IAGenWeb Project - Clayton co.
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Cemetery Index

 


Clayton Center Cemeteries

Surnames A - G
Surnames H - L
Surnames M - R
Surnames S - Z

Zion Lutheran cemetery - behind the church on the left side of the photo
&
Clayton Center Cemetery - south of hwy 128, right side of the photo


Sec 9 NW/SW, Reed Twp

Birds Eye photo courtesy of Bing maps
Birds-eye photo from Bing maps


*Gravestone photos have been contributed for these cemeteries:
View gravestone photos for Clayton Center cemetery * View gravestone photos for Zion Lutheran cemetery

*Many obituaries have been contributed for people buried in these cemeteries - Clayton Obituary Index

*Sources:
WPA cemetery records, contributed by Phyllis Montour - the Lot numbers are also from WPA records
Obituaries, SSDI, biographies, newspaper articles & census records
Allamakee co. death records, contributed by Richard O'Brien (ACDR)
Clayton co. death records,contributed by Constance Diamond (CCDR)
Iowa Death Certificates
Gravestone inscriptions

Note! It isn't always clear in which of the 2 cemeteries the grave is. Many obits and death certificates give burial only as "Read Cemetery". Known burials in Zion are indicated in the comments. If unclear or in Clayton Center cemetery, no indication is given.


