German City Cemetery

German City Cemetery

Willow Township

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This cemetery is located in the churchyard of St John’s Evangelical Church. The cemetery is on a hill, with the church at the top of the hill. It can be seen from a mile away on Old Highway 141 (now IA 982) . It lies just east of Holly Springs, Iowa (2 miles southeast on old highway 141 (now IA 982) north on gravel one half mile.) It’s location is section 11, SW1/4 of SW1/4. NE1/4 of NE1/4. Willow Township Woodbury County, Iowa. Street address is 2843 Hancock Circle.

German City Church
2843 Hancock Cir, Hornick, IA 51026
Google map https://goo.gl/maps/rJVb5wYHrXDNnML29

Entrance Photo

This list courtesy of the Woodbury County Genealogical Society.

Note: This cemetery was visited by Greg Brown in 2020. The above entrance photo and Google map link will help you.

Note: This list was update in 2021. Also any obits that could be found are at this link

w/o = wife of xxxx, s/o = son of xxxx, p/o= parents of xxxx, m/o = mother of xxxx, Inf/o = infant of xxxx, h/o = husband of xxxx

Last	First	Middle	Birth	Death	Information
Bach	Lusata		9 Feb 1871	16 Nov 1886	d/o John & Catherine Bach
Beebe	Infant		21 Jan 1915	21 Jan 1915	s/o JL & MM Beebe
Beebe	Louisa		18 Feb 1880	16 May 1907	Unkel
					B- Woodsfield, Ohio
Beebe	Matilda	Mary	14 Aug 1885	12 Oct 1920	w/o John Laforest Beebe
Beebe	Rosa	Caroline	29 June 1890	1 May 1969	Kilzer
Beebe	William	Lloyd	18 May 1894	10 May 1966
Bottjen	Alvina	Kathryn	16 Jan 1892	6 Aug 1962
Bottjen	Bertha	Lucetta	26 Mar 1895	21 May 1937
Bottjen	Gustav	George	4 April 1890	12 June 1954
Bottjen	Letha	Pearl	10 Jan 1931	27 Apr 1968
Bottjen	Orlin	R	1 Aug 1930	25 Oct 2008
Bottjen	William	Diedrich	10 Jan 1887	4 Jan 1940	B- Schleswig, Iowa
Burkhart	Catherine		6 Oct 1840	1916
Burkhart	Floyd	Vernon	22 Aug 1917	1 May 1994
Burkhart	Franklin	D	6 Jan 1944	6 Jan 1944	s/o Vernon Burkhart
Burkhart	Lenora	Elizabeth	26 Nov 1917	20 June 2013	Claus
					Mar- 28 Oct 1939
Burkhart	Elizabeth "Lizzie"		1887	1908
Burkhart	Peter		April 1832	25 May 1900	B- Dahlfreeseh, Germany came to Monroe Co, Ohio then to Iowa
Burkhart	Sharon	Kay	13 Apr 1940	1 May 1940	d/o Vernon Burkhart

Callaghan	Charles		29 Mar 1865	2 Jan 1939	B- New York
Callaghan	Elizabeth	Margaretha	10 Mar 1873	27 Sept 1949
Claus	Benjamin	Henry	11 Mar 1891	25 Oct 1955
Claus	Beulah	Fern	19 Dec 1915	12 Mar 1916
Claus	Edith	Mina	6 July 1893	24 Aug 1964	Weber
Claus	Edwin	Frederick	22 May 1888	7 Jan 1978
Claus	Freman	Jacob	20 Mar 1911	18 April 1912
Claus	Infant			31 Sept 1947	s/o Clemence Claus
Claus	Jacob	John	19 June 1879	24 Dec 1939	B- Monroe Co, Ohio
Claus	Jennie	Anna	17 Jan 1894	12 June 1976
Claus	Louise	Lusetta	24 May 1884	30 Jan 1933	Steinhoff

Deist	Edward	J	25 Sept 1894	1 Oct 1894
Deist	Infant Daughter		1920	1920	d/o Jacob
Deist	James	J	9 Aug 1925	14 Aug 1925	s/o Jake Deist
Dickinson	Larry	James	2 July 1939	18 April 1990	SM 3US NAVY
Dierk	John	Fred	13 April 1895	26 Mar 1907	s/o William & Catherine Dierk
Dierks	Johann		13 April 1901	26 March 1907

Egger	Agusta	Minnie	6 June 1856	2 June 1941	Steinhoff
					B- Monroe Co. Ohio
Egger	Charles	Lewis	1 Jan 1885	Nov 1961
Egger	Edward	Johannes	17 Jan 1878	7 Aug 1956
Egger	Heinrich	Samuel	2 Feb 1876	17 June 1903	Typhoid
Egger	Infant		1920	1920	Daughter
Egger	Jacob	Samuel	11 May 1851	15 Sept 1947	B- Monroe Co, Ohio
Egger	James	J	1925	1925	0-0-5

