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Cemetery Index


Pleasant Grove Cemetery
-originally named Oakland or Oak Woods cemetery-
McGregor, Mendon Twp. Sec 21 SE/SE
Platted 1859

Soldiers Memorial, Pleasant Grove cemetery

To reach the cemetery turn off of Main St. (Hwy 76) onto 4th St. Turn left on Kinney St., which changes to Giard St. as you follow next curve. Follow the road left onto Cemetery Rd. (138th St.) and follow it as it winds up the bluff to the cemetery.

'E - F'

A-B * C-D * G-H * I-K * L * M-N * O-R * S-U * V-Z


This is an ongoing project to list of burials in Pleasant Grove cemetery. Contributions & corrections are welcome.

Sources used to compile these records are:

*WPA cemetery records, transcribed by Phyllis Montour
*Gravestone inscriptions, Obituaries, Biographies, Newspaper items, Iowa Death Certificates
*Names, dates and notes contributed by researchers
*Clayton co. Death Records (annotated CCDR), contributed by Constance Diamond
*Allamakee co. Death Records (annotated ACDR), contributed by Richard O'Brien

* View gravestone photos for Pleasant Grove cemetery
* Clayton co. Obituary Board Index & Allamakee co. Obituary Board Index *

Name Birth Death Comments
Eagan, Arthur O.      
Eagan, Clara      
Ecker, C.E.      
Ecker, Charles E. 03/30/1867 11/18/1910 h/o Mary; s/o John & Mary
Ecker, John B. 1883 1931 C Co. 1st Wilts Reg., Canadian Exp. Force, WWI
Ecker, John 07/24/1841 06/09/1909 h/o Mary; Lieutenant, Co K, 2nd IA Infantry
Ecker, Mary      
Ecker, Mary C. nee Gruver 12/28/1844 12/19/1918 w/o John
Ecker, Mary Catherine nee Keene 01/07/1864 07/09/1944 w/o Charles; d/o Adam & Catharine
Eddings, Geraldine      
Eddings, Lloyd F.      
Eddins, John G.      
Edgar, A. Sidney 1873 1949 h/o Nellie
Edgar, Birdie nee Fisher 05/06/1880 12/06/1958 w/o Fred; d/o Edmund & Margaret (Davidson)
Edgar, Clara May nee Sawvill 02/13/1881 05/31/1949 w/o Robert
Edgar, Clinton Guy 08/23/1886 08/15/1942 s/o Thomas & Malinda; Sgt., HQ school, Camp Grant, IL, WWI
Edgar, Fred W. 09/26/1879 09/06/1926 h/o Berdie
Edgar, George 03/01/1877 03/29/1877 s/o Thomas & Malinda
Edgar, Harrison 01/03/1889 07/15/1898 s/o Thomas & Malinda; drowned in Mississippi river
Edgar, Janet 09/25/1872 11/13/1872 d/o Thomas & Malinda
Edgar, Jay Lee 12/25/1882 07/15/1952 h/o Lillian; s/o Thomas & Malinda
Edgar, Lillian A. nee Kapinus 05/20/1892 09/22/1962 w/o 1st Jay L., 2nd Albert Reisdorf (died 1959, bur. Memorial Park cem., Mason City, IA); d/o John & Anna; she shares a gravestone w/1st husb.
Edgar, Lottie 1876 1904 d/o Thomas & Malinda
Edgar, Malinda nee Vanlandigham / Van Laningham 02/22/1855 05/18/1928 w/o Thomas; d/o Perly & Lucy
Edgar, Nellie 1875 1954 w/o A. Sidney
Edgar, Robert 'Bob' Edwin 02/02/1878 02/27/1950 h/o Clara; s/o Thomas & Malinda
Edgar, Stanton 04/19/1902 03/30/1915 s/o Robert & Clara
Edgar, Thomas 02/01/1844 01/23/1899 s/o John & Mary; Co. E, 31st OH Infantry
Edgley, Levi c1844 01/25/1891 Co. I, 23rd Wis. Inf.
Edwards, Marlyn 02/20/1919 10/07/1962 h/o Geraldine Kleinow
