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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

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.

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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
*Names, dates and notes contributed by researchers
*Clayton co. Death Records (annotated CCDR), contributed by Constance Diamond
*Clayton co. Death Certificates (annotated CCDC) Family Search.org
*Allamakee co. Death Records (annotated ACDR), contributed by Richard O'Brien

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


Name Birth Death Comments
Oaker, Jeanette      
Oakley, William H.      
O'Brien, Alta M.      
O'Brien, Frank L.      
O'Brien, Lucinda 1833 12/28/1889 lot 46
O'Brien, M. J. 1833 07/12/1889 lot 46
Oehring, Caroline 1851 1910 lot 69
Oehring, Lorenz 1836 1890 lot 69
Oelke, Beulah Maxine nee Hinsch 08/01/1905 01/02/1938 w/o Merle J.; d/o Charles & Adelia (Gifford) Hinsch
O'Leary, Elaine Ecker 1892 1936 lot 3
O'Leary, Timothy      
Oleson, Ben 1856 1935 h/o Nelie; lot 3
Oleson, Clifton P.      
Oleson, Esther R.      
Oleson, Nellie nee Childs 04/01/1863 1946 w/o Ben; died in Edmonds, WA
Oliver, Orvil M.      
Olliver, Anna Mary nee Bragaw 07/12/1864 08/05/1916 lot 14; w/o Edward W.
Olliver, Edward Wesley 06/21/1859 01/22/1930 h/o Anna M.; died Colesburg, IA
Olsen, Lillian      
Olsen, Under Oleson 1856 1935 see Ben; lot 3; see Levor Norway cem. St. Olaf
Olson, Frances Grace      
Olson, LaVerne E.      
Olson, M. Amelia      
Olson, Melvin      
Olson, Mollie 1866 01/31/1919 lot 3; [could be Olsen]
Olson, Nellie E.      
Olson, Severin 1861 03/01/1931 lot 3; [could be Olsen]
Olson, Severn      
Orr, John      
Orr, Mrs. John      
Orthoff, Carl      
Oxberger, Nicholas      
Pagel, Florence L.      
Pagel, Paul F.      
Parson, Hannah 1834 1864 lot 96; [could be Parsons]
Patrick, James Perkins 10/27/1836 Feb or Mar 1929 lot 5; h/o Louisa; died Portland, OR; Captain, Civil War
Patrick, Louisa Meacham nee St. John 1836 04/26/1902 lot 5; w/o James P.; died in Des Moines, IA
Payne, Ruth S.      
Payne, Twin Infants      
Pazour, Peter G.      
Pearsall, Alonzo B. 06/19/1833 03/30/1902 lot 17; h/o Thankful
Pearsall, Amelia 1823 02/08/1911 lot 11
Pearsall, Amos 1822 05/07/1895 lot 11
Pearsall, Charles Amos      
Pearsall, Mary Gilchrist 1859 11/04/1932 lot 8
Pearsall, Minnie Bell      
Pearsall, Thankful F. nee Williams 03/08/1832 05/11/1889 lot 17; w/o Alonzo B.
Pearson, Per "Pete"      
Pearson, Viola Myrtle nee Dempsey 03/20/1895 01/30/1989 widow; d/o Milton O. & Minnie L. (Kort) Dempsey; d. Lansing, IA; Thornton Funeral home; ACDR & SSDI
Peck, Agnes Christine nee Hultgren   10/08/1961 Age 60y; 1st w/o Charles H.
Peck, Charles Henry 'Charley' 06/30/1898 11/07/1983 Age 85y; h/o 1st Agnes, possible 2nd marriage Catherine L. Wood; s/o Minnie Peck & unkn.
Peck, Charlotte A.      
Peck, Helen Theresa      
Peck, Josiah   04/??/1893 lot 36; 2nd h/o Emily (Chase) Darling (d. 1921, bur. Crawford co. WI); Co. E 32nd IA Inf.
