Munyon Cemetery

a.k.a. Varga, Woodard
Long Creek Township, Section 31

Photograph courtesy of DKScoville, 2010
Cemetery sign made by Walter Miller who is buried just inside the gate.
Nearest town: Grand River
Cemetery GPS Coordinates: 40.8180315,-93.8899326
Earliest tombstone burial: March 10, 1869 #14-3
View Gravestone Photos
 
History: Francis Varga, an early Decatur County settler from Hungary, buried a son "on the home place" in 1871, 2nd earliest tombstone burial. He owned the land to the south and west of the cemetery. This cemetery has also been called the Woodard Cemetery, but now is known as Munyon. The Munyon family also owned land around the cemetery and in the valley of which the cemetery overlooks.

There have been many recent burials.

Deed: 1886 To Francis and Mary Varga for the sum of $1 for 3/4 acre of land to be used as a cemetery.
Stephen Varga, Notary Public
Trustees: E.P. Woodard, G.W. Wells and L. Madarsz

NAME
ROW#, GRAVE#
DATE of BIRTH DATE of DEATH COMMENTS
BEERS, David E.
7-4
1868 1941
BEERS, Edward William
14-6
1859 1940md 01 Aug 1890 Mary Virginia BEERS
BEERS, Flora L.
8-6
04 Aug 1881
AE 3m 20d
d/o DeWitt Clinton Sarah Frances (MUNYON) BEERS
BEERS, Mary (PENRY)
7-5
1810 19 Jul 1850w/o Peter BEERS
"Mother"
BEERS, Mary Virginia
14-6
1865 1953"Mae"; d/o Phillip Mary J. MILLER
md 01 Aug 1890 Edward William BEERS
BEERS, Peter
7-5
00 Aug 1799 29 Nov 1888s/o David Elizabeth (SCHLEGEL) BEERS
h/o Mary PENRY
BEERS, Sarah Frances
8-6
15 Feb 1858
Ohio
26 Jul 1881
AE 23y 5m 11d
Grand River
d/o Thomas Alva Mary Ann (FRENCH) MUNYON
md 06 May 1875, Decatur Co IA
DeWitt Clinton "Clint" BEERS 1844 - 1938
BLUNT, Isaac R.
3-1
12 Apr 1872 18 Feb 1957homemade gravestone
BLUNT, Pearl
3-2
07 Sep 1899 12 Jan 1912
BOCOSKEY, Winnie Elizabeth 07 May 1913
29 Nov 2002
San Diego CA
d/o Job Arthur Nora Katherine (WELDON) BURNS
w/o George E. BOCOSKEY
BRANT, Alphred
12-1
03 Sep 1917homemade gravestone
BRANT, Irene
12-1
19 Oct 1921homemade gravestone
BURNS, Job Arthur
5-2
18 Nov 1872
Missouri
06 May 1966
AE 93y
Leon IA
s/o John Elizabeth (ROBBINS) BURNS
md 1st Estella Mae LOVITT 1877 - 1904, inter. Clearfield IA
md 2nd 27 Apr 1909 Leon IA Nora Katherine WELDON
BURNS, Nora Katherine
5-2
05 Jun 1885 10 Jul 1955
d/o Andrew and Henrietta (FOLAND) WELDON
md 27 Apr 1909 Leon IA Job Arthur BURNS
COFFEE, Louisa
11-9
28 Aug 1874
AE 48y 6m 16d
w/o S.W. COFFEE
gravestone is broken
COOK, Darwin B.
9-6
26 Dec 1849 19 Feb 1897
Civil War Veteran
md 1879 Elizabeth (ROSS) MARTIN BLUNT
homemade gravestone
COOK, Elizabeth
9-8
13 Aug 1844
Pittsburgh PA
18 Feb 1923
AE 78y 6m 5d
Grand River
d/o Francis Margaret ROSS
md 1st William Martin; md 2nd 1864 William BLUNT
md 3rd 1879 Darwin B. COOK
COOK, L. E.
9-7
16 Jan 1885 23 Aug 1902homemade gravestone
COOK, Lewis D.
9-10
1939 1975s/o Thomas Albert "Tommy" Opal May (FROST) COOK
COOK, O. H.
9-5
16 Jan 1881 21 Oct 1882homemade gravestone
COOK, Opal May
9-12