Eggen, Mari Louise nee Abel 09/28/1962 04/10/1992 w/o Paul; d/o Harry & Marlene (Welch) Abel
Ehlet, Henry     Veteran marker
Eichendorf, Amelia nee Kranert 01/06/1868 05/31/1940 w/o John; d/o William & Amelia (Stinrick)
Eichendorf, Harry G. 09/06/1886 11/11/1975 h/o Marie; s/o John & Amelia
Eichendorf, John 1863 12/15/1929 h/o Amelia; s/o Ludwig
Eichendorf, Margaret nee Bergman 01/06/1894 01/05/1933 w/o Walter; d/o Frank & Augusta (Harberg)
Eichendorf, Marie nee Duchesne 1888 07/22/1968 w/o Harry
Eichendorf, Ruth Marion   06/24/1922 1m 1d; d/o Walter L. & Margaret; premature birth
Eichendorf, Ruth Meta nee Bergman 08/07/1897 02/12/1983 2nd w/o Walter L.; d/o Frank & Augusta (Harberg); died at Traverse City, MI
Eichendorf, Walter Bergman 01/08/1920 01/16/1920 s/o Walter & Margaret; premature birth
Eichendorf, Walter Louis 07/26/1889 10/1?/1944 h/o 1st Margaret, 2nd Ruth M.; s/o John & Amelia; WWI veteran
Eilers, Myrtle Iona      
Eilers, Serenus H.      
Ellenbolt, Clara Mae nee Grossman 04/19/911 03/17/1983 w/o George; d/o Elzer; died at Luther Manor Nursing Home, Dubuque
Ellenbolt, Clark 1810 1895  
Ellenbolt, George R. 11/18/1908 03/30/1973 h/o Clara
Ellenbolt, Henry 1874 1910 h/o Martha
Ellenbolt, Jerald Lee 'Jerry' 12/03/1936 06/06/1951 age 14; s/o George & Clara
Ellenbolt, Laura 1873 1894  
Ellenbolt, Mabel Lavern nee Debes 06/24/1886 04/17/1967 w/o Stewart
Ellenbolt, Marie      
Ellenbolt, Martha nee Russow 08/10/1874 06/18/1932 w/o Henry; d/o Fred
Ellenbolt, Mary 1843 1920  
Ellenbolt, Stewart 03/16/1880 02/07/1944 h/o Mabel; s/o Retus & Mary (O'Leary)
Ellis, David Lynn      
Ellis, Joseph W.     Co H 7th IA Cav.
Ellis, Marilyn      
Ellis, S. S.     Co A 1st ME Cav.
Ellsworth, Marvin 1828 01/27/1912 h/o Mary Frances
Ellsworth, Tonny 1837 04/16/1871  
Elwell, Georgia / Georgie May nee Herbert 03/14/1866 09/11/1949 w/o William; d/o Rev. James & Elizabeth
Elwell, Mary Francis 08/??/1892   s/o William H.C. & Georgia
Elwell, William H.C. 03/21/1861 03/23/1943 h/o Georgia; s/o T.L.
Enders / Endres, Junie 1897 09/0?/1898 d/o August Enders & Jennie M. (Ennis)
Ennis, Cornelius S. 'Con' 09/??/1818 11/23/1915 h/o 1st Jennie, 2nd Gertrude; s/o John & Maria (Sceely); died in Milwaukee, WI; Civil War veteran
Ennis, Gertrude Mary nee Patchen 07/01/1832 07/18/1904 2nd w/o Cornelius S.; d/o Isaac H. & Abigal (Hilliard); died in Waukesha, WI
Ennis, Jennie nee Noble 1841 11/13/1880 1st w/o Cornelius
Ennis, Mary Una 1873 1874  
Eno, Charles Lewis      
Eno, George      
Eno, Lewis / Louis 05/10/1827 12/18/1915 h/o Eliza A. Edgley; Co. B 21st IA Infantry
Erb, Elmer F. 08/30/1916 05/31/1989 h/o Arlene Larson; s/o Karl & Elizabeth (Lembke)
Erbe, Adam 02/03/1859 02/10/1940 1st wife Dorothea, 2nd Bertha; s/o George & Martha (Brandt)
Erbe, Amelia nee Bonzer 04/30/1868 12/07/1928 w/o Henry; d/o unkn. Bonzer & unknown (Henkes)
Erbe, Bertha F. nee Schwikert 1867 08/06/1919 2nd w/o Adam; d/o J.B. & Augusta (Klamp)
Erbe, Dorothea 'Dora' nee Nading / Nüting 1861 06/21/1908 1st w/o Adam; d/o Fred & unkn. (Hoffman)
Erbe, Ethel May nee Bush 05/17/1893 11/15/1939 w/o William; d/o Joseph & Sylvia (Brown)