Peck, Minnie 06/12/1875 11/14/1905 d/o Josiah & Emily (Chase)
Peck, Ray      
Peick, C. T. 1861 12/05/1912 lot 8; h/o 1st Millie Limbach (d. 1894, bur. Garnavillo); 2nd Minnie
Peick, Minnie S. nee Seeley 04/04/1871 1917 lot 8; 2nd w/o C.T.; d/o Cyrus Seeley
Peirt, Godfrey 1813 1889 lot 15
Peirt, Mary 1811 1882 lot 15
Perine / Perrine / Perrin      
Perrin, Daniel 1834 1891 lot 18
Perrine, Delpha E. nee Carpenter     w/o L.D.
Perine, Dorothy Bernice 11/07/1924 12/30/1924 d/o Richard & Margaret (Scott); died of inonition due to premature birth
Perine, Emily Jane nee Starkey 06/28/1839 08/12/1926 d/o James & Esther (Carbon)
Perrine, James 'Jimmy' 09/26/1909 09/08/1918 s/o L.D. & Delpha
Perrine, Lewis      
Perine, Teddy 02/20/1917 01/29/1919 s/o Richard & Margaret 'Maggie' (Scott); died of pneumonia
Perkins, Inez Margie      
Perkins, William S.      
Perry, Ira 1800 07/16/1868 lot 18; aged 88y 7m; h/o Catharine (see Catharine Henderson)
Perry, John 1809 03/07/1895 [cemetery says "East Side"
Perry, William   12/27/1855 lot 18; aged 21y 1m 27d; s/o Ira & Catharine
Pesch, Barbara Ann nee Williams 07/22/1899 10/30/1945 w/o Walter; d/o Charles & Stella Williams
Peterson, Anna K.      
Peterson, Estelle Ramage 1846 1900 lot 30
Peterson, Getha Irene nee Sharrow 10/09/1853 07/03/1904 w/o John A.
Peterson, John A. 01/01/1851 12/08/1904 lot 25; h/o Getha I.; died at Soldiers Home, Marshalltown, IA; Co. L, 8th IA Cav.
Peterson, S.J.      
Peterson, Samuel 1837 1924 lot 30
Petsche, Marietta L.      
Pettiter, Miles E.      
Phelps, William Wallace 12/08/1885 03/08/1938 lot 41; Co. K, 13th U.S. Inf., WWI
Philips, Clarence      
Phillburn, Dennis      
Phillips, Elva Samantha nee Knapp 09/25/1876 12/10/1929 lot 8; w/o Jacob; d/o Geo W. & Rebecca J. (Mudge)
Phillips, Fred Leroy 12/01/1895 08/07/1936 lot 8; h/o 1st Germaine (?divorced), 2nd Ruth unkn; s/o Jacob & Elva; 2nd Lieut., U.S. Army QM Corps, WWI
Phillips, Germaine Marie 09/15/1892 09/02/1987 1st w/o Fred (?divorced); born in France
Phillips, Jacob Franklin 08/23/1872 07/31/1933 lot 8; s/o John & Emily (Sawvell)
Phillips, Marie Margaret 03/21/1901 03/10/1937 lot 8; d/o Jacob & Elva; died at the hospital in Independence, IA
Pierce, Esther Augusta Irene   03/06/1995 age 86y
Pierce, George 1838 1886 Co. F 30 Wis. Inf.; lot 4
Pierce, Henry L.      
Pierce, Nancy 1844 1929 lot 4
Pillard, Eugene      
Pixler, Amos      
Pixler, Charles E. 03/16/1906 10/11/1991 h/o Edith
Pixler, Edith I. nee Clinton 1908 1998 w/o Charles E.
Pixler, Ella     in Charles & Edith lot
Pixler, Emma     in Charles & Edith lot
Pixler, Ida May 1877 1962  
Pixler, Janel Ann      
Pixler, Phoebe L. 03/12/1872 04/01/1934 lot 131
Pixler, Samuel Nathan 03/04/1874 03/11/1958  
Pixler, Sarah Ann      
Pixler, William E. 1868 1936 lot 130
Platt, George Gould      
Platt, Hazel M.      
Ploog, daughter 02/24/1898 03/08/1898 2 wk old d/o Henry & Mary; Obit = buried Catholic cemetery, correct cemetery should be verified
Ploog, Anna nee Thompson 1853 1893 lot 24; w/o W.A.; d/o Hugh & Katherine (Parker)
Ploog, Bertha V.      
