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| Communia Cemetery Volga Twp - Sec 18 SE/NW 2½ mi. north of Littleport on Co Hwy X3C (Grandview Rd)
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| Name | Birth | Death | Comments / ssa=Same stone as |
| Armbruster, Lydie nee Wentz | 02/21/1894 | aged 52y 1m 10d; w/o J. Armbruster | |
| Armbruster, PH. Jacob | 12/31/1839 | 08/09/1887 | |
| Armbruster, Ralph E. | 09/02/1887 | aged 9m 13d; s/o William | |
| Baars, Fredericka nee Nehls | 04/19/1872 | aged 41y | |
| Baars, William | 10/04/1880 | aged 57y | |
| Baumann, George | 03/10/1819 | 05/14/1889 | h/o Maria; killed by a falling tree |
| Baumann, Maria 'Mary' nee Maier | 02/03/1829 | 5/31/1915 | w/o George |
| Baumann, Michael | 03/30/1809 | 08/02/1879 | h/o Barbara; s/o Leonard |
| Baumann, Robert W. | 02/02/1945 | 76y; died LosAngeles, CA | |
| Becker, Bertha nee Wentz | 11/07/1872 | 07/12/1956 | w/o Henry; d/o Chis |
| Becker, Ethel | 1987 | ||
| Becker, Herman George | 10/22/1902 | 05/14/1962 | Iowa Pvt Army Air Forces, WWII |
| Beckman, Albert H. | 1881 | 1932 | h/o Pauline B. |
| Beckman, Betty M. nee Fox | 1922 | 1989 | w/o Donald A. |
| Beckman, Donald A. | 1916 | 1981 | h/o Betty M. |
| Beckman, Pauline B. nee Cords | 1883 | 1963 | w/o Albert H. |
| Beeh, Christoph 'Christ' | 10/01/1856 | 04/07/1930 | h/o Paulina; s/o Philip & Katharina B. |
| Beeh, Katharina Barbara nee Wentz | 04/18/1822 | 03/18/1905 | w/o Phillip J. |
| Beeh, Paulina nee Wille | 02/17/1877 | 05/22/1934 | w/o Christ; d/o Ferdinand & unkn. (Fritz) |
| Beeh, Philip Jacob | 04/26/1821 | 12/11/1874 | h/o Katharina B. |
| Bente, Ernest H. | 05/23/1875 | 12/08/1930 | h/o Georgia A.; s/o Louis & Lydia |
| Bente, Louis | 04/07/1852 | 05/17/1931 | 2nd h/o Lydia; s/o William & Marie |
| Bente, Lydia 'Liddie' Bente nee Beeh | 04/05/1848 | 08/10/1931 | w/o 1st Michael, 2nd Louis (she married brothers) |
| Bente, Mary nee Hillman | 07/15/1872 | aged 50y; w/o William SR; Gravestone = "Erected by Harman Bente" | |
| Bente, Michael | 1848 | 1870 | 1st h/o Lydia; killed in accident while digging a well |
| Bente, Samuel | 1880 | 1963 | s/o Louis & Lydia |
| Bente, William F. | 04/06/1900 | CCDR Vol A, pg 12 | |
| Bente, William SR | 03/15/1813 | 10/20/1907 | h/o Mary |
| Bowman, Anna Barbara | 10/13/1821 | 11/7/1906 | |
| Brabander, Mary nee Brust | 02/10/1857 | 02/20/1878 | w/o G.J. Brabander |
| Brust, Jacob | 01/21/1817 | 03/15/1894 | h/o Regina |
| Brust, Regina nee Jerger | 10/25/1825 | 05/19/1917 | w/o Jacob |
| Burgess, Howard | no dates on gravestone | ||
| Buschenfeld, Anna nee Baumann | 12/18/1850 | 5/27/1926 | |
| Chaffee, Ethel M. nee Stahl | 1/15/1911 | 8/26/1992 | |