Name Born Died Comments
Bahlke, Henry 07/16/1868 01/25/1894 s/o John & Wilhelmina
Bahlke, John 01/28/1834 11/03/1881 or 11/08/1881 Zion; h/o Wilhelmina
Bahlke, Wilhelmina 03/22/1836 01/10/1926 Zion; w/o John
Bahlke, William 02/11/1866 04/19/1870 Zion; s/o John & Wilhelmina
Baker, Cindy Lou 01/24/1950 01/28/1950 Zion; premature d/o Clement
Bahls, Helen Margret nee Fascher 08/26/1935 02/13/2010 w/o Dwayne
Barnhart, Gilbert D. SR 04/10/1907 07/31/2001 Zion; age 94; h/o Wilma
Barnhart, Wilma W. nee Best 08/12/1908 03/01/2000 Zion; w/o Gilbert SR; d/o Charles & Ella (Lemke)
Berg, Henry C. 11/06/1858 07/04/1908 Zion; h/o Mina
Berg, Katharina nee Kottman 02/22/1836 01/25/1910 Zion; w/o William; d/o Jacob & Katherine (Herman)
Berg, Wilhelmina 'Mina' 10/16/1861 or 1862 09/05/1918 Zion; w/o Henry
Berg, Wilhelm 'William' 04/28/1827 08/11/1914 Zion; h/o Katharina
Berg, Willie 08/16/1885 02/07/1885 s/o Henry & Minna
Best, Carlys V. 08/22/1924 05/27/2008 h/o Ila
Best, Ila Mae nee Henning 07/30/1929 03/10/2005 w/o Carlys
Best, Larry 08/28/1950 10/05/2007 h/o Shirley
Best, Wilhelmina 'Minnie' nee Schmidt 1856 04/25/1913 w/o William
Best, Wilhelm Frederick 'Charles' 12/19/1880 10/31/1948 h/o Ella C. Lemke; s/o Wm & Wilhelmina
Best, Wilhelm Johann Heinrich Christoff 'William' 12/15/1854 12/31/1918 h/o Wilhelmina; s/o Johann H.
Beyer, infant   07/1?/1899 child of Fred & Minnia; Note: burial in Zion should be confirmed
Beyer, Frederick Ernest Heinrich 05/16/1859 07/30/1931 Zion; h/o Minnia
Beyer, Minnia nee Laudoa / Landon 02/26/1861 09/08/1932 Zion; w/o Frederick
Bluhem, Darithea 1796 1873  
Boberitz, Mary 1827 03/07/1872  
Boyer, Elmer   07/01/1899 age 9d; CCDR
Brandt, Caroline 1825 01/11/1861  
Breitsprecher, daughter 11/04/1921 11/04/1921 Zion?; d/o Alvin & Alvina (Gossman); premature, lived 1 hr.
Breitsprecher, son 01/09/1927 01/16/1927 s/o Henry & Louise (Wilker)
Breitsprecher, Albert Carl 10/09/1885 09/10/1972 h/o Ella; s/o John & Fredreika
Breitsprecher, Alma Johanne Sophie nee Lahrs 11/23/1889 10/02/1937 w/o Charles E.; d/o Christian & Frederica (Kruse)
Breitsprecher, Alvina nee Junk 02/03/1881 06/22/1923 lot 47; w/o Edward C.; d/o Karl & Caroline
Breitsprecher, Amelia 02/09/1839 09/02/1914 Zion?; w/o Fred
Breitsprecher, Charles Elmer 12/02/1888 01/05/1970 h/o Alma; s/o Frederick H. & Mary (Mueller)
Breitsprecher, Edward Charles 04/13/1879 1964 h/o 1st Alvina, 2nd Lena M. (Lauck) Kruger (d. 1949, bur. w/1st husb. in Lyon Co. IA)
Breitsprecher, Ella Martha nee Hoth 06/15/1886 10/02/1965 w/o Albert; d/o John & Elsie (Meyer)
Breitsprecher, Fred / Fritz 12/04/1834 03/15/1924 Zion?; h/o Amelia; s/o William & Marie
Breitsprecher, Fredreika nee Radloff 1842 10/18/1919 w/o John
Breitsprecher, Harley 07/21/1910 10/24/1910 s/o Henry & Louise (Wilker)
Breitsprecher, Herman   01/06/1886 15y 17d; s/o John & Fredreika
Breitsprecher, John Frederick William 04/12/1844 03/17/1925 Zion; h/o Fredreika; s/o William & Marie
Breitsprecher, Maria / Mary nee Schmidt   05/0?/1896 aged 87y; w/o William