Erbe, Frederick George 02/07/1886 06/26/1902 s/o Adam & Dora
Erbe, Henry 12/27/1857 09/04/1925 h/o Amelia; s/o George & Martha (Brandt)
Erbe, Thomas      
Erbe, William George      
Ertz, Edythe F.      
Eull, Joseph 12/09/1870 11/06/1953 s/o Simon & Mary; he was an invalid cared for by his sister Gertrude DeLapp
Eull, Marie (R.N.) 1859 1936 d/o Simon & Mary
Eull, Mary Gertrude nee Neis 02/13/1836 12/26/1907 w/o Simon
Eull, Peter 01/27/1862 04/29/1944 82y, s/o Simon & Mary
Eull, Simon 11/03/1833 04/05/1897 h/o Mary; Co. A, 3rd Reg. Wis. Inf.
Everhart, infant      
Everhart, Ira      
Faber, Daisy nee Gobin 07/11/1909 06/12/1931 1st w/o Ernest Jr.; b. WI; died complications of childbirth; CCDC
Faber, Elsie Ida      
Faber, Emma nee Bock 04/25/1883 01/21/1919 w/o Ernest; d/o Charles & Minnie (Coppersmith)
Faber, Ernest     h/o Emma
Faber, Ernest F. Jr. 10/26/1900 07/24/1948 h/o 1st Daisy, 2nd Helen J.; s/o Ernest & Emma
Faber, Helen Jane     2nd w/o Ernest Jr.
Fairbairn, Selina 1864 1876  
Fallowdown, Alfred J. 'Uncle Billy' 01/04/1821 11/17/1894 Burial here is likely, but has not been verified
Farnum, Jennie Amelia nee Tiffany 03/25/1856 09/24/1938 w/o Lewis
Farnum, Lewis Calvin 1848 05/14/1928 h/o Jennie
Faust, Florence Orchard Nuegent nee Mersey 04/15/1912 03/22/1995 w/o 1st unkn Orchard, 2nd Francis Nugent (d. 1966, see his entry, this cemetery), 3rd John Faust (d. 1982, bur. Edgewood); d/o Edward & Ella (Davis); buried w/Francis
Ferguson, Fred W. 06/13/1901 12/06/1983 h/o Olga; s/o Wilbert & Mary (Moses)
Ferguson, Olga Regina Catherine nee Becker 07/02/1905 09/15/1992 w/o Fred W.; d/o Oscar & Anna
Ferris, A. Ray 1886 1968 h/o Isabelle
Ferris, Arthur Dale 01/11/1911 11/14/1917 s/o A. Ray & Isabelle; suffocated in a folding davenport
Ferris, Clara Alberta 02/16/1882 04/02/1902 d/o Ed & Lizzie; died in Kansas
Ferris, Cloyd E. 08/01/1889 05/05/1968 h/o Ina; s/o Ed & Lizzie
Ferris, Edwin Chancy 12/19/1857 11/11/1936 h/o Lizzie; s/o Franklin & Ann (Oliver)
Ferris, Gilbert E. 1895 08/??/1895 s/o Ed & Lizzie, his gravestone is next to Clara's stone
Ferris, Ina Marie nee Cotant 06/23/1893 07/12/1971 w/o Cloyd /Clyde
Ferris, Isabelle Alaine 'Belle' nee Jerome 1883 1965 w/o A. Ray
Ferris, Lizzie Belle nee Fields 06/01/1861 11/24/1934 w/o Edwin C.; d/o David & Mary (Clapp)
Ferris, Lulu 03/01/1898 08/02/1901 d/o Ed & Lizzie
Ferris, Virgil Carlyle 08/30/1903 03/17/1919 s/o Ed & Lizzie; Death Cert = paralysis from birth, never spoke or walked
Fessman, son 1872 1872 s/o Charles & Louisa
Fessman, Amalia 'Mollie' 07/08/1875 04/19/1943 unmarried d/o Charles & Louisa
Fessman, Charles W. 09/28/1841 03/23/1930 h/o Louisa
Fessman, Charlie 1872 1876 s/o Charles & Louisa
Fessman, Herman Charles 01/22/1879 12/??1947 68y; s/o Charles & Louisa
Fessman, Kathinka 01/09/1877 08/05/1953 unmarried d/o Charles & Louisa
Fessman, Louisa nee Leonhardt / Lernhart 12/04/1840 06/18/1898 w/o Charles
Fette, Christian George 'Chris' 01/06/1850 02/01/1931 h/o Louise W.; s/o Henry & Catharina (Boerger), (parents buried Guttenberg); died in Oak Park, IL