Egger	Lyda	Elisabeth	11 June 1894	14 April 1999	d/o Jake S Egger & Augusta Steinhoff
Egger	Lydia	Louise	11 June 1894	15 Sept 1985
Egger	Mary	Alva	2 Feb 1898	21 June 1989
Egger	William		1919	1919
Eichhorn	Caroline	Meda	7 Jan 1889	6 July 1947
Eichhorn	George	Adam	11 Sept 1893	9 May 1955
Eichhorn	Mary	Matilda	23 Feb 1865	5 Jan 1946
Eichhorn	Michael		3 June 1862	21 May 1910	B- Philadelphia, Penn
Eichhorn	William	George	3 July 1918	20 June 1919

Feldner	Margaret	Elizabeth	6 May 1814	28 July 1893	w/o Jacob Feldner
Fink	Behrend	Johnson	15 Sept 1846	15 Aug 1907	B- Ostfriesland, Hanova
Fink	Eva	J	21 Nov 1849	2 Jan 1926	B- Germany
Fink	George	John	14 Dec 1882	8 Dec 1918	B- Carolinensiel, Germany
Fink	Herman	Berthold	20 Jan 1879	July 1973
Fink	Infant son (Ben)		14 Jan 1905	7 Mar 1905
Fink	William	F	13 May 1891	12 Dec 1958
Fritz	Lena		10 Nov 1867	12 May 1906	Burkhart
					w/o Frank Fritz

Glinden	Golin		4 Oct 1896	10 Feb 1897	c/o Charles & Auguste
Goodsell	Ella	Lusetta	22 Mar 1892	31 July 1989	97-0-0
					Weber
					Buried- 4 Aug 1989
Gotto	Marty	Eugene	6 July 1962	24 Oct 2018

Hanner	Carl	Henry	3 July 1930	21 Mar 1931
Hanner	Earl	Franklin	11 Oct 1902	7 Aug 1991	Marr- 21 Dec 1927
Hanner	Lizzie	Ann	4 Oct 1904	7 Mar 2001	Weber

Kilzer	Charles	L	28 Sept 1874	20 April 1950	B- Noble County, Ohio
Kilzer	Mary	Elizabeth	19 Sept 1877	30 Mar 1963	Steinhoff
Kilzer	Minnie	Lisette	28 May 1882	7 Dec 1925	B- Monroe Co, Ohio
Kilzer	William		13 Aug 1876	29 Mar 1963
King	Emma	Genevieve	16 Feb 1910	9 Mar 1910	d/o Clyde & Minnie King
Kochert	Antoinette	Victoria	25 July 1904	7 Dec 1988
Kochert	Clarence	Theodore	19 May 1902	10 Feb 1903	0-8-21
Kochert	Iva	Julia	12 Nov 1910	20 Oct 1911
Kochert	Julia	Auguste Rose	13 May 1870	13 April 1912	B- Lewisville, Ohio
					w/o John B Kochert
Kohler	Frederick	Jakob	17 Feb 1892	31 Oct 1892
Kohler	Jacob	Friedrich	1 Dec 1864	18 Nov 1891	27-11-17
					B- Thuringen, Schwazwald, Germany
Koontz	Oscar	Thomas	3 Feb 1886	23 Oct 1955
Koontz	Rosina	Magdalena	13 Nov 1882	11 Sept 1966

Larrew	Delores	Irene	3 Mar 1935	17 Dec 1935
Larrew	Elsie	Mary	31 Dec 1908	20 Feb 1988
Larrew	John	Shelby	6 June 1904	11 Nov 1980

Morgan	Henrietta (Yetta)	Louise	8 Feb 1895	22 Apr 1960
Morgan	Homer	Philip	15 Sept 1899	28 Aug 1984

Neuhart	Wilhelmine	Louisa	4 Jan 1848	5 Oct 1883	Steinhoff
Neuhart	Mary		10 Feb 1881	3 Oct 1883	2-7-21

Persinger	Bonnie	Lou	15 Dec 1929	23 July 2017
Persinger	Everett	Wesley	29 May 1894	May 1969
Persinger	Gertrude	Bertha	29 Nov 1898	29 July 1965
Persinger	Gilbert		1923
Persinger	Ival	Dale	10 Feb 1935	14 Apr 1978

Rohde	Theodore			9 Nov 1900
Rose	Anna	Julia	10 Dec 1878	14 May 1974
Rose	Catharina		2 Mar 1838	29 Dec 1905	Ahrens
Rose	George	Kuhn	2 Jan 1834	27 Oct 1897	63-9-25
					B- Wingen Kanton, Weissenburg, Elsac, Europa, Germany
					Came to Ohio when 6 yrs old
Rose	Infant-Son		30 Sept 1887	30 Sept 1887	s/o DG & SB Rose
Rose	Infant				d/o Clemence Rose
Rose	Jacob		23 Feb 1887	16 July 1905
Rose	John		10 Nov 1861	26 April 1913
Rose	Elizabeth	Margaretha	13 Feb 1809	21 Dec 1886	77-10-12
Rose	William	Friedrich	28 Mar 1885	20 Jan 1982