Breitsprecher, Mary 1872 1904 see entry for Mary Sheffert
Breitsprecher, Melvin Fred 03/25/1915 05/05/1998 h/o Betty Oswald; s/o Charles & Alma (Lahrs)
Breitsprecher, Robert   08/21/1885 7y; s/o John & Fredreika; died of diphtheria
Breitsprecher, William   08/21/1885 10y; s/o John & Fredreika; died of diphtheria
Breitsprecher, William   01/??/1902 aged 96y; h/o Maria
Breitsprecher, Zella nee Hines 01/13/1923 03/09/2011 w/o Edwin; d/o Ed & Minnie (Christopher); cremains
Brockman, Christian 'Christ' 12/16/1838 08/21/1925 h/o Marian; s/o William
Brockman, Chris 04/07/1874 02/1?/1953 s/o Chrisian & Moriah/Marian
Brockman, Fred 03/07/1866 01/06/1948 unmarried; s/o Chris & Marian
Brockman, Marian 'Mary' nee Meyer 10/14/1830 03/08/1908 w/o Christian; d/o N.E. & Catherine (Gahraes)
Brockman, Sara Dora 11/06/1873 11/02/1919 d/o Christian & Maria
Brockmann, Wilhelm 1800 1874  
Brockmann, William   10/12/1887 27 yrs.; s/o Christ & Maria
Buchheim, Barbara nee Schobert / Schubert 05/02/1845 06/14/1923 2nd w/o Carl
Buchheim, Carl 1829 03/0?/1892 h/o 1st Charlotte; 2nd Barbara
Buchheim, Charlotte 02/19/1824 07/07/1870 1st w/o Carl
Buchheim, George   01/??/1884 infant of Carl & Barbara (named in Barbara's obit, burial here likely, not confirmed)
Buchheim, John 03/05/1881 04/26/1928 h/o Katie Seifert; s/o Carl & Barbara; murdered
Buchheim, Morga nee Bolsinger 02/11/1910 10/10/1944 w/o Allison; d/o Norman
Buchheim, Otto Albert 04/16/1885 11/20/1950 h/o Alma Riechof; s/o Carl & Barbara
Buchheim, Sophia Maria 12/15/1872 09/07/1876 d/o Carl & Barbara
Christeleit, Carl / Charles 1891 1898 s/o Julius & Louise
Christeleit, Emma 1904 1905 d/o Julius & Louise
Christeleit, Gustav 1902 1917 s/o Julius & Louise
Christeleit, Julius 05/08/1866 03/23/1937 h/o Louise; died in Waterloo, IA
Christeleit, Louise 'Amalie' nee Suttkus 03/13/1867 03/21/1920 w/o Julius
Christeleit, Pauline 1896 1918 d/o Julius & Louise
Dahl, Gladys 12/20/1909 04/25/1910 d/o Henry & Sophia
Dahl, Henry 11/29/1884 06/19/1957 h/o Sophia Staack; s/o August & Sophia (Harnack)
Dahling, Christina D. 1799 08/17/1880 Suhr lot
Dahlstrom, Anna Maria 1867 02/14/1894 d/o Carl & Maria
Dahlstrom, Carl F. 1830 09/02/1900 Zion; h/o Maria; Co. L, 6th IA Cav
Dahlstrom, Maria nee Mandelkow 1830 07/22/1901 Zion; w/o Carl
Diers, Alma M. 12/07/1889 04/09/1954 d/o Fred & Margaret
Diers, Emelie D. nee Best 04/20/1879 05/10/1966 w/o Henry H.
Diers, Emma M.S. 07/22/1884 09/16/1887 d/o F.W. & Margaretha; died of typhoid fever
Diers, Fredrich Wilhelm 02/10/1848 10/03/1925 h/o Margarethe; s/o John & Margarethe
Diers, Henry H. 11/20/1873 06/12/1948 h/o Emelie; s/o Fred & Margaret
Diers, Johann 'John' 1818 1871 h/o Margaretha; s/o Johann Harm
Diers, Johann Harm 1788 02/??/1883  
Diers, Margaretha 1816 1876 w/o John
Diers, Margarethe 'Margaret' nee Schnieder 03/06/1849 02/02/1917 w/o Fredrich W.; d/o Dietrich
Diers, Richard Lauve 10/04/1946 12/18/2012 h/o Lorna Siago; s/o Vernon & Helen (Knudson); Master Sgt. U.S. Air Forces, Vietnam