Ploog, Henry C. 03/08/1859 11/11/1921 lot 5; h/o 1st Mary Thompson; 2nd Elizabeth J. Harley or Harding; s/o Herman J. & Christine (Shumaker); Obit = buried St. Mary's; Death cert = burial Pleasant Grove; Gravestone = Pleasant Grove
Ploog, Hugh Thompson 11/10/1886 01/24/1919 lot 5; s/o Henry & Mary
Ploog, Mary nee Thompson 07/22/1861 04/12/1912 lot 5; 1st w/o Henry C.; d/o Hugh & Katherine (Parker); Note! Obit = funeral at St. Mary's, burial Oak Hill/Pleasant Grove; Gravestone = Pleasant Grove
Ploog, W. A. 1842 1887 lot 24; h/o Anna
Plumb, Edwin B. 1835 1911 lot 66
Plumb, Mary Hatfield 1842 1908 lot 66
Pohlman, Charlotte 1824 02/08/1904 lot 54; w/o Frederick
Pohlman, Frederick 1828 02/01/1899 lot 54; h/o Charlotte
Pohlman, John Frederick   03/16/1880 79y 1m; burial here very likely, but not verified
Polfer, Herman M.G. 08/12/1927 10/19/2004 h/o Mary E.
Porter, Esther 1893 1915 lot 12
Pool, Ruth Gretchen Galer nee Bickel 1908 1997 w/o 1st Frank R. Galer, 2nd Stuart; d/o Milton V. & Miriam (Woodruff)
Pool, Stuart Dakin 1907 1995 2nd h/o Ruth
Potter, ??     s/o C. L
Pottit, Rose Albright      
Powers, Infant      
Powers, James L.   09/26/1978 age 81y; h/o Mabel; died in Austin, MN
Powers, Mabel L. nee Wilkinson 04/15/1902 04/04/1994 w/o James; d/o Robert & Carolyn (Sundae)died in Premier Care, Beloit, Wi
Powers, Robert James 08/06/1923 08/06/1923 lived 20 min.; s/o James & Mabel
Prandy, Babe      
Presho, Bonnie Irene nee Haupt 12/04/1878 04/21/1913 lot 86; w/o John; d/o Milton J. & Laura A. (Fill); died of complications of pregancy
Presho, Celina nee Giroux 1844 02/25/1929 w/o John H.; d/o Michael & Jane
Presho, Charles 1865 1886 lot 5; s/o John & Celina
Presho, Gregory Earl 1915 1947 ssa Sidney & Sophia
Presho, Harry 1876 1892 lot 5; s/o John & Celina
Presho, John 1881 1940 h/o Bonnie
Presho, John Henry 01/01/1843 04/06/1907 "Father"; h/o Celina; lot 5; Co B, 21st IA Inf.
Presho, Leo Lyle 09/04/1930 08/28/1986 s/o Raymond & Edna (Albright)
Presho, Raymond 1909 1937  
Presho, Ray 1883 1913 lot 5; s/o John & Celina
Presho, Sidney J. 1885 1967 ssa Sophia
Presho, Sophia 1889 1965 ssa Sidney
Presho, William 10/18/1872 08/2?/1931 s/o John & Celina; never married
Prindle, Dorleskie nee Edgerton 03/02/1835 08/07/1909 w/o George
Prindle, George   03/12/1895 h/o Dorleskie
Pringle, Lizzie 1851 1889 lot 16
Proudfoot, Andrea      
Proudfoot, Beatrice      
Proudfoot, Fredick William      
Prouty, James Albert 09/16/1920 05/23/1971 h/o Lauryne; US Navy, WWII
Prouty, James Merrill 1867 1941 h/o Zilla A.
Prouty, Kathryn Rose 'Kate' nee Carlson 07/26/1884 10/05/1979 w/o Vern A.; d. Postville hospital; Thronburg Funeral home; ACDR
Prouty, Lauryne Lorea nee Rush 11/03/1930 04/26/1998 w/o James A.
Prouty, Mary E.      
Prouty, Verne Allen 12/18/1890 12/10/1960 h/o Kate
Prouty, Winfield L. 04/23/1862 10/01/1946  
Prouty, Zillah Ann nee Mumby 1869 1947 w/o James M.