Schneider	John	Edgar	22 Sept 1924	18 Dec 2005	p/o Randy & Sandra
Schneider	Macel	Fern	3 Jan 1929	21 Nov 2019
Schneider	Randy		7 Feb 1955	11 April 1998
Schnitter	Johann	Erwin	3 Mar 1874	28 Aug 1896
Sires	M			26 May 1897
Steinhoff	Barbara (Libbie)	Elizabeth	30 June 1858	13 Mar 1940	Gambs
					B- Woodsfield, Ohio
Steinhoff	Carolina	Charlotte	25 Oct 1830	1 April 1904
Steinhoff	Christian "Henry"	Heinrich Sr	22 Jan 1818	20 Mar 1898
Steinhoff	Christian "Henry"	Heinrich Jr	9 Dec 1845	6 Feb 1915	b- Braunschweig, Germany
Steinhoff	Clara	A	30 Jan 1897	11 July 1924	Washburn
Steinhoff	Daughter		1920	1920
Steinhoff	Edward	William	27 April 1876	24 May 1950	B- Monroe Co, Ohio
Steinhoff	Elizabeth		13 Nov 1854	16 July 1941
Steinhoff	Elizabeth	Caroline	13 Aug 1855	14 Feb 1934	Eberle
	"Lizzie"				B- Monroe Co, Ohio
Steinhoff	Freda	Elizabeth	1 Oct 1892	18 Apr 1928
Steinhoff	Fredrike "Freda"	Louise	24 Dec 1896	23 Dec 1936
Steinhoff	George	Henry	4 June 1859	27 Jan 1940	B- Monroe Co, Ohio
Steinhoff	Herman	Friedrich	14 Feb 1892	15 Dec 1964
Steinhoff	Karl "Charles"	Friedrich	23 Jan 1854	23 Aug 1925	B- Monroe, Ohio
Steinhoff	Maria "Mary"		1849	30 June 1934	w/o HC
Steinhoff	Mark	L	16 May 1956	27 Nov 2002	Mar- 3 Apr 1980
Steinhoff	Minna (Minnie)	Lavina	19 Sept 1879	24 Apr 1964
Steinhoff	Son		13 Apr 1919	14 April 1919
Steinhoff	Theodore	Franklin	13 July 1888	21 Mar 1949
Steinhoff	Wilhelm "William"		27 Oct 1862	7 Mar 1929	B- Louisville, Ohio
Sulsberger	Anna	Mathilde	12 Dec 1887	21 July 1983	Egger
					93-0-0
Sulsberger	Augusta	Lizetta	25 Nov 1912	26 Nov 1912	d/o Mr & Mrs LA Sulsberger
Sulsberger	Infant		1 Sept 1913	1 Sept 1913	d/o LA Sulsberger
Sulsberger	Louis	Andrew	5 Nov 1890	25 Apr 1981

Unkel	Charles		13 April 1890	3 May 1913
Unkel	Jacob	Louis	24 Dec 1872	10 May 1957	B- Woodsfield, Ohio
Unkel	Lewis		14 Jan 1846	13 Dec 1916	h/o Rachel
					B- Germany
Unkel	Paul	Marvin	19 Mar 1913	22 Mar 1913	s/o John & Edna Unkel
Unkel	Rachel		15 April 1855	27 May 1921	B- Linton, Monroe Co, Ohio
Unkel	William	G	2 Feb 1877	22 Nov 1929	B- Woodsfield Ohio
Vanile	Nanse		27 Mar 1807	3 Nov 1891	B- Nieschdammin, Holland

Weber	Anna	Barbara	20 May 1868	10 July 1955
Weber	Arthur	Edward	26 Jan 1880	3 May 1950
Weber	Christena	Rosina	24 Dec 1871	27 Oct 1952
Weber	Darrel	John	6 Oct 1920	9 Aug 1988	67-0-0

Weber	Edward		27 May 1871	18 Oct 1917	B- Miltonsburg, Ohio
Weber	Edward		1904	1988
Weber	Eleanora	Anna	27 Oct 1894	28 June 1899
Weber	Everette	Edward	18 Nov 1906	2 Aug 1967	Marr- 24 Dec 1936
Weber	Frederick		20 April 1847	29 Mar 1925	77-11-22
Weber	Hulda	Catherine	9 Dec 1897	Mar 1985
Weber	Ina	Mildred	14 May 1914	14 Jan 2002
Weber	John		15 Oct 1887	16 Jan 1990	Mar- 26 Jan 1910
Weber	Joice	Frederich	27 Feb 1919	9 Mar 1919	s/o John Weber
Weber	Karl	"Charles"	2 Feb 1870	2 Apr 1909	B- Miltonsburg, Monroe Co, Ohio
					s/o Frederick & Wilhelmina
Weber	Larry	Everett	5 Jan 1938	24 Jan 1996	FN US NAVY
					s/o Ina M & Everett Weber
Weber	Margaret		3 Mar 1842	6 Nov 1925	Stimper
					B- Germany & married there in 1861
Weber	Minnie	Clara	20 Nov 1888	31 Oct 1973	Burkhart
Weber	Phillip		31 Mar 1838	1 Oct 1918	B- Miltonburg, Ohio
Weber	Wilhelmina		5 Jan 1850	27 Mar 1909	59-2-22
	"Minnie"				B- Opperhausen, Braunschweig, Deutschland

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