Dinse, Maria nee Kruse 04/14/1834 06/13/1920 w/o Fritz (d. 1906); Death Cert = burial Read cem.
Doeppke, Albert Otto 01/30/1888 12/19/1979 h/o Frieda; s/o Julius & Bertha
Doeppke, Beatrice nee Lovadiro 10/01/1910 04/16/1987 Zion; w/o Frank; d/o Frank & Mary (Gallo); d. Lansing, IA; Thornburg Funeral home; ACDR
Doeppke, Bertha Augusta nee Heller 03/18/1866 11/01/1951 w/o Julius; d/o August & Wilhelmina (Haas)
Doeppke, Eunice nee Duwe 11/06/1924 08/24/1996 w/o Gerald; d/o Ora & Leona (Morarend)
Doeppke, Frank 08/07/1905 04/27/1972 Zion; h/o Beatrice; s/o Julius & Bertha; d. Waukon; ACDR
Doeppke, Frieda Christine nee Funk 02/02/1895 04/20/1964 w/o Albert; d/o Carl & Emilie (Gruening)
Doeppke, Gerald 12/26/1918 03/03/1997 h/o Eunice; s/o Albert & Frieda
Doeppke, Hilda nee Kruse 02/05/1901 01/07/1960 w/o William; d/o John & Lena (Kriese)
Doeppke, Iona W. nee Tackman 1920 09/15/1998 Zion; w/o Paul W.; d/o Louis & Margaret (Meenan)
Doeppke, Julius A. 04/28/1861 10/12/1938 h/o Bertha
Doeppke, Larry William 04/24/1946 04/24/1946 4h old, s/o Paul & Iona
Doeppke, Otto Frederick SR 05/17/1891 02/15/1954 h/o Pauline Staub; s/o Julius & Bertha
Doeppke, Paul H. 10/12/1906 10/01/1921 s/o Julius & Bertha
Doeppke, Paul William 08/31/1923 09/14/1983 h/o Iona; s/o William & Hilda
Doeppke, William A. 03/25/1899 04/07/1994 h/o Hilda; s/o Julius & Bertha
Drallmeier, Mary Christine Carolie nee Mandelkow 04/20/1854 08/06/1936 w/o Wm
Drallmeier, William 1852 1935 h/o Mary
Elfert, Fritz 'Fred '   07/1?/1894 s/o Henry & Mina; accidently shot by his friend while target practicing
Elfert, Heinrich 'Henry' 03/16/1854 07/27/1927 h/o Mina
Elfert, Wilhelmina 'Mina' nee Breitsprecher 04/23/1860 11/11/1899 age 39; w/o Henry; CCDR
Engelhardt, son 08/17/1898 08/17/1898 s/o H & R
Engelhardt, Carl 12/15/1880 12/17/1880 shares a gravestone with Wilhelmina; children of [illegible]
Engelhardt, Charles Christopher 11/19/1850 04/02/1906 h/o Minna; s/o John & Marie
Engelhardt, Ella 1888 1918 d/o Charles C. & Minna
Engelhardt, Frederick 'Reka' nee Schmidt 12/03/1855 05/29/1935 w/o Henry
Engelhardt, Henry 01/28/1853 05/01/1927 h/o Reka; s/o John & Marie
Engelhardt, John 12/20/1818 05/28/1901 h/o Maria
Engelhardt, Maria Louise nee Schmidt 11/14/1850 04/04/1930 (Zion); w/o Rudolph
Engelhardt, Maria nee Smith 08/09/1817 10/23/1887 w/o John
Engelhardt, Minnie   06/26/1894 2y 4m 24d; d/o Rudolph & Maria
Engelhardt, Rudolph 08/31/1841 08/09/1893 h/o Maria L.; s/o John & Mary
Engelhardt, Wilhelmina F. 'Minna' nee Taake 08/11/1858 12/01/1947 w/o Charles C.; dp Frederick
Engelhardt, Wilhelmina 06/29/1874 08/20/1875 shares a gravestone w/Carl; children of [illegible]
Fascher, Augusta nee Koehn 09/07/1880 06/18/1910 w/o Otto; d/o Wm
Fascher, Dorathea 04/04/1833 02/06/1916 w/o Carl
Fascher, Dorothea nee Zahn 09/14/1836 03/03/1925 w/o Henry; d/o John & Sophia (Walther)
Fascher, Henry / Heinrich 1834 09/28/1894 h/o Dorothea
Fascher, Otto 08/09/1872 12/25/1933 h/o Augusta; s/o Carl & Dorthea (Welle / Wille)