| Coonfare, Cynthia nee Hinkle | 1865 | 1939 | ssa James |
| Coonfare, Guy A. | 1891 | 1971 | ssa Louise L. |
| Coonfare, James | 1862 | 1939 | ssa Cynthia |
| Coonfare, Louise L. nee Latteyer | 1894 | 1975 | ssa Guy |
| Coonfare, Virgil | 2/2/1913 | 2/15/1923 | s/o G.A. & Louise Coonfare |
| Cords, Elizabeth nee Beeh | 1850 | 1932 | |
| Cords, John | 02/15/1891 | aged 44y 10m 3d; Pvt., Co. E, 4th US Inf., Civil War | |
| Cords, Joseph L. | 1880 | 1977 | |
| Daufeldt, Marvin George JR | 7/8/1942 | 11/4/1995 | |
| Eberhard, Joseph | 06/10/1885 | 19y; s/o Peter & Leopaldine; died of diphtheria | |
| Eberhart, Alfred A. | 07/17/1872 | 05/27/1885 | aged 12y 9m 20d; s/o Peter & Leopaldine; died of diphtheria |
| Ebricht, Catherine | 05/05/1864 | aged 32y 2m 15d | |
| Enderes, Barbara Finkenkeller nee Probst | 03/08/1819 | 02/15/1904 | w/o 1st unkn Finkenkeller, 2nd John |
| Enderes, Emeline | 03/09/1861 | 05/22/1876 | d/o J. & B. Enderes |
| Enderes, John | 03/29/1812 | 10/28/1892 | one of the founders of Communia colony; 2nd h/o Barbara Probst |
| Falconer, Alexander | 09/14/1805 | 02/09/1892 | h/o Mary; s/o Alexander & Catherine (Brander); Serg. Co. E, 1st U.S. Inf. Indian Wars |
| Falconer, Mary nee Macgee | 06/13/1891 | w/o Alexander; d/o John & Margaret (Greer) | |
| Franke, Anna | 09/23/1860 | 09/21/1874 | ssa Otto |
| Franke, Joachim | 08/24/1828 | 06/06/1899 | h/o Maria Eggert |
| Franke, Otto | 04/29/1866 | 08/29/1874 | ssa Anna |
| Gedike, Fred | 1824 | 04/09/1890 | |
| Genz, Maria nee Bruggmann | 12/23/1817 | 01/15/1892 | w/o Fred; Note: Her gravestone is engraved 1/15/1891, which is incorrect. Her obituary was printed in the Elkader Register, 1/21/1892 |
| Gluck, Wilhelmina | 1812 | 06/12/1879 | [or Guick] |
| Gremper, Joseph | 01/18/1821 | 03/30/1898 | GAR marker; no Civil War service found - may have served in Co. A, 1st IL Inf., Mex-American War; more info. requested |
| Greve, Frank | 09/24/1862 | 02/15/1918 | s/o Wm & Fredericka; died at Jacksonville, FL |
| Greve, Fredericka nee Posshel | 08/26/1833 | 04/19/1922 | w/o William; d/o Christian & Sophia (Wegeril or Wegerd) |
| Greve, Otto | 09/29/1893 | 19y 5m 26d; s/o Wm & Fredericka | |
| Greve, William F. | 07/14/1832 | 06/29/1890 | h/o Fredericka |
| Guttman, Johann 'John' | 05/??/1902 | h/o Marie | |
| Gutman, Marie | 1874 | age abt 80y; w/o Johann | |
| Hanny, infant | 07/03/1888 | infant of E. & M. Hanny | |
| Hanny, Marie | 02/24/1850 | 07/08/1888 | |
| Harms, Henry | 2nd h/o Martha; Co E. 16th IA Inf. | ||
| Harms, Martha Greve nee Kinderman | 1840 | 10/1?/1898 | w/o 1st Fred Greve (d. 1865), 2nd Henry Harms |
| Harnes / Harms, child | 08/0?/1896 | young child of Frank | |
