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Ebenezer Cemetery (aka Wood Community or Woodland cemetery) Elk Township Section 21 SW/NW ![]() |
~source: personal
recording of burials by Phyllis Peterson who walked the
cemetery in October 2004 & updated September 2011
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| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
| Ackman, Anna E. | 1893 | 1979 | w/o Ernest |
| Ackman, Bernard H. | 05/08/1851 | 10/21/1941 | h/o Wilhelmina; s/o Harman H. & Adaline (?Ruc---) |
| Ackman, Ernest A. | 1886 | 1971 | h/o Anna |
| Ackman, Wilhelmina nee Mecklenkamp | 12/10/1858 | 05/31/1935 | w/o Bernard; d/o John & unkn |
| Adams, Elsie I. | 12/13/1884 | 1/20/1916 | |
| Appleton, Bernetta Jean nee Decker | 10/20/1932 | 04/05/2023 | w/o Randall L. |
| Appleton, Floy nee Raus | 1888 | 1983 | w/o Otto |
| Appleton, Mark A. | 9/3/1958 | 2/7/1993 | h/o Nancy; s/o Randall & Bernetta |
| Appleton, Otto | 1885 | 1982 | h/o Floy |
| Appleton, Randall Lovett | 4/7/1921 | 6/23/2007 | h/o Bernetta J.; s/o Otto & Floy |
| Appleton, Vivian I. | 9/20/1913 | 9/12/1917 | d/o Otto & Floy |
| Banner, John David | 4/17/1923 | 11/24/1995 | ssa Mary - U.S. Navy WW II |
| Banner, Mary E. | 3/11/1925 | ---- | ssa John, Married 18 Oct 1944, Parents of Rosie, David, & Sandy. |
| Berens, Elise nee Holland | 02/07/1863 | 06/16/1936 | w/o Herman |
| Berens, Herman | 1862 | 01/01/1907 | h/o Elise |
| Berens, infant dau | 1901 | Infant of H. & E. | |
| Berens, infant son | 1900 | Infant of H. & E. | |
| Brockmeier, infant | 03/0?/1889 | gravestone = BROCKMEIER; likely infant of Frank & Alvina | |
| Brockmeyer, infant | 1929 | With Harold & Irene | |
| Brockmeyer, Bessie Ann | 1925 | 1926 | |
| Brockmeier, Frank Herman | 06/15/1858 | 03/22/1901 | h/o Alvina Hilgendorf (see Alvina Holland below); gravestone = BROCKMEIER - HOLLAND |
| Brockmeyer, Harold Raymond | 10/04/1903 | 03/23/1973 | h/o Irene; s/o John & Maria; died in Roswell, NM |
| Brockmeyer, Irene Alice nee Sykes / Seitz | 09/06/1905 | 1994 | w/o Harold |
| Brockmeyer, John George | 12/25/1850 | 1946 | h/o Maria |
| Brockmeier, Margaret D. | 2/28/1885 | 1/31/1910 | d/o Frank H. & Alvina |
| Brockmeyer, Maria nee Hildebrandt | 1868 | 1951 | w/o John |
| Ernst, Marguerite 'Maggie' nee Staub | 3/12/1916 | 3/2/2006 | w/o Roy; d/o James & Lizzie (Scheffert) |
| Ernst, Marshall | 8/29/1981 | ---- | Our Baby, Son of Jerry & Rosie |
| Ernst, Roy Edwin | 6/14/1917 | 8/26/1991 | h/o Marguerite |
| Fenstermann, daughter | unreadable | unreadable | Infant daughter of Henry & Emma |
| Fensterman, David Orval | 6/151942 | 3/28/2009 | Sgt US Army, Vietnam |
| Fensterman, Dorothy Floy nee Blaker | 9/12/1914 | 5/24/1992 | ssa Orval N. Parents of Darla, David, Norman, Marsha, Charles, John, & Diane |
| Fensterman, Frederich Herman 'Fred' | 1873 | 1947 | h/o Ida |
| Fensterman, Ida Christina nee Walters | 1878 | 1953 | w/o Fred H. |
| Fensterman, Orval Norman | 7/30/1917 | 2/24/1995 | ssa Dorothy |
| Fenstermann, Arlen Harley | 7/2/1936 | 7/2/1936 | 10 hr old s/o Howard & Lenora; twin of Arlo; Death cert = blue baby |