Pullen, Emerson 06/06/1868 01/10/1940 h/o 1st Fern, 2nd Carrie; s/o Elija & Elizabeth (Hamilton)
Pullen, Fern nee Ferrel 09/04/1871 05/25/1932 1st w/o Emerson; d/o James & Josephen (Moore)
Purkapile, Joan Marie nee Eichendorf 07/03/1928 05/14/2010 w/o Ivan L. (died 2000, buried Janesville, WI, they were possibly divorced); d/o Harry & Marie (Duchesne)
Quigley, Blanche nee Jacobs 1857 05/17/1911 lot 6; w/o Robert P.
Quigley, Georgia     d/o Robert & Blanche
Quigley, Iola     d/o Robert & Blanche
Quigley, Joseph Hale 09/30/1883 05/14/1929 divorced; s/o Robert & Blanche
Quigley, Mary Frances nee Johnson 06/05/1852 01/04/1920 lot 6; w/o William W.; d/o Simon & Maria (Hulburt)
Quigley, Robert Pollock 12/31/1844 09/10/1926 lot 6; h/o Blanche; s/o Joseph B. & Nancy (Griffith); Co. D 16th Ia. Cav.; Co K 15th IA Inf.
Quigley, William Winter 07/22/1840 09/03/1925 lot 6 ; h/o Mary Frances s/o Joseph & Nancy (Griffith)
Radloff, infant      
Rakow, Al      
Rakow, Arlie M. nee Knoebel   04/21/1984 age 92y
Ramage, Alice A.      
Ramage, Barbara A.      
Ramage, Barbara nee Stickler/Strickler 08/14/1874 09/24/1940 w/o Joseph A. Jr.; d/o Jacob & unkn.; CCDC
Ramage, Joseph A. Sr 1842 1878 lot 70; h/o Mary J.
Ramage, Joseph A. Jr     h/o Barbara; s/o Joseph & Mary J.
Ramage, Mary Jane nee Patton 03/24/1846 05/08/1923 lot 70; w/o Joseph; d/o James & Elizabeth A. (Bryson); CCDC
Ramage, Paul S.      
Ramage, Rebecca Jane 1841 05/22/1938 lot 20 1/2
Rardin, Sarah Viola 1858 1930 lot 37
Ray, Daniel      
Ray, Harriet K. 1898 1928 lot 58
Ray, Lena Caroline      
Raymant, Reuben      
Reed, George 06/30/1861 03/12/1896 or 03/18/1896 accidentally killed in the North McGregor Railroad yard
Reetz, Frederick G. 1884 11/25/1956  
Regal, Edward W.      
Regal, John Willian      
Reinhardt, David Alan      
Reinhardt, Lois Lucille nee Blackwell 07/22/1913 06/20/2003 w/o William H.; d/o Ralph & Nellie (Haulse) Blackwell
Reisdorf, Lillian A. nee Kapinus Edgar 1892 1962 w/o 1st Jay L. Edgar, 2nd Albert Reisdorf (died 1959, bur. Memorial Park cem., Mason City, IA); she shares a gravestone w/1st husb. See also entry for Lillian Edgar
Renfro, Shirley      
Reynolds, Dale A.      
Reynolds, H. H.   01/06/1897 aged 55y 8m 1d
Reynolds, Harry E. 1877 1920 lot 60
Reynolds, Lillian Hamilton nee Eichendorf   01/07/1976 w/o 1st unkn Hamilton, 2nd Ralph; d/o John & Amelia
Reynolds, Ralph R. 02/06/1881 07/20/1939 h/o 1st Edna Elsham (d. 1965), 2nd Lillian; s/o Haskel & Elizabeth (Pester); died Iowa City, IA
Rhoda , Gayle, Jr.      