| Hough, Ronald N. | 8/1/1948 | 3/3/1995 | |
| Kahrs, Adeline nee Dierssen / Dierson | 04/19/1885 | 35y; 1st w/o John (buried Mederville); Obit: "..the remains were, by request, interred upon the farm.'; she has a gravestone in Communia, it possibly is a cenotaph | |
| Kennedy, Mrs. M. Mooney | 08/??/1891 | w/o M. Kennedy, formerly Mrs. Mooney "burial at the cemetery at Communia" | |
| Klehen, Fritz | 1822 | 05/06/1884 | |
| Klink, Elizabeth Katherine nee Wistrick | 10/08/1876 | 02/21/1956 | w/o Louis J.; d/o Henry |
| Klink, Henry | 03/15/1835 | 12/08/1918 | h/o Walburg |
| Klink, Louis J. | 05/14/1870 | 04/06/1940 | h/o Elizabeth; s/o Henry & Walburg |
| Klink, Wallburg nee Brandenberg | 02/22/1846 | 12/27/1928 | w/o Henry; d/o Ludvig & unkn. |
| Kraus, Katie | 06/01/1874 | 12/01/1875 | |
| Krouse, Elizabeth M. | 1890 | 1962 | d/o Henry & Ida |
| Krouse, George Frederick | 09/13/1887 | 02/17/1943 | s/o Henry & Ida |
| Krouse, Henry | 06/10/1861 | 07/22/1952 | h/o Ida; s/o Henry & Elizabeth |
| Krouse, Ida nee Benschneider | 05/08/1913 | w/o Henry | |
| Krouse, Julius | 5/8/2009 | age 92; grandson/o Henry & Ida | |
| Latteyer, Fred 'Ted' | 12/11/1876 | 01/22/1934 | s/o Simon & Lebbe |
| Latteyer, George | 01/15/1881 | 07/25/1908 | s/o Simon & Lebbe |
| Latteyer, Helmuth R. | 1899 | 1981 | h/o Anna M. Miller; s/o Simon & Libbie |
| Latteyer, Lebbe / Libbie nee Papke / Pupke | 02/08/1856 | 09/16/1927 | w/o Simon; d/o Frederick |
| Latteyer, Maggie | 03/14/1888 | 10/24/1893 | ssa Willie; d/o S. & L. Latteyer |
| Latteyer, Simon | 02/15/1852 | 05/01/1934 | h/o Lebbe; s/o Jacob |
| Latteyer, Willie | 04/03/1883 | 09/02/1894 | ssa Maggie; s/o S. & L. Latteyer |
| Leurs, George | 10/06/1881 | ||
| Maier, Anna | |||
| Maier, George | |||
| Marxer, Anna | 1867 | 2/21/1951 | unmarried d/o Jacob & Margaret |
| Marxer, Henry | 04/10/1864 | 12/20/1929 | unmarried s/o Jacob & Margaret; died in WI |
| Marxer, Jacob | 07/14/1828 | 01/03/1890 | h/o Margaret; an original member of Communia Colony |
| Marxer, John E. | 11/29/1858 | 8/12/1941 | unmarried s/o Jacob & Margaret |
| Marxer, Margaret nee Conrad | 04/19/1834 | 1/15/1906 | w/o Jacob |
| Marxer, Oscar | 11/29/1867 | 04/11/1925 | s/o Jacob & Margaret |
| Marxer, William | 06/03/1860 | 07/20/1920 | s/o Jacob & Margaret; died at the County Asylum |
| Meyer, G. | 1841 | Co. F 4th IA Inf. | |
| Meyer, Louis | 02/29/1876 | s/o C. & M. Meyer | |
| Meyer, Nicholas | 1814 | 1869 | obit |
| Mierson, Margaretha | |||
| Miller, Anna M. nee Wentz | 1897 | 1988 | w/o Mathew W. |
| Miller, Mathew W. 'Matt' | 03/14/1891 | 12/1?/1951 | h/o Anna M. |
| Miller, Willis Mathew | 7/11/1918 | 10/30/1975 | s/o Matt & Anna; PFC US Army, WWII |
