age 22y; 1st w/o August
Menge, Viola ????-01/27/1899; d/o August & Agnes
Meyer, Joseph F. 04/29/1860-08/29/1939; h/o Maggie (nee Winch, d. 1929, bur. Mt. Harmony); s/o Alexander & Genieve (Biederman); Conflict! Death cert = bur. St. Michaels, has a gravestone in Mt. Harmony
Meyer, Leonard 1900-1902
Mitchell, Dennis 01/01/1831 - 11/24/1910; h/o Mary E.
Mitchell, Mary Elizabeth nee Mahony 03/17/1845 - 09/18/1921; w/o Dennis; d/o Timothy & Mary (McCarthy)
Mitchell, Mary Margaret 1875 - 09/05/1954; d/o Dennis
Murphy, Anna DOD unknown; young d/o John & Mary; died of a snake bite; burial here is assumed
Murphy, Johanna 1865 - 03/10/1912; d/o John & Mary; Death cert. = committed suicide
Murphy, John SR 1813-1893; h/o Mary
Murphy, John 01/30/1860 - 11/17/1923; unmarried; s/o John & Mary
Murphy, Mary nee O'Brien 1823-1894; w/o John SR
Needham, Bartholomew 'Bartley' 1809-1896; h/o 1st Catherine, 2nd Ellen
Needham, Catherine 'Kate' nee Saddler ca1838-1892; 1st w/o Bartholomew
Needham, Catherine 'Katie' 02/01/1875 - 09/08/1892; d/o Bartley & Ellen
Needham, Ellen Broderick nee Rabbit or Abbot 12/23/1834 - 08/03/1909; 2nd w/o Bartley; her 1st husb. Hugh Broderick; d/o John & Catherine (Degnan); Note: Her death certificate & marriage record of their son Patrick gives her maiden name as Rabbit (as do other records)
Needham, Mary 1905-11/15/1905; d/o Bartholomew S. & Mary F. (McGettigan)
Needham, Michael 'Mike' died 1/24/1898; unmarried
Needham, Michael B. 1866-1941; s/o Bartley & Ellen
Needham, Peter 10/13/1873 - 01/09/1880; s/o Bartley & Ellen
Needham, Peter no info
Needham, Tom no info
Phelan, Anna L 1864-1952; w/o Thomas T.
Phelan, James Patrick 1824-12/25/1873
Phelan, James C. 1894-1970
Phelan, James R. 1888-1941; h/o Sophia
Phelan, John  
Phelan, Joseph John 10/03/1922 - 10/20/1922; s/o James R. & Sophia
Phelan, Lucy 1894-1958
Phelan, Mary Grace 1904-1968
Phelan, Sophia nee Kregel 12/18/1889 - 12/06/1928; w/o James R.; d/o John & Anna (Miller); Note: name may be Catherine Sophia
Phelan, Thomas T 1869-1945; h/o Anna
Phelan, William  
Phelan, William T 1903-1945
Putz, infant died 08/1?/1895; child of Joseph D. & Anna; burial here has not been verified
Putz, infant died 09/??/1915; infant of Henry; burial here is per published death notice
Putz, Amelia 1881-1881; d/o Jos. & Anna
Putz, Anna nee Gilligan 1846-1891; w/o Joseph; they lost five children within six weeks in 1880/81. In that year a sixth child lived only seven days; Joseph died 5/22/1922 in Montana where he'd lived about 11 yrs.
Putz, Anna 1870-1880; d/o Jos. & Anna
Putz, Catherine 1874-1880; d/o Jos. & Anna
Putz, Ellen 1878-1880; d/o Jos. & Anna
Putz, James 1873-1881; s/o Jos. & Anna
Putz, John 1876-1880; s/o Jos. & Anna
Putz, John 1830-1918
Putz, Joseph D. 1866 - 03/11/1897; h/o Anna Connerty; s/o Joseph & Anna; burial here has not been verified
Putz, Margaret 1836-1908
Quinlan, Ellen nee Donovan 1832 - 07/??/1907; w/o Philip
Quinlan, Peter 05/12/1858 - 03/18/1940; s/o Phillip & Ellen
Quinlan, Philip 1822 - 09/03/1903; h/o Ellen
Rau, Anna ????-1879
Rau, Joseph ????-1885
Rodgers, Maggie 1868-1907
Rodgers, Mary 1888-1913
Schmil, Mollie nee Berse 1867-1907; d/o John & Mary (Berns)
Schornagel, Frank 1827-02/23/1871
Schornagel, George 1873-1873
Schornagel, John 1867-1869
Shornagel, Theresa 1835-1869
Schurmann, Louise 1805-01/19/1879; w/o Nicholas
Schurmann, Nicolaus 1797-01/20/1879; h/o Louise
Sherman, son no dates legible on gravestone; infant s/o Wm. & Mary
Sherman, Fred died 08/27/1893; 14y 10m 14d; s/o Wm & Mary
Sherman, Mary ????-????; w/o William
Sherman, William ????-????; h/o Mary
Smith, Robert 1865-1872
Stroschein, Anna M. nee Tujetsch 1885-1972; w/o William
Stroschein, William 07/17/1882 - 11/05/1942; h/o Anna; s/o William & Minnie
Sullivan, Anna Lunia 01/20/1820-01/06/1900; w/o Timothy
Sullivan, Timothy 1818-02/16/1889; h/o Anna
Thein, Caroline 'Carrie' 189? - 10/2?/1915; d/o Henry & Elizabeth
Thein, Charles 1886-1887
Thein, Darleen M. nee Scheer 11/24/1922-04/30/2004; w/o Lawrence F.
Thein, Elizabeth nee Stegner 09/24/1854-07/24/1934; w/o Henry A.; d/o Michael & Sophia
Thein, Emma A. nee Berns 1883-1962; w/o Joseph
Thein, Henry A. 1845-02/1?/1917; h/o Elizabeth; Note: gravestone DOD=1918, obit in 02/22/1917 paper
Thein, Joseph H. 1875-1962; h/o Emma
Thein, Lawrence F. 09/26/1915-02/27/2004; h/o Darleen
Thein, Richard 'little Dick' 1888- 03/1?/1902; s/o Michael
Tujetsch, Christian ????-1926; h/o Margaret
Tujetsch, Margaret nee Seidel 01/12/1850 - 08/07/1936; w/o Christian; d/o Frederick & Sabilla (Summers)
Vorwald, Haldane 1909-1973
Voss, Elizabeth nee Ostermann 09/17/1842 - 02/17/1920; w/o Henry
Voss, Henry 1840-1906; h/o Elizabeth
Waterman, George 1884-1907
Willman, John 1895-1896

 

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