00 Apr 1901 05 Apr 1983(FROST); w/o Thomas Albert "Tommy" COOK
COOK, Thomas Albert
9-11
12 Dec 1882 01 Aug 1963h/o Opal May FROST
COX, Clyta Ruby
4-9
1905
Kansas
1936d/o Bert Austin Minnie May (BRANT) ANDERSON
COX, Doyle L.
4-8
06 Jan 1930 23 Jan 1959Korean War Veteran IOWA
Sgt. Co. B. 69 Medium Tank Bn.
CREES, Joseph Jordan
3-2
18 Aug 1912 1964s/o John F. "Fred" Margaret E. (KOGER) CREES
h/o Nellie Maude WOODARD
CREES, Nellie Maude
3-2
18 Aug 1912 21 Jun 1917d/o Ephraim Martha (McKEE) WOODARD
w/o Joseph "Jordan" CREES
DAY, Earl G.
12-2
1887 1972
DAY, M. Helen
12-2
1892 1973
ELSTON, Laveta
6-1
06 Mar 1900 09 Sep 1900d/o John Lizzie ELSTON
ELSTON, Samuel Andrew
13-5
26 Apr 1835
Henry Co. KY
22 Feb 1916
Van Wert IA
s/o Levi Alcy (BALLARD) LONG ELSTON
md 1st Melvina TUCKER 1836 - 1870
md 2nd Mary Jane SMITH 25 Dec 1845 - 28 Apr 1931
inter. Cline Cemetery, Beaver Co. OK
HARRIS, Beverly Maxine 14 May 1934
Saint Joseph MO
17 Jan 2013
AE 78y
Des Moines IA
d/o Orville Ada HOLLEN
w/o Jack HARRIS
HILEMAN, Brandy Lynn
8-8
02 Apr 1973 13 Apr 1973d/o Max Eugene HILEMAN
HILEMAN, Max Eugene 05 Mar 1942
Grand River IA
06 Dec 2016
AE 74
VA Hospital
Des Moines IA
U.S. Army Veteran, 04 May 1967 - 16 Apr 1969
s/o Paul Maxine Elizabeth (MUNYON) HILEMAN
* HOLLEN, ______
5-9
red rock, hand-carved; WPA records
HUKILL, Sarah J.
10-5
25 Oct 1875
AE 30y 1m 6d
d/o Robert G. Margaret MANSFIELD
md 17 Jul 1842/6 Indiana Ohio Elzie HUKILL 1842 - 1910, inter. Young Cemetery
KELLY, Albert Guy
2-2
20 Aug 1872 05 Jan 1944h/o Della Mae GREEN
homemade gravestone
* KELLY, Charles Franklin 23 Jul 1938
AE 25y
WPA Records, no gravestone
KELLY, Clifton E.
6-3
10 Jan 1907 02 Sep 1908s/o A.D. Kittie M. KELLY
KELLY, Della Mae
2-1
31 Aug 1879
near Grand River IA
26 Nov 1964
AE 85y
Davis City IA
d/o Perry Commodore Hannah Jane (MARTIN) GREEN
w/o Albert Guy KELLY
homemade gravestone made by youngest son wife Guy Junior "Jay" Norma (COOK) KELLY of marble slab from floor of old Rock Island Depot, Des Moines IA
KELLY, Guy J.22 Jun 1920 13 Oct 2002s/o Albert Guy Della Mae (GREEN) KELLY
h/o Norma M. COOK b. 08 Aug 1928
KELLY, Helen Marie26 Sep 1910
Decatur City IA
22 Mar 1913
AE 2y 5m 26d
dau. Albert Guy Della May (GREEN) KELLY
KELLY, Ralph 28 Mar 1922
AE 20y 11m 1d
courthouse record, no gravestone
KIMBALL, Cinderella
4-1
27 Jul 1854
Iowa
21 Nov 1923
Polk Co. IA
d/o James M. Mary F. CLARK
md 19 Aug 1877 Truro, Madison Co. IA Mineor Galord KIMBALL
KIMBALL, Mineor Galord
4-1
27 Sep 1854 1936s/o William Caroline (BATES) KIMBALL
md 19 Aug 1877 Truro, Madison Co. IA Cinderella CLARK
KING, Elizabeth
7-1
1885 1918
MADARASZ, Bela L.
16-5
26 Dec 1862 26 Jul 1886
AE 23y 7m
s/o Ladislaus Sibila (OSOLOCK) MADARASZ
MARTIN, Samuel
9-9
12 Dec 1861 21 Nov 1938homemade gravestone
McCARL, Agnes E. 13 Dec 1911 1981(LILES); w/o Lloyd V. McCARL
McCARL, John Richard
2-5
1881 1967s/o James Monroe Ida Mae (NULL) McCARL
h/o Maude N. WOODWARD
McCARL, Lloyd Verland28 Dec 1909
Iowa