| Muller, Charles Theodore | 12/01/1867 | 06/08/1927 | h/o Margaret; s/o Fred & Dorothy (Ortman) |
| Muller, Frieda B. nee Wentz | 1903 | 1976 | w/o Laurence J. |
| Muller, Karl W. | 10/5/1908 | 7/23/1967 | Iowa, PVT Ordnance Dept, American Legion marker |
| Muller, Laurence Julian | 1906 | 7/10/1995 | h/o Frieda B. |
| Muller, Margaret W. nee Wistrick | 03/31/1874 | 11/12/1955 | w/o Charles T.; d/o Henry & Mary (Bente) |
| Muller, Sophie Marie nee Steinfeldt | 3/28/1913 | 5/18/1966 | w/o Karl W.; died in Galesville, WI |
| Nehser, Anna Maria 'Mary' | 04/14/1819 | 07/30/1892 | w/o Ludwig |
| Nehser, George | 1807 | 08/21/1884 | h/o Margaretha |
| Nehser, John | 02/22/1874 | ||
| Nehser, Ludwig 'Lud' or 'Lewis' | 02/29/1805 | 02/06/1876 | h/o Anna M. |
| Nehser, Margaretha J. | 1810 | 12/??/1880 | w/o George |
| Noggle, Anna | 1878 | 1972 | ssa Jacob S. |
| Noggle, Jacob S. | 1888 | 1973 | ssa Anna |
| Osborne, John Martin | 05/20/1861 | 11/03/1936 | h/o Mary E.; s/o Thomas & Elizabeth (Ribble) |
| Osborne, Mary E. nee Baumann / Bowman | 02/29/1856 | 02/11/1940 | w/o John M.; d/o George & Maria (Moser) |
| Ose, William | 03/13/1815 | 09/23/1873 | |
| Phend, Bud | |||
| Phend, Carla | 1922 | 2002 | |
| Phend, E.W. | 11/20/1911? | 7/25/1983 | PFC US Army, WWII |
| Piehl, Johann | 2003 news article, Elgin Echo: gravestone of Johann Piehl found broken & in roadside ditch, being repaired & will be returned to the cemetery | ||
| Ponsar, Jacob | 01/06/1819 | 08/06/1894 | h/o Elgin Coleman; founders of the Communia colony in 1847 |
| Ponsar, Janice Ann | 1948 | ||
| Ponsar, Patricia nee Wing | 1929 | 2006 | ssa Warren |
| Ponsar, Warren | 1924 | 1985 | ssa Patricia; American Legion marker |
| Possehl, Christian | 1836 | 06/25/1874 | h/o Sophia |
| Possehl, Christian D. | 1805 | 02/06/1876 | |
| Possehl, Sophia F.A. nee Wiegert | 01/22/1811 | 09/04/1899 | |
| Possehl, Sophia nee Possehl | 1831 | 1879 | w/o Christian Possehl |
| Ross, Margaret | 02/23/1863 | aged 34y 15d; w/o Michael Ross | |
| Russell, Alexander 'Al' | 11/25/1853 | 3/18/1904 | 50y 3m 22d; h/o Lena Armbruster; died in Prairie du Chien, WI |
| Scheer, George | 04/23/1877 | 05/30/1899 | died of consumption; s/o F. & L. Scheer |
| Schefferd, Barbara | 1851 | 1935 | |
| Schmitz, Elizabeth | 09/03/1872 | w/o Gerhard Schmitz | |
| Schmitz, Gerhard | 11/23/1871 | aged 51y | |
| Stahl, Alvin E. | 12/31/1920 | 2/17/1992 | s/o Edward & Caroline; CPL US Army, WWII |
| Stahl, Caroline W. nee Hildebrandt | 09/05/1886 | 05/04/1979 | w/o Edward; died at Geneseo, IL |
| Stahl, Charles | 05/18/1891 | 02/03/1892 | s/o Mr. & Mrs. Charles Stahl |
| Stahl, Edward | 02/12/1879 | 1945 | h/o Caroline; s/o Carl & Ernstein (Heiden); died at Geneseo, IL |