| Fenstermann, Arlo Howard | 7/2/1936 | 10/9/1936 | s/o Howard & Lenora; twin of Arlen |
| Fenstermann, Carl Martin | 6/13/1909 | 7/4/1997 | ssa Clara |
| Fenstermann, Clara Louise nee Matthews | 2/21/1912 | 9/20/2003 | ssa Carl |
| Fenstermann, Dorothy Alice | 5/15/1908 | 9/17/1984 | |
| Fenstermann, Emma Mate nee Hildebrandt | 7/24/1873 | 10/7/1909 | w/o Henry |
| Fenstermann, Henry Herman John 'Henry' | 6/17/1870 | 1/26/1955 | h/o Emma; s/o Bernard & Anna (Wessel) |
| Fenstermann, Howard Ellsworth | 12/29/1902 | 1967 | h/o Lenora; s/o Henry & Emma |
| Fenstermann, Lenora Gladys nee Kraus | 10/19/1906 | 6/30/2007 | w/o Howard; d/o John & Anna (Sunderman) |
| Fenstermann, Marea | 10/27/1871 | 7/16/1958 | unmarried d/o Bernard & Anna (Wessel) |
| Friedley, Anna nee Keoneke / Koenig | 02/18/1867 | 05/08/1925 | "Mother"; 1st w/o Fred; d/o Henry & Elizabeth (Kuhlman); Note: Death Cert = Keoneke, Fred's obit = Koenig |
| Friedley, Berdien Oscar | 9/6/1916 | 5/3/1993 | h/o Lucille; s/o Oscar & Ella; S/Sgt US Army, WWII |
| Friedley, Ella Margarete nee Brockmeyer | 01/17/1890 | 07/06/1962 | w/o Oscar; d/o John & Maria (Hildebrandt) |
| Friedley, Fredrick 'Fred' | 11/26/1857 | 12/11/1939 | "Father"; h/o 1st Anna Koenig, 2nd Anna Renfrow; killed in train-auto accident |
| Friedley, Junior Edward Oscar | 08/13/1954 | 04/02/1956 | s/o Berdien & Lucille; Obit = died of a congenital heart ailment |
| Friedley, Lucille M. nee Easton | 8/10/1918 | 9/1/2003 | w/o Berdien |
| Friedley, Oscar Frederick | 11/22/1890 | 05/23/1966 | h/o Ella; s/o Fred & Anna |
| Hamlett, Hulda | 1898 | 1993 | ssa Otley |
| Hamlett, infant dau | 1922 | 1924 | Infant dau. of Otley & Hulda |
| Hamlett, Otley | 1899 | 1973 | ssa Hulda |
| Hilgendorf, Benjamin M. | 02/13/1894 | 5/25/1910 | Son of E.C. & Emma |
| Hilgendorf, Clara M. | 05/21/1862 | 2/6/1909 | lot 2; Dau. of E.C. & Emma |
| Hilgendorf, Edward C. | 05/20/1857 | 6/13/1908 | lot 2; h/o Emma |
| Hilgendorf, Emma | 8/27/1861 | Blank | w/o Edward C. |
| Hilgendorf, Frieda D. | 8/6/1897 | 12/24/1909 | Dau. of E.C. & Emma |
| Hilgendorf, G. F. Edward | 8/26/1821 | 10/23/1900 | lot 1; h/o Johanna |
| Hilgendorf, George F. | 09/20/1882 | 11/28/1907 | lot 2 Son of E.C. & Emma |
| Hilgendorf, Infant | - | - | Child of Edward & Emma |
| Hilgendorf, Johanna D. nee Schwightenberg | 2/25/1824 | 03/05/1891 | lot 1; w/o G.F. Edw. |
| Hilgendorf, Laura M. | 09/08/1888 | 11/3/1907 | lot 2 Dau of E.C. & Emma |
| Holland, Alvina Brockmeier nee Hilgendorf | 6/9/1860 | 5/6/1934 | w/o 1st Frank H. Brockmeier (see his entry above), 2nd Herman |
| Holland, Herman | 1858 | 1921 | 2nd h/o Alvina |
| Kraus, Anna nee Sunderman | 1872 | 1947 | w/o John |
| Kraus, Harley H. | 04/21/1902 | 05/23/1983 | h/o Laura; s/o John & Anna |
| Kraus, John | 01/10/1868 | 06/02/1942 | h/o Anna; s/o Henry & Elizabeth (Stemmer) |
| Kraus, Laura nee Behrens | 1903 | 1987 | w/o Harley |
| Kurrelmeyer, Bernard | 11/25/1836 | 10/23/1914 | |
| Kurrelmeyer, Edna Mary | 4/17/1901 | 6/24/1901 | |
| Kurrelmeyer, Elsabein nee VonTalge | 7/18/1835 | 1/3/1918 | lot 3 |