Richards, Alice J. nee Kersten 08/05/1907 11/09/1960 w/o George; d/o Fred & Caroline; died in LaGrange, IL
Richards, Charles P. 1861 1921 lot 24; s/o Frederick & Sarah
Richards, Ella nee Bickel 11/26/1867 05/??/1953 w/o Fred S.; d/o Daniel & Martha
Richards, Frank R. 10/15/1869 08/12/1930 lot 2; h/o Josephine; died at Wheeling, W.Va
Richards, Frederick S. 08/27/1868 02/17/1937 lot 16, h/o Ella
Richards, Frederick 1812 12/04/1896 lot 24; h/o Sarah
Richards, George Arthur 01/29/1903 01/17/1980 h/o Alice J.; he may have remarried to Alice Kiple in 1964
Richards, Josephine S. nee Eull 05/50/1877 02/03/1954 w/o Frank R.; s/o Simon & Mary; died Manchester, IA
Richards, Ralph Rex 1909 08/05/1935 lot 16; h/o Irene; s/o F.S. & Ella
Richards, Sarah nee Pettee 1829 1871 lot 34; w/o Frederick
Richardson, A. P. 1817 12/03/1870 lot 41
Richmueller, W. Gordon      
Riesch, Ernest      
Riley, Dennis      
Riley, James      
Rischmueller, Gertrude      
Risle, Wilfred Delmar      
Robin, Josephine C.      
Robbins, Ruby Olive nee Drallmeier 09/20/1906 11/13/2002 1st h/Harold Fields (divorced), 2nd h/Lester Robbins; d/o Henry F. & Emma M. (Haltmeyer) Drallmeier
Robinson, John William   01/30/1939 age 64y
Rodenberg, Gregory John 'Ole' 07/20/1958 02/19/2013 s/o Benny & Lucy (Kellogg) Rodenberg
Rodenberg, Jeffrie      
Rogers, Alvah Clark 09/15/1817 03/29/1884 lot 3; h/o Maria
Rogers, Alvah F. 04/27/1859 05/03/1915 h/o Kittie; s/o Alvah C. & Marie
Rogers, David G. 1826 1892 lot 17; w/o Virginia; served 35+ yrs. in the U.S. steamboat & rail mail service
Rogers, Kittie nee Blackburn 01/13/1867 02/13/1906 w/o Alvah F.; d/o J.R.
Rogers, Marie A. nee Plum 12/02/1819 08/06/1894 lot 3; w/o Alvah C.
Rogers, Raymond A. 1858 1871 lot 17 ; s/o David & Virginia
Rogers, Virginia nee Hill 1834 02/13/1902 lot 17; w/o David; d/o Dr. Allen Hill, foster d/o Hon. Thos. McCraney
Roggensack, Louise      
Rose, Cletus Alan 02/10/1944 10/21/2009 1st w/Elaine E. Eadie, 2nd w/Victoria (Gohde) Hafke; s/o C. Harold & Dorothy (Carwick) Rose
Rosenkranz, Adam      
Ross, Charles A.      
Ross, Kathryne Minetree nee Scrogum 04/29/1886 08/29/1964 d/o Jacob & Charlotte Scrogum
Ross, Mayme      
Roy, Daniel G.      
Roy, Harriet      
Roy, Mable L.      
Rubendall, Bernice I. nee Schultz   1983  
Rubendall, Donald Larry 11/30/1918 02/24/2004 h/o Berniece; s/o George & Cora (Entwistle) Rubendall; US Army WWII
Rud, Emelia      
Rudnick, Herman 1877 1934 lot 18
Rudnick, Mae nee Gallagher 07/28/1892 10/17/1978 widow; d. Waukon (ACDR)
Rudolf, Fred'k C. 1878 1896 lot 29
Rudolph Alexander K. 1848 1926 lot 29
Rudolph, Mary Jane Carr 1852 1927 lot 29
Ruef, Anna Mari 1808 1893 lot 37
Rueggemeier, Neola M. nee Schott 12/20/1895 05/21/1960 w/o E.C.; d/o Henry F. & Emma (Barron)
Russell, Harvey S. 1849 10/29/1910 lot 1
Russow, Michael Otto 06/14/1882 07/28/1978 h/o Winifred; s/o Fred & Mary (Schaepers) Russow
Russow, Winifred F. nee Rollins   03/17/1970 w/o Michael O.
Rutz, David Frederick      
Rutz, David Frederick      
Rutz, Fred      
Rutz, William Nile      
Ryan, Erasmus D. 1823   lot 13; Co. K 1st IA Cav.
Ryan, Eliza      
Ryan, John   06/03/1934 age 68; DM Reg. 6/5/1938; no cem. Name
Ryan, Terra      

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