27 Aug 1979h/o Agnes E. LILES
McCARL, Maude N.
2-5
20 Oct 1885 1953(WOODWARD); w/o John Richard "Dick" McCARL
McCARL, Oscar James
1-2
1884 1961s/o James Monroe Ida Mae (NULL) McCARL
h/o Ida (Johnson) McCarl
McDANIEL, Larkin
5-1
22 Sep 1823 20 Sep 1915brother of Julia A. (McDANIEL) WELDON
McKEE, Elmer
5-1
14 Dec 1874 06 Feb 1875s/o Wm. L. Mary J. McKEE
McKee, Frances Oral
11-7
07 Nov 1872 07 Sep 1877child of Wm. L. Mary J. McKEE
McKEE, Grant
11-7
02 Mar 1870 07 Mar 1872s/o Wm. L. Mary J. McKEE
McKEE, John Monroe
11-4
23 Sep 1857 09 May 1917s/o William Louis Mary Jane (BEERS) McKEE
McKEE, Mary Jane
11-5
12 Jun 1837 16 Feb 1910d/o Peter Mary BEERS
w/o William Louis McKEE
McKEE, William Louis
11-6
20 Mar 1832
Muskingum Co. OH
23 Nov 1894
AE 52y 3m 3d
h/o Mary Jane BEERS
MILLER, Alonzo E.
14-2
14 Aug 1871
AE 1y 1m
MILLER, Andrew P.
13-1
16 Jan 1900
16 Oct 1957
Van Wert IA
h/o Nellie M. MUNYON
MILLER, Francis Mason
14-1
1873 1952s/o Phillip Mary Jane (McKEE) MILLER
MILLER, Homer Weldon
13-2
26 Dec 1902 02 Oct 1913
AE 10y 9m 7d
s/o James H. Nina Isabel (WELDON) MILLER
MILLER, James Harrison
13-3
26 Apr 1863 22 Dec 1951h/o Nina Isabel WELDON
MILLER, Marjorie "Eileen"07 Apr 1921
near Kellerton IA
25 Mar 2003
Springfield MO
d/o Mervyn G. Katheryn (WEBB) JACKSON
md 10 Jun 1945 Osceola IA Walter James "Walt" MILLER
MILLER, Mary J.
14-4
04 Mar 1913
AE 75y 11m 29d
(McKEE); md 15 Apr 1860 Phillip MILLER
"Mother"
MILLER, Nellie Mae
13-1
02 Aug 1901 1970(BOLES);  md 26 Apr 1922 Phillip Andrew "Ang" MILLER
MILLER, Nina Isabel
13-3
27 Aug 1877 04 Jan 1956d/o Andrew T. "Ang" Henrietta "Ret" (FOLAND) WELDON
w/o James Harrison MILLER
MILLER, Phillip
14-4
28 Jan 1900
AE 72y 2m
md 15 Apr 1860 Mary J. McKEE
gravestone fallen over
MILLER, Phillip Andrew
13-1
1900 1957md 26 Apr 1922 Nellie Mae BOLES
MILLER, Robert A.
14-3
1868 10 Mar 1869
AE 6m
s/o Phillip H. Mary J. MILLER
MILLER, Walter James "Walt"02 May 1923
near Grand River IA
25 Sep 2003
AE 80y
s/o Phillip Andrew "Aug" Nellie Mae (BOLES) MILLER
md 10 Jun 1945 Osceola IA Marjorie "Eileen" JACKSON
MUNYON, Bessie A.
8-7
1890 1969w/o Ephriam P. MUNYON
MUNYON, C. L.
4-2
21 Aug 1861
near Grand River IA
07 Sep 1925 [Charles Lesley "Les"]; md 12 Oct 1887 Ida Mae McCONNELL
MUNYON, Chester Vane "Chet" 22 Dec 1931
Kellerton IA
18 Jan 2016
AZ
Korean War Veteran U.S. Air Force
s/o Merle Mary MUNYON
md 14 Feb 1954 Kellerton IA Norma Jean REED
MUNYON, Clara D.
8-5
00 Apr 1863 1931(WOODARD); md 29 Mar 1884 William R. MUNYON
MUNYON, Donald
4-5
1932 1933
MUNYON, Earl
4-4
1909 1932
MUNYON, Enid L.
4-7
1904 [uncut]
MUNYON, Ephriam P.
8-7
1885 1961h/o Bessie A. MUNYON
MUNYON, Esther
8-9
1915 1974w/o Gordon MUNYON
MUNYON, Gordon Eugene02 Jun 1933
Grand River
15 Jun 2009
AE 75y
Des Moines IA
s/o Gordon Esther MUNYON
MUNYON, Gordon
8-9
1911 1982s/o Ephriam P. Bessie A. MUNYON
h/o Esther MUNYON
MUNYON, Grace Ruth
8-1
10 Aug 1899
AE 1y 7m 12d
d/o T.T. M.E. MUNYON
MUNYON, Ida Mae
4-2
24 Mar 1868