| Kurrelmeyer, Infant Son | 1898 | 1898 | |
| Moser, Elizabeth N. | 1/20/1827 | 3/20/1900 | lot 4 |
| Moser, Ernest Oscar | 1888 | 1967 | h/o Sarah Grace |
| Moser, Nick | 1855 | 1933 | lot 4, h/o Rosa |
| Moser, Rosetta 'Rosa' nee Friedley | 07/03/1861 | 03/18/1930 | lot 4, w/o Nick |
| Moser, Sarah Grace nee Brockmeyer | 03/04/1894 | 01/10/1979 | wo Ernest O.; d/o John G. & Maria (Hildebrant) |
| Sargent, Helen A. | 1909 | 2002 | ssa Paul |
| Sargent, Paul W. | 1906 | 1969 | ssa Helen |
| Staub, Dorothy | 2/10/1920 | 6/3/2000 | |
| Stefflar, John F. | 08/11/1941 | 04/22/2023 | h/o Gwendolyn |
| Van Talge, Bertha | 1887 | 1927 | |
| Van Talge, Edward John | 07/22/1892 | 06/20/1931 | h/o Irma unkn.; s/o Herman & Ida; death cert.: committed suicide |
| Van Talge, Herman Dietrick | 09/101851 | 02/20/1933 | h/o Ida; s/o G. Van Talge & unkn. |
| Van Talge, Ida Alvina nee Thiel | 12/10/1860 | 11/301932 | w/o Herman |
| Wessel, Albert Heinrich | 10/01/883 | 01/23/1954 | s/o Herman & Mary; died in an ambulance plane crash near San Diego, CA |
| Wessel, Anna Augusta nee Van Talge / Von Talge |
08/10/1882 | 06/26/1937 | w/o Benjamin; d/o Herman & Ida (Thiel) |
| Wessel, Arthur Herman | 11/28/1891 | 04/26/1966 | h/o 1st Helen, 2nd Martha Wentland; s/o Herman & Mary |
| Wessel, Benjamin 'Ben' | 03/15/1872 | 12/22/1942 | h/o Anna; s/o Bernard & ?Nane (Kramer) |
| Wessel, Burdette E. | 10/12/1913 | 08/04/2001 | h/o Lucile; father of Edward, Marla, Robert, David, Calvin, Esther & Diane |
| Wessel, Doris V. | 07/19/1921 | 12/29/1935 | d/o Ben & Anna |
| Wessel, Edna M. | 11/01/1913 | 09/01/1989 | d/o Ben & Anna |
| Wessel, Edward F. | 08/301885 | 07/01/1920 | lot 14; h/o Flora; s/o Herman & Mary (Brockmeyer); Death cert.: died of a brain tumor @ Iowa Methodist Hosp., Des Moines |
| Wessel, Elsie M. | 1913 | 1989 | d/o Benjamin & Anna |
| Wessel, Erwin G. | 1/7/1897 | 9/4/1897 | |
| Wessel, Esther M. | 1899 | 05/07/1945 | d/o Herman & Mary; died in Casper, WY; Note: she may have died a week earlier than 5/7/45 - confirmation needed |
| Wessel, Flora E. nee Gramlich | 1891 | 1949 | w/o Edward |
| Wessel, Helen O. nee Lenz | 1890 | 1950 | 1st w/o Arthur |
| Wessel, Herman | 09/05/1848 | 04/22/1926 | lot 14; h/o Mary; s/o Albert & Adalide (Hartbeck) |
| Wessel, Irving John | 08/16/1898 | 08/07/1981 | h/o Mildred M.; s/o Benjamin & Lizzie (Sunderman) |
| Wessel, Kate nee Beatty | 03/23/1887 | 09/02/1950 | w/o Albert; d/o James & Louise; died Long Island, NY & originally buried there, her ashes reinterred here in 1954 when Albert died |
| Wessel, Lucile LaVone nee Hilsenbeck | 09/11/1914 | 03/29/2003 | w/o Burdette; d/o John & Belle (Whipple) |
| Wessel, Maria Elsie 'Mary' nee Brockmeier | 03/16/1859 | 04/01/1925 | lot 14; w/o Herman; d/o John & Elsie (Krimple) |
| Wessel, Mildred Mae nee Brockmeyer | 03/18/1905 | 03/27/2001 | w/o Irving; d/o John & Maria (Hildbrant) |
| Wessel, Wayne Bernard | 03/21/1923 | 02/23/1994 | s/o Benjamin & Anna |
| Withell, Anna Marie | 1888 | 1977 | |
| Withell, Ed Randal | 3/12/1897 | 2/20/1992 |