Fette, Erwin Henry 09/17/1913 01/12/1974 h/o 1st Florence, 2nd Phyllis Krambeer (d. 2002, bur w/1st husb. St. Paul Luth); s/o William & Helena (Behsman)
Fette, Florence M. nee Eberhardt 10/07/1917 10/24/1959 1st w/o Erwin; d/o Louis & Elta H. (Kalke)
Fox, Lawrence Clare 03/20/1947 08/20/2008 h/o Dawn Walter
Frank, Heinrich Fredrich Louis 'Henry' 09/17/1842 01/15/1927 h/o Mary; s/o Henry & unkn.
Frank, Maria Caroline Wilhelmina 'Mary' nee Possehl 05/03/1845 07/08/1922 w/o Henry; d/o Christian & Catherine (Zimmerman)
Frank, Sophia - - see Sophia Scherf entry
Fuelling, Anna M. 1822 08/28/1901  
Fuelling, Charlotte 1833    
Fuelling, Harold      
Fuelling, Leroy   12/24/1909 s/o William
Fuelling, Louis Carl 12/07/1853 03/19/1935 h/o Louisa; s/o Gerhardt & Anna (Meyer)
Fuelling, Louisa nee Wiechmann 12/07/1853 04/02/1934 w/o Louis; d/o John & unkn. (Becker); Note: obit DOB=09/14/185?
Fullgraf, F. 1827 01/09/1872 Fuelling lot
Funk, Anna Mina Elsie Heuer nee Wendt 06/11/1863 03/31/1919 w/o 1st Wilhelm Heuer, 2nd John Funk; d/o Jacob D. & unkn.
Funk, Arno H. 02/23/1901 09/10/1984 h/o Hortense
Funk, Arthur W. 02/23/1901 10/07/1915 s/o John & Anna
Funk, Benard Henry 'Ben' 03/21/1883 11/22/1974 aged 91y; h/o Ernestena Meenan (divorced, see entry for Ernestena Kruse); s/o Carl & Amelia; died in Prairie du Chien, WI
Funk, Carl 12/21/1889 11/??/1922 s/o Carl
Funk, Carl 1884 1924  
Funk, Carl 01/02/1861 12/13/1920 s/o Gottfried & Catherine (Jones)
Funk, Carl J. 06/04/1884 03/??/1925 2nd w/o Rose Kainz Hekel; s/o Karl & Emily (Greenley)
Funk, Carl John 04/06/1856 09/01/1940 h/o Emelia; s/o Ludwig & Caroline
Funk, Caroline 'Lena' nee Mueller 07/27/1835 08/28/1916 w/o Ludwig
Funk, Emelia Wilhelmine nee Gruening 08/04/1862 04/19/1942 w/o Carl John
Funk, Frederick Johann 'John' 09/08/1863 11/20/1938 h/o Anna
Funk, Frieda S.C.   03/01/1894 age 1y 7m; CCDR
Funk, Hortense E. nee Wahls 06/09/1899 07/03/1984 w/o Arno; d/o Fred & Etta (Boller)
Funk, Johann 'John' 11/30/1828 02/16/1910 h/o Emelia W.
Funk, Louis 04/22/1895 11/29/1910 s/o John & Lina (Wendt)
Funk, Ludwig 'John' 1836 07/05/1902 h/o Caroline 'Lena'
Funk, Raymond Carl John 08/03/1922 08/16/1922 s/o Ben & Tena (Meenan)
Gerdes, Amelia Sophia nee Funk 04/23/1886 02/01/1974 w/o Gerd; d/o Carl & Emelia (Gruening)
Gerdes, Gerd Albers 04/07/1864 04/26/1939 h/o Amanda; s/o Albert & Maria (Dirks)
Glawe, child   02/??/1894 child of Henry Glawe; Note! burial here presumed, but not verified
Glawe, daughter 09/20/1922 09/21/1922 d/o Albert & Lucinda
Glawe, Albert 06/03/1891 09/22/1962 w/o Lucinda; s/o Henry
Glawe, Amanda   07/14/1906 age 5y; CCDR
Glawe, Anna nee Junk 10/09/1877 03/08/1904 lot 113; w/o Carl
Glawe, Arno Carl Friedriech 08/28/1898 05/09/1993 ssa Leona
Glawe, Arthur Heinrich Wilhelm 09/19/1895 04/30/1977  
Glawe, Caroline nee Ihlenfeldt 02/05/1880 03/30/1960 w/o William
Glawe, Caroline Augusta Frederika 'Lena' nee Kruse 02/09/1870 01/04/1941 w/o Fred; d/o William