| Stallbaum, Kathrina nee Wistrick | 05/12/1842 | 8/15/1911 | ssa Peter |
| Stallbaum, Peter | 03/20/1815 | 10/25/1896 | ssa Kathrina |
| Steen, Elizabeth 'Lizzie' | 08/30/1864 | 12/19/1883 | d/o Joachim Henry Frederick & Henrietta (Freese) |
| Steen, Hermon | 03/07/1868 | 03/28/1868 | |
| Steen, Ida G. nee Greve | 02/26/1861 | 10/21/1933 | w/o Jacob; d/o William & Fredericka (Posshel); Note: obit DOD = 10/19/1933, Death cert = 10/21/1933 |
| Steen, Jacob W. | 01/17/1860 | 05/24/1937 | h/o Ida G.; s/o Jacob F. & Heneritta (Frazer/Freese) |
| Steen, Nancy Arlene | 1960 | 1960 | |
| Stemmer, John G. | 03/26/1874 | 03/??/1942 | h/o Maude Irene; s/o Matthias & Catherine; died Waterloo, IA |
| Stemmer, Katherine nee Beeh | 01/29/1846 | 3/21/1913 | w/o Mathias |
| Stemmer, Louisa A. nee Mertens | 1877 | 1951 | |
| Stemmer, Mathias | 1833 | 01/24/1886 | h/o Katherine; s/o Mathias & Barbara (Heid) |
| Stemmer, Maude Irene nee Carpenter | 02/01/1877 | 11/07/1944 | w/o John; d/o George & Rosa B. (Lord) |
| Stemmer, William J. | 1868 | 1919 | |
| Tetschner, Margaretha | 1826 | 09/05/1871 | |
| Tieden, Anna E. nee Baumann / Bowman | 05/20/1848 | 01/28/1907 | w/o Jans; d/o Michael & Barbara |
| Tieden, Clara nee Klink | 1873 | 1933 | ssa Michael L. |
| Tieden, Janse 'Jans' | 04/15/1837 | 12/25/1916 | h/o Anna E.; s/o Thomas & Onna (Ziettena); Co F, 4th IA Inf.; GAR marker |
| Tieden, Michael L. | 1869 | 1931 | ssa Clara |
| Trumbold, Joanna | 1819 | 1872 | |
| Weis, B. F. | 1822 | 10/16/1860 | |
| Wentz, Christopher | 12/04/1867 | 08/14/1961 | h/o Minnie; s/o Christoph & Margareta |
| Wenz, Christoph | 02/20/1832 | 3/21/1909 | h/o Margareta; s/o John George & Catherine (Frebolin) |
| Wenz, Margareta nee Rosswag | 03/05/1836 | 11/30/1916 | w/o Christoph |
| Wentz, Minnie nee Kraus / Krause | 12/11/1873 | 01/26/1943 | w/o Christ; d/o William |
| Wilke, Mary | 1823 | 12/29/1907 | |
| Wistrick George | 05/??/188? | 01/23/1887 | s/o Henry Wistrick |
| Wistrick, Louis | 01/??/1877 | 02/??/1877 | s/o Henry Wistrick |
| Witham, Harold H. | 3/15/1922 | 9/17/1994 | h/o Nell Miller (divorced0; s/o Clifford; TEC 5 US Army, WWII |
| Witham, Linda Lou | 1947 | "Our Daughter"; d/o Harold & Nell | |
| Witham, Terry Lee | 1950 | 11/2?/1955 | s/o Harold & Nell |
| Wolter, Gottlieb | 1870 | 05/??/1883 | s/o Wm & Sophia; 1880 census = age 10y |
| Wolter, Sophia Caroline nee Becker | 12/16/1847 | 9/22/1924 | w/o William J. |
| Wolter, William J. | 02/16/1842 | 4/2/1913 | h/o Sophia |
| Wolter, Willie | between 1880 & 1883 | 05/??/1883 | s/o Wm & Sophia; 1880 census = not yet born |
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