Fette, Franklin Charles 'Frank' 08/06/1877 06/27 1959 s/o Christian & Louise; he & his wife lived in Peking, China for 25 yrs
Fette, Helen nee Campbell 09/05/1882 08/06/1956 w/o Frank; died in Palo Alto, CA
Fette, Leona H. 11/14/1881 03/31/1964 d/o Christian & Louise
Fette, Louise W. nee Dornbach 09/27/1853 08/08/1940 aged 85y; 2nd w/o Christian; d/o John; died Oak Park, IL
Fields, Anna H. nee Hancock 11/15/1877 05/10/1970 w/o William
Fields, Blanche Ardis nee Benedict 06/12/1912 12/23/1989 w/o Harold; d/o Frank & Edna (Smothers)
Fields, Charles Edgar 06/10/1875 10/10/1953 married 3X; s/o David & Mary; Death Cert = burial Council Hill, obit = Pleasant Grove; correct burial place should be verified
Fields, David 07/27/1834 03/28/1914 lot 35, bk 4; h/o Mary; s/o Abner & Eve (Whiteman)
Fields, Harold Robert 02/23/1905 11/13/1982 h/o Blanche
Fields, Linda Kay 10/12/1944 10/14/1944 d/o Harold & Blanche
Fields, Lucinda 'Lillie' 1870 unkn d/o David & Mary
Fields, Mary nee Clapp 11/28/1838 06/19/1898 lot 35, bk 4; w/o David
Fields, Raymond Henry 06/05/1903 01/29/1964 h/o Winifred; s/o Wm & Anna (Hancock)
Fields, Rose Myrtle nee Ferris 01/23/1877 11/23/1923 w/o Charles E.; d/o Rufus & Julia (Collins)
Fields, Rufus David 09/15/1911 09/26/1918 s/o Charles & Rose
Fields, Thomas Henry 12/21/1895 11/04/1917 lot 3, bk 27
Fields, William Henry 04/16/1872 12/16/1937 lot 26; h/o Anna; s/o David & Mary
Fields, Winifred Mae nee Boyle 06/15/1908 11/20/1981 w/o Raymond H.; d/o Robert & Carrie (Klotzbach)
Fisch, Lee      
Fischer, Fredericka 08/08/1834 02/25/1897 lot 17; w/o John
Fischer, John 03/04/1833 12/10/1903 lot 17; h/o Fredericka
Fischer, Louise 1866 04/04/1893 lot 17
Fisher, Aaaddie J.      
Fisher, Edward L.      
Fisher, Josephine Scott 1863 1923  
Flack, Bill Dunning      
Flack, J. N. 1817 02/22/1911  
Flack, Nancy 1826 08/19/1899  
Flanders, Henry H.      
Flanders, Henry M. 1847 1913  
Flanders, Mary Jane 1845 1933  
Flanders, Nellie F.      
Flemming, John 1836 05/28/1887  
Flemming, Sara D. 1846 02/23/1883  
Forbes, Elizabeth Scott nee Andrick 09/22/1885 07/08/1976 w/o Walter; d/o John & Martha (Scott); cremains
Forbes, Walter Talcott 04/25/1885 12/30/1943 h/o Elizabeth; s/o Frank & Genevieve (Talcott); cremains - has a stone in Pleasant Grove w/Elizabeth, and a Niche in Lakewood cemetery, Minneapolis
Ford, Ivan A. 05/18/1910 02/01/1976 h/o Pearl; U.S. Army WWII
Ford, Pearl F. nee Gilbert 11/28/1911 11/29/1994 w/o Ivan; d/o Arthur & Mable (Duerr)
Fortcamp, Barney Mike 02/13/1868 03/25/1956 h/o Edith
Fortcamp, Clifford   02/29/1908 3m; s/o Barney & Edith; Clayton Co. Register of Deaths, Vol A, pg48= burial at McGregor
Fortcamp, Edith P. nee Schaeffer 02/13/1878 08/05/1948 w/o Barney; d/o Henry & Pauline
Fortcamp, Henry Harry 09/08/1902 03/01/1973 h/o Mary; s/o Barney & Edith
Fortier, Glenn Thomas 06/18/1962 07/11/1973 s/o Robert; drowned at Wyalusing State Park
Fortier, Mark Edward 07/10/1961 07/11/1973 s/o Robert & unkn (Cook); drowned at Wyalusing State Park
Foster, Collins H. 12/14/1840 03/24/1901 h/o Maggie; Co. F, 3rd IA Inf.