Glawe, Charles Johann Friederich 'Carl' / Karl' 03/11/1874 01/01/1930 lot 113; h/o Anna; s/o John & Reka (Mueller)
Glawe, Charles John 12/20/1884 07/26/1975 h/o Ella W.; s/o Henry & Whilhelmina; d. Waukon, IA hospital, Witt Funeral home; ACDR, SSDI
Glawe, Clarence   08/20/1907 age 3d; CCDR
Glawe, Cora 1899 1899  
Glawe, Ella Wilhelmina nee Ihde 08/19/1886 05/20/1944 w/o Charles J.; d/o Charles
Glawe, Eliza nee Taake 02/14/1860 08/28/1946 w/o Theodore; d/o Wm & Wilhelmina (Strattlemeier)
Glawe, Emma S. nee Lemke 03/06/1894 04/21/1918 1st w/o Theodore W.; d/o Henry & Minnie (Radloff); died 2 wks after birth of her son Vernon
Glawe, Fred SR 12/15/1867 09/14/1944 h/o Lena; s/o John & Fredericka
Glawe, Freda Marie nee Schuety 01/13/1891 05/25/1968 (Zion); w/o John C.; d/o Ferdinand & Juliane (Bolte)
Glawe, Frederika nee Mueller   11/02/1925 (Zion) 80y 9m 14d; w/o John
Glawe, Grace E.W. nee Wilker 12/07/1905 03/20/1933 w/o Fred C. JR; d/o John & Amelia
Glawe, Henry Frederick Christian 10/24/1846 04/03/1936 h/o Wilhelmina; s/o Henry & Minnie (Radloff)
Glawe, Hilma 1892 1894 d/o Fred & Lena
Glawe, IdaBelle Marie nee Hughes   08/03/2000 age 79; w/o Karl H.
Glawe, John 08/03/1839 01/06/1905 (Zion) h/o Fredericka; Franco-Prussian war veteran
Glawe, John Jr 1869 1899  
Glawe, John Carl 11/17/1886 01/12/1973 (Zion); h/o Freda; s/o Henry & Minnie
Glawe, John Emil Carl 09/18/1917 08/17/1947 29y 10m 29d; h/o Geneva M. Shaw (later Geneva Burgin); s/o John; died Veterans' Hosp., Des Moines, IA; U.S. Army, WWII
Glawe, Karen Ann 11/05/1939 02/07/1940 d/o Irwin G.& Ann (Lauer)
Glawe, Karl H. 11/21/1919 12/27/1973 h/o IdaBelle
Glawe, Leona Lena nee Lenth 05/25/1902 0531/1984 ssa Arno
Glawe, Lillian Anna Oelke nee Vogt 02/04/1903 08/28/1986 1st h/Henry D. Oelke, 2nd h/Theodore W. Glawe; buried w/Theodore
Glawe, Lucinda nee Gottschalk     w/o Albert
Glawe, Mabel Amanda Sophia nee Lenth 01/15/1899 08/23/1966  
Glawe, Raymond Hervey Herman 09/20/1923 01/??/1925 1y 3m 18d; s/o Albert & Lucinda
Glawe, Theodore 03/07/1853 06/06/1924 lot 1??; h/o Eliza
Glawe, Theodore William Henry 01/30/1891 04/24/1979 1st w/Emma, 2nd w/Lillian
Glawe, Valmah W. 09/17/1914 05/04/1957 h/o Eleanor Clabaugh; s/o Louis & Emma
Glawe, Wilhelmina Caroline 'Minnie' nee Schrader / Schroeder 11/12/1858 08/17/1925 w/o Henry
Gossman, Alvina nee Suhr 1859 10/12/1921 w/o Henry
Gossman, Henry 01/28/1855 05/31/1934 h/o Alvina; s/o Christian & Sophia
Gottschalk, Carl Christian 'William' 06/15/1841 01/03/1929 (Zion) h/o Minnie
Gottschalk, Clarence   02/16/1903 age 1½y; CCDR
Gottschalk, Leona Antonette nee Gusta 06/26/1910 04/29/1992 w/o Elmer
Gottschalk, Wilhelmina Friderika 'Minnie' nee Kreplin 09/14/1845 03/19/1920 (Zion) w/o William
Gottschalk, William John 08/19/1867 04/04/1948 h/o Ema Kahlbaum; s/o William & Minnie
Gusta, Elmer Leo 08/16/1905 12/23/1980 h/o Florence; s/o Otto J. & Antonette (Muench)
Gusta, Florence D. nee Seeland 06/28/1910 01/06/1991 w/o Elmer L.; d/o Henry & Caroline (Glawe)

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