MUSCATINE COUNTY IOWA

THE COMMUNITY OF ATALISSA, IA
A HISTORY
of its
CITY & FARMS

CHAPTER 9
CEMETERIES

Transcribed by Shirley Plumb, December 20, 2016

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Cemeteries

        The Overman Cemetery is the largest in the area and is located on Penn Avenue. It was established by Enoch Overman around 1852 and was given to the people of Atalissa and surrounding area to use. A new incorporated organization was formed to care for the cemetery on June 24, 1997.

Picture: The entrance to Overman Cemetery.

Photos of family headstones:

Ady Family Bert and Ida Baker
Quartus Cornwell & Family Dr. William Barkalow
Guy Hinkhouse C. Ruth Carlisle
Otis and Erma Arnold Pearl Chapman

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William and Agnes Hohnke Miller Family
William and Mary Lundy August and Mollie Smith
Fred and Eva Oepping Charles & Jennie Lamb
Harry Lee Rock James and Marie Lowenberg
Clarence and Lillian Schmidt Carl and Elsie Phillips
John and Clara Ireland Cyrus Overman
Jacob, Miranda & Minnie Long Carl and Abbie VanHorn

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        The Timberlake Cemetery located at 130th Street is used very little these days. There is very little information on the Timberlake family but Judith Timberlake Anthony lived here. How the name of the cemetery came about we couldn’t determine.

Photos of family headstones:

Simon Shetler Elmer and Ida May Coss
Jesse Stauffer Louis Warner

        The Weiss Cemetery is located on 140th Street and was originally started by the family.

Photos of family headstones:

Maria Spilger Albert J. Spilger
George and Elizabeth Weiss  

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