Foster, Leon 01/12/1870 07/??/1897 s/o Collins & Maggie
Foster, Margretta / Margaret 'Maggie' nee Reynolds 1849 1923 w/o Collins
Fox, Benjamin Franklin 07/08/1822 04/17/1887 h/o Julia; s/o Gilbert & Sarah (Sperry)
Fox, Christian F. 06/??/1804 11/17/1886 82y; h/o Odelia
Fox, Odelia 'Della' nee Kehr 1806 12/15/1888 80y; w/o Christian F.
Fox, Silas   08/09/1944 age 89y
Fraine, Ethel Libby      
Francis, Charles      
Francis, George A. REV      
Frandford, Peter 1855 1897  
Franke, Carl C.      
Franklin, Beatrice Boggs      
Franklin, Peter A.      
Franks, Ella A.      
Franz, Alvin Vincent 06/05/1920 01/08/1996 h/o Charlotte Davies; s/o Albert & Marie (Larson) Franz; US Army Air Force WWII veteran
Franz, Augusta      
Franz, George Jake      
Fraser, Anna Amelia Sherwood 1842 1933  
Fraser, Donald Daniel 1834 1887  
Freeman, infant 1905 03/??/1905 10 day old infant of Robert R. & Charlotte
Freeman, Abbie Claire nee Curran 11/14/1887 10/12/1920 2nd w/o Robert R.(died 1971, bur. Maquoketa, IA); d/o Jesse & Mary (McCoy)
Freeman, Adelia 'Delia' nee Coon 03/27/1835 03/02/1904 w/o George B.
Freeman, Carl Kirk 03/02/1902 03/??/1905 s/o Robert R. & Charlotte
Freeman, Charlotte Ann 'Lottie' nee Garrison 07/11/1876 01/02/1909 1st w/o Robert Roy (d. 1971, bur. Maquoketa, IA); d/o Clarkson & Laura (King); died of a ruptured ectopic pregnancy
Freeman, George Bradford 04/18/1832 09/20/1905 h/o Adelia; s/o Harry & unkn
Freeman, George Franklin 12/20/1899 02/08/1911 s/o Rob't Roy & Charlotte
Freeman, George F. 06/04/1856 03/29/1940 h/o Kate; s/o Adelia & George B.; Capt., Mississippi river ferry for 40 yrs.
Freeman, Kate nee Allen 02/08/1854 02/28/1946 age 92y; w/o George
Freeman, Merle Creighton 'Brownie' 07/22/1913 07/07/1993 h/o Shirley; s/o Robert & Abbie; US Navy, WWII, gunner, purple heart
Freeman, Percey Roy     s/o Robert & Charlotte
Freeman, Shirley J. nee Corlett 12/26/1926 06/04/2006 w/o Merle; d/o Ralph & Ruby
Frese, son 04/??/1923 04/??/1923 1 day old s/o John C. & Evelyn
Frese, Delia   04/17/1903 d/o G. Henry & Mary J.; Note! Funeral at St. Mary's, burial may be in St. Mary's cemetery
Frese, George Henry 09/17/1841 08/17/1895 h/o Mary J.
Frese, George Henry 'Sonny' 04/17/1923 03/02/1931 s/o John C. & Evelyn; died of pneumonia
Frese, George Henry 'Sonny' 03/12/1875 08/17/1908 s/o G. Henry & Mary J.
Frese, John Jr.     Note: this could be the 1 day old s/o John C. & Evelyn and also could have been the twin of Sonny - verification is needed
Frese, John C. 06/09/1879 04/23/1931 h/o Evelyn Rumble (d. 1958 in MN); s/o George H. & Mary
Frese, Margaret   1902 See entry for Margaret (Frese) Krasinsky, this cemetery
Frese, Mary Jane nee Fox 05/04/1849 01/17/1922 w/o George Henry; d/o Christian & Della (Kehr)
Frese, Mary 1863 1903  
Freyhage, Mary E.      
Fritz, Archie C.      
Fritz, Esther Wilhemina      
Fritz, John 1857 1935  
Fritz, Sylvia      
Frrese, George Henry      
Fryklund, Ethel May      
Fuller, Clarence      
Fuller, Marge C.      

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