13 Apr 1932
AE 63y 19d
Kellerton IA
(McCONNELL); md 12 Oct 1887 C. L. [Charles Lesley "Les"] MUNYON
MUNYON, infant
8-4
03 Jan 1932d/o G.R. E.L. MUNYON
MUNYON, James Elmer
4-4
00 Mar 1883 1858s/o George W. Julia E. MUNYON
h/o Odna F. KIMBALL
MUNYON, Loren "Bill"
4-7
1903 [uncut]s/o C. L. [Charles Lesley "Les"] Ida Mae (McCONNELL) MUNYON
MUNYON, Margie M.1921 2002md 14 Mar 1948 W. Donald MUNYON
MUNYON, Merle M.
4-3
1891 [uncut]
MUNYON, Odna F.
4-4
1891 1979d/o Minor Galord Cinderella (CLARK) KIMBALL
w/o James Elmer MUNYON
MUNYON, Rex B.
4-6
1921 1942
MUNYON, Thomas Alva
8-2
04 Dec 1824
PA or Athens Co. OH
15 Sep 1892
AE 67y 10m 11d
s/o William Nancy (PHILLIPS) MUNYON
md 1st 1846, OH Catherine A. HUBBERT
md 2nd 14 Jan 1855 Mary Ann (FRENCH) SHANNON
MUNYON, W. Donald1920 2003md 14 Mar 1948 Margie M. MUNYON
MUNYON, William R.
8-5
21 May 1860
Athens Co. OH
16 Nov 1913
s/o M/M Thomas MUNYON
md 29 Mar 1884 Clara D. WOODARD
NORRIS, Lewis E.
4-10
1895 1940
ROSS, Francis
9-2
07 Jun 1809 25 Jul 1888h/o Margaret ROSS
homemade gravestone
ROSS, Isaiah
9-1
29 Sep 1879
AE 34y 3d
Civil War Veteran
Death Records, Courthouse
ROSS, Margaret
9-3
22 Oct 1879
AE 69y 2m 6d
w/o Francis ROSS
SANDERS, Charles
16-2
20 Oct 1883
Long Creek Twp.
h/o Maria SANDERS
SANDERS, George
16-4
1895 1983s/o John Mary SANDERS
SANDERS, John
16-4
1851 1936h/o Mary SANDERS
SANDERS, Maria
16-1
00 Sep 1810
Mecklenburg, Germany
24 Jul 1891
AE 81y 11m
w/o Charles SANDERS
SANDERS, Mary
16-4
1870 1943w/o John SANDERS
SHEEAN, Mary M.
7-3
18 Aug 1875
AE 1y 4m 18d
d/o M.S. A.M. SHEEAN
SMITH, Emma Francis (DUNN)
6-2
24 Oct 1847
Onondaga Co. NY
01 Mar 1902
AE 54y 4m 5d
md 30 Nov 1864
Cyrus SMITH
SMITH, Kathrine
9-4
16 Mar 1889 19 Feb 1909homemade gravestone
TIMBERMAN, Simon
15-2
10 Jan 1872
AE 14y 11m 18d
s/o N. R.N. TIMBERMAN
Unknowns:
_____, John
16-3
illegible temporary cement marker
cement foundation
2-7
cement foundation
2-12
cement marker
2-4
no inscription
white marble marker
3-3
no inscription
field stone/rock
8-5
stake
2-3
cement temporary marker
8-3
illegible
metal temporary marker
3-10
illegible
metal temporary marker
1-1
illegible
VARGA, Franky
15-1
07 Aug 1871
AE 1y 1m 22d
s/o F. M. VARGA
brother of Stephen, Clary, Emma, Rozy Esther
broken gravestone
WELDON, Andrew Thurman
5-5
22 May 1852
07 Aug 1928
AE 76y 2m 16d
New Buda Twp.
s/o Thurman Julia (McDANIEL) WELDON
md 11 Jun 1876 Henrietta "Ret" FOLAND
WELDON, Harrison Markis1849 unknowns/o Thurman Julia (McDANIEL) WELDON
homemade gravestone
WELDON, Henrietta "Ret"
5-4
27 Dec 1856
Muncie IN
13 Mar 1940
AE 83y 2m 15d
rural Leon
d/o Michael Elizabeth (SOWERWINE) FOLAND
md 11 Jun 1876 Andrew Thurman WELDON
WELDON, Julia
5-7
30 Jul 1825
Mercer Co. WV
19 Apr 1908
AE 82y 8m 19d
New Buda Twp
d/o John Rachel McDaniel
md 1847 Thurman WELDON
WELDON, Thurman Andrew
5-8
1823 00 Aug 1852md 1847 Julia McDANIEL
WELDON, Winona Elizabeth
5-6
31 May 1888
New Buda Twp.
26 May 1906
AE 17y 11m 26d
New Buda Twp.

d/o Andrew Thurman Henrietta "Ret" (FOLAND) WELDON
WELLS, Geo. W.
13-4
24 Apr 1838
McLean Co. IL
12 May 1914

s/o Uriah WELLS
h/o Elizabeth A. CRIGGER 1838 - 1922
inter. Miriam Cemetery, Bethany MO
WELLS, John "Jink"
14-5
01 Jun 1874
30 Oct 1937
Grand River
h/o Lucy Jane MILLER
WELLS, Lucy Jane
14-5
26 Nov 1876
09 Oct 1942
d/o Phillip Mary Jane MILER
w/o John "Jink" WELLS
WEST, Dallas R.
11-2
01 Jun 1894 25 Jul 1895
WEST, Lelah O.
11-3
04 May 1887 17 Sep 1888
WEST, Mary L.
11-1
12 Jul 1890 21 Feb 1891
WILSON, Andrew
2-9
27 Mar 1926
AE 88y 12d
md 12 Dec 1861 Sidney Olive SHAW
WILSON, Cecil Glen
3-7
24 Apr 1902
Grand River IA
26 Aug 1968
Glen Ellyn IL
s/o Erastus Mamie E. WILSON
h/o Ruth Irene WILSON
WILSON, Charles E.
2-11
1870 1958h/o Mary A. WILSON
WILSON, Delbert Andrew
3-6
1904 1933s/o Harry E. Helen D. (FRYE) WILSON
gravestone shared with Ruby I. WILSON
WILSON, Harry Ervin
2-15
1876 1965md 1st Helen D. FRYE
md 2nd Minnie R. WILSON
WILSON, Harry "Junior"12 Jan 1927
near Grand River IA
19 Nov 1999
AE 72y
Grand River IA
s/o Harris Ervin Minnie Rose (FRY) WILSON
WILSON, Helen D.
322-14
07 Nov 1883 20 Nov 1914 (FRYE); 1st w/o Harry Ervin WILSON
WILSON, Joseph M.
2-13
1912 1939
WILSON, Joseph T.
2-8
10 Dec 1862 21 Mar 1913
AE 50y 3m 11d
 
WILSON, Mary A.
2-11
1886 1954"Wife" of Charles E. WILSON
WILSON, Minnie Rose
2-15
1896 1951 (FRY); 2nd w/o Harry Ervin WILSON
WILSON, Olive M.
2-10
03 Aug 1905 01 Oct 1905d/o C.D. M.A. WILSON
WILSON, Ruby I.
3-6
1904 [uncut]gravestone shared with
Delbert Andrew WILSON
WILSON, Ruth Irene (WILSON)1901 1998d/o Harry E. Helen D. (FRYE) WILSON
w/o Cecil Glenn WILSON
WILSON, Sidney Olive (SHAW)
2-9
10 Jun 1840
Washington Co. IA
16 Sep 1911
AE 71y 3m 6d
DeKalb IA
md 12 Dec 1861
Andrew WILSON
WOODARD, Abraham Lincoln
10-2
00 Jan 1865
26 Nov 1939
md 1st Ella Mae GREEN
md 2nd Elizabeth Ann (KOGER) NASH the w/o James NASH
WOODARD, Amos P.
3-5
1862 1935
WOODARD, Della L.
2-6
1900 [uncut]
WOODARD, Elizabeth Ann
10-2
1873 1936(KOGER); w/o of Franklin "James" NASH 1869 - 1904
inter. Oak Hill Cemetery near Grand River IA
2nd w/o Abraham Lincoln WOODARD
WOODARD, Ella Mae
10-2
31 Mar 1874
05 Nov 1897
d/o William Riley Elizabeth (SWITZER) GREEN
1st w/o Abraham Lincoln WOODARD
WOODARD, Ephraim P.
10-4
14 Jan 1827
Hocking Co. OH
03 Aug 1902
md 16 May 1856 Martha A. McKEE
WOODARD, Francis W.
3-4
1925 1928died in a tragic fire
gravestone shared with Grace WOODARD Isaac B. WOODARD
WOODARD, Grace A.
3-4
00 Jan 1887 15 Oct 1966
Leon IA
d/o Charles Marcodinize D. (KELLER) BEERS
md 18 Aug 1909 Isaac B. WOODARD
gravestone shared with Francis W. WOODARD Isaac B. WOODARD
WOODARD, Isaac B.
3-4
1859 1942s/o Ephriam P. Martha A. (McKEE) WOODARD
md 21 Nov 1886
md 18 Aug 1909 Grace A. BEERS
gravestone shared with Francis W. WOODARD Grace WOODARD
WOODARD, James A.
2-6
1901 1940
WOODARD, Martha A.
10-4
1841 1917(McKEE); md 16 May 1856 Ephraim P. WOODWARD
WOODARD, Rollie Earl
10-1
1915 1951"Brother"
WOODARD, Sarah A.
3-5
1867 1947

Sources: Cemeteries of Decatur Co. IA; compiled by Lois Slade; input by Carla Rae, 2000; updated by Sharon R. Becker, August of 2014. Additional transcriptions from WPA Records and obituaries. Reformatted by Conni McDaniel Hall April 